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Passenger and sustainable public transport advocacy in Canada/Promotion des intérêts aux passagers et amélioration des transports collectifs durables au Canada
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Joined January 2010
If you are booked to travel in SW Ontario this evening or tomorrow morning, check your email or text messages for updates from VIA Rail:.
lfpress.com
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Don't forget kids travel free this summer and youth get 25% off. Book your August escape now:.
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RT @VIARailAlerts: Due to extreme heat forecasted on July 24th, delays are possible for trains operating between Windsor and Quebec city. F….
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RT @StephenWickens1: Ex-TTC chief David Gunn asked this question about the Eglinton-Crosstown plan in the Globe and Mail in 2011, before th….
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Mitigating the number of trespassing injuries and fatalities is reasonably practicable. Unfenced tracks in urban areas are a hazard that should be addressed everywhere. Metrolinx has been proactive about this, which is good.
usa.streetsblog.org
A story about Florida's "killer train" has rail advocates rattled — and pushing for a wider set of solutions.
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Cross-Canada services are already far too limited, we must fight any attempts at service cuts.
nationalpost.com
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RT @TedGBartlett: The Budd company (now sadly defunct) really built those “carriages” to last. Hopefully they will continue for another dec….
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Lines 1, 2 and 4 are closely integrated, so for long-term maintainability it would make sense to get more made-in-Canada Toronto Rockets (version 2.0) but everyone involved must recognize that the price needs to be fair, compared to global benchmarks.
Everyone wants the new TTC subway cars to be made in Canada. So why are Ottawa and city hall butting heads over them? #cdnpoli
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RT @RM_Transit: My latest in UrbanToronto on the sorry state of the TTC Subway (still somehow) and the madness that is politicians ignoring….
urbantoronto.ca
The TTC is doing more regular and detailed scans of subway tracks for various defects and deformities that could potentially create safety hazards including derailments. These scans have directly led...
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This is not good news, and it requires serious explanation. The tunnel between England and France only took six years to build.
cbc.ca
At Thursday’s TTC Board meeting, Coun. Josh Matlow asked outgoing TTC interim CEO Greg Percy if the long-delayed light rail transit line would be ready to open this September. Percy said "September...
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Important lessons here for both Alto HSR and any future Alberta HSR project.
bbc.co.uk
Available episodes of Derailed: The Story of HS2
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RT @ABRegionalRail: Base regional passenger rail using CFR compliant freight compatible trains would provide a reasonable frequent service….
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This is the Porcupine station. we hope the trains go all the way in to Timmins in future.
timminstoday.com
While ticket prices aren't known yet, the Transportation Minister says the province 'will work very, very closely with the communities to take into consideration the challenges'
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Want to save money, improve quality of life, and possibly even reduce taxes? Make more bike lanes.
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”. “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.”.
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Customer service requires human interaction. @Metrolinx should have known better.
GO Transit X account will no longer respond to riders with AI: Metrolinx
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Join VIA Rail in Halifax on July 15 to celebrate the long history of the Ocean: .
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Neither can SAF, which competes for feedstock with biodiesel, replace all current airline fuel consumption. fast and reliable electric trains can help.
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Electrification! We can either start a rolling program soon, or rush to do it later. Biodiesel is an improvement, but over the long term it isn't realistic to replace all diesel used. There isn't enough feedstock.
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