Category: transit
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Yesterday, I went for a ride on the new Line 6 LRT. During the weeks leading up to the light rail line’s much-anticipated grand opening, there had been a lot of discussion among critics about its slow speed due to the lack of signal priority. Nonetheless, I decided to make my way up to Finch…
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Last week, the Ontario Government announced the Transportation for the Future Act, which will introduce a new funding tool called the Station Benefit Charge. This Charge, paid by developers at the building permit stage on lands surrounding a new/planned GO station, is intended to help municipalities offset the costs to build a new transit station.…
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Well I guess she is mortal after all. Upon hearing about her death yesterday, I couldn’t help but search the internet for whatever I could find on her century-long life and legacy. Despite all the conflict of interest claims and her reputation among my fellow planners as the “queen of sprawl”, I do admit she…
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The Ontario government finally released its Greater Golden Horseshoe Transportation Plan, which sets out their vision for the region’s transportation system over the next 30 years. Although this Plan was initiated under the Liberal government in 2016, Ford and the PCs have now taken the credit. It’s a shame that a half decade’s work has…
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The case for free transit (or “fare-free” as I prefer to put it) is often met with skepticism and opposition from politicians and policy wonks on the grounds that it is not financially feasible nor effective in addressing transportation planning objectives. Here are some common assumptions made by critics of fare-free transit, followed by my…
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In my experience working in the transportation industry, I have heard my professional colleagues use the term “paratransit” in reference to specialized door-to-door transit services for people with disabilities, such as Wheel-Trans. At one time, I ignorantly assumed that the prefix “para” is short for “parallel”, meaning that it operates parallel to conventional transit services,…
James Pyo 