The $8-million Electric School Bus Pilot Program will allow student transportation operators to apply for funding to purchase an electric bus. ...
Category: Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Seen: Province to consult with public on auto insurance after repeated rate hikes
Consultations come after government's special adviser warned that Ontario drivers are paying highest premiums in Canada. ...
Infrastructure funding talks with feds ongoing, updates expected soon, Ont. minister says
Meanwhile, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project is chugging along, with the first track laid in Toronto. ...
GO commuters will see upgrades at 43 stations
Metrolinx put out the word for secure bike parking and electric charging stations — plus more Union Station goodies. ...
Ontario auto insurance rates rise again, as Liberals plan consultations
Approved premiums increased by an average of 0.76 per cent in the second quarter of 2017, following a 1.24-per-cent increase in the first quarter. ...
Ontario government wants to talk pot
The province wants “to hear from the people of Ontario as we develop an approach to legalization that keeps our youth, communities and roads safe," Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says. ...
Transportation minister tries to explain GO station approval in his riding, which report advised against
Steven Del Duca insists the Metrolinx decision came down to a longer-term focus, among "other considerations." ...
Toronto mayor and province (briefly) kiss and make up over $2-billion GO Bus terminal and office complex
John Tory and the province buried their grievances – for now – at a ground-breaking ceremony for the new station. ...
Government extends deadline for GTA West highway panel
Progressive Conservative transportation critic Michael Harris says "people are waiting" for the outcome of the review. ...
Sparks fly over photo radar bill
“I'm hopeful that if the government truly cares about student safety it will work with us to adopt this measure," the PCs' transportation critic says of his proposed amendment to allow bus-cam footage admissible in court ...