Cities like Kitchener and Barrie say all-day GO rail service would pay dividends, but they will have to wait until after the next phase of the Big Move is funded. ...
Category: Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Soknacki hopes province will be ‘amenable’ if he wins TO mayoral race
The first formally registered challenger to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he can work something out with Queen's Park and Ottawa to change the Scarborough subway, again. ...
Horwath hedges on support for a spring budget
NDP Leader, noting a slow response to cutting car insurance premiums, gives her party rhetorical room to say no to the budget, a move that would doom the Liberal government to a spring election. ...
War of words intensifies over ice storm response
The government, in particular Premier Kathleen Wynne's office, spent another day responding to opposition accusations of emergency mismanagement. ...
After the ice storm, a blizzard of disaster relief applications
Toronto and other municipalities will be looking to the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program for help to clean up after the ice storm. But it's not as simple as asking. ...
2013: Horwath on the year that was
New Democratic leader talks about the differences between working with Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne, the Big Move and the diverse constituencies her caucus represents. ...
Decision time for Ontario as Golden lays out transit options
Spelling out 'the benefits of acting and the consequences of inaction,' Transit Investment Strategy Advisory Panel suggests various taxes dedicated to improving infrastructure for moving people more effectively. ...
Another divisive election issue looms: transit taxes
In wake of Golden report, fighting words already as Murray's promise of transit taxes (and jobs) in spring budget finds no support from Horwath and Hudak. ...
Big Move is a big mistake, transit consultant suggests
Neptis Foundation reports urges changes to regional transit plans before it's too late - but Transportation Minister Glen Murray says major course correction not in the works. ...
An electric GO train system appears to gain steam
Transportation Minister Glen Murray touts fuel cells as a source of electric power - while NDP MPP Jonah Schein pushes a bill that would call for electrification of the new Union-Pearson line. ...
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