Transit
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Spacing on TV: Copenhagen and sharing the road
Spacing publisher Matt Blackett talked to copenhagenize.com‘s Colville Andersen while visiting Copenhagen last week. Matt talks about the Danish...
By Dylan Reid -
Thanking McGuinty as only Toronto can
“We’re breaking new ground for Transit City thanks to the recent investment from Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario Government’s...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
TTC brings out its heritage PCC streetcars Sunday
Heads up to all you streetcar fans out there: Starting this Sunday (May 11), the TTC will operate one or both of its two remaining PCC streetcars on the...
By Sean Marshall -
Reykjavik’s continental divide on cars & bikes
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — Like most countries who suffered through the oil crises of the 1970s, Iceland has taken big steps to alleviate it’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Amsterdam’s airport connections
AMSTERDAM – Though I’ve now been through Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport a few times, I only just recently noticed this sign. As...
By Fred Sztabinski -
And the winner is…
Bombardier image of Flexity model, unfortunately wrongly signed. UPDATE 11:33AM — Bombardier has a website showcasing the new streetcars...
By Sean Marshall -
TUFF call for submissions
This year’s Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) got its start last Wednesday as a call for submissions was issued from the Dundas subway station...
By Mike Bulko -
Next arrival times arriving at more subway stations
The TTC announced today that, in addition to Dundas station, 12 more stations are now equipped to display the next train arrival time. These stations...
By Matthew Blackett -
Transit City to get major funding boost from province
A press conference will take place at 2:30 in Vaughan where, according to the Globe and Mail, “Premier Dalton McGuinty will today announce...
By Matthew Blackett -
Merger is a GO, support the DRL, bikes on more buses
In this post, I touch upon three different pieces of news in the local transit scene. The biggest news so far this week in transit has been the announced...
By Sean Marshall -
Waterfront Toronto announces Queens Quay plan
UPDATE: There will be another opportunity for the public to comment and view the presentation materials tomorrow, Saturday, March 28 from 10:00 AM to...
By Sean Marshall -
Toronto’s Grand Trunk Railway — our 1856 link to Pearson airport
EDITORS NOTE: This essay on the Grand Trunk Railway first appeared in the Toronto Star’s Insight section on March 1. It is reprinted here with...
By Shawn Micallef