Transit
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Metrolinx releases long-term GTA transit plans
Metrolinx has released its report on transit funding in the GTA region. The Star has a good article outlining the plans: A $50 billion plan to build new...
By Matthew Blackett -
Red Rockets: I love to love you but sometimes it ain’t easy
The following piece was published yesterday in the National Post. It’s a bit of a love letter to Toronto’s iconic streetcars, but was born out...
By Shawn Micallef -
P Diddy weighs in on transportation issues
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yh1NHRP3NA[/youtube] It’s unclear if this video is a joke or not, but the AP and CNN seem to be taking it...
By Shawn Micallef -
TTC reopens streetcar bid
As mentioned here on Spacing Toronto in July, the TTC rejected the two remaining TTC streetcar replacement bids by Bombardier Transportation (as its...
By Sean Marshall -
Discussions on the new Metronauts website
Metronauts, the community transportation discussion group, has developed a new website aimed at furthering the discussion of transit in the Greater...
By Sean Marshall -
Edmonton riders’ union starts transit revolution
In the aftermath of Toronto’s brief transit strike earlier this year, the idea of a transit riders’ union gained some support with commenters...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Streetcar Turnaround
The New York Times is reporting that American cities are seeing the return of the streetcar. Portland, Cincinnati, Denver (pictured above), Houston, and a...
By Monika Warzecha -
Downsview explosion and contemplating the silent freeway
Keele and Highway 401 this afternoon. Update#1: please see the comments for more links to images and videos of last night’s explosion. Update #2: At...
By Sean Marshall -
The rise of scooters and e-bikes in Toronto
Over the past few months you may have noticed a change on Toronto’s streets — an evident shift from traditional cars towards much smaller gas...
By Matthew Hague -
Shoo, Blue 22
Long dormant after a turbulent initial Environmental Assessment phase, it appears that Blue 22, the proposed plan for an airport rail link, has awoken and...
By Sean Marshall -
POLL: Should Eglinton be an LRT route or a subway?
A Spacing-produced rendering of LRT service on Eglinton east of Laird Some of you may have saw the article in our headlines post about the TTC and...
By Spacing -
BREAKING NEWS: TTC suspends streetcar purchases; bids non-compliant
A Siemens rendering from 2007 of a possible new TTC streetcar This rather interesting tidbit of TTC news just arrived in Spacing’s inbox: The...
By Matthew Blackett