At the recent Urban Transportation Summit in Toronto, I sat next to Colin Gordon. He was there because his company, Comstock Canada, was bidding on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) contracts that [...]

Yesterday the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance (GTMA) hosted a session with Rob Prichard, the self described "rookie at the helm" of Metrolinx. The newly appointed president and CEO said, "This is the [...]

Metrolinx is going to study the electrification of its entire GO Transit rail system as a future alternative to diesel trains currently in service. An external advisory committee made up of community reps [...]

Canada is the only country in the G8 without a national transit strategy. Some Canadian provinces have transit plans, but few have a comprehensive strategy that includes a cost and a plan to cover [...]

Last week was a busy week for transit in the GTA and Hamilton (GTAH.) As many people will know from news reports, the Province of Ontario came through with historic funding for transit across the region [...]

It finally happened. After months, if not years, of suspicion amongst us media types that something would change, Metrolinx and GO Transit have become one in the same. The new board will be made up entirely [...]

Mario Iacobacci is Director of Research and  Director of the Centre for Transportation Infrastructure at the Conference Board of Canada. The federal government has responded to the widespread calls [...]

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The Metrolinx board of directors has wasted no time moving forward with its plans for improving transportation across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). After unanimously approving its Regional [...]

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