Transit
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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 -
TTC streetcar GPS tracker info has its limits
Some of our readers will have already read my post from early this morning (around 2am) when Spacing got word that the TTC’s GPS tracking system had...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC streetcars goes GPS
Early this morning, Jerrold Litwinenko over at BlogTO broke the lid off of the TTC’s streetcar GPS tracker (in beta still) for mobile devices. He...
By Matthew Blackett -
Spacing Radio 002: What does a new provincial NDP leader mean for cities?
Spacing Radio headed to Hamilton last week for the Ontario NDP leadership convention to find out if a new leader will have any affect on how politicians...
By Spacing -
NDP Convention: the candidates on city issues
We’re (myself and Matt Blackett) at the Ontario NDP leadership convention in Hamilton, looking to see what the NDP candidates have to say about the...
By Dylan Reid