Toronto introduces first ‘scramble’ crossings to improve pedestrian safety
TORONTO — Pedestrians and drivers in Toronto will have to get used to a new traffic term: the scramble. Thursday was the first day for the city’s new all-stop crossing at the busy downtown intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets. The system allows pedestrians...TTC streetcar deal to Alstom?
By Christina Blizzard It’s a contract worth $3 billion in tax dollars and thousands of jobs for the provincial economy. The TTC’s bid to buy 204 low-floor streetcars is the largest public transit contract in the world right now. Yet it’s hard to...More political interference with the Transit City plans will cause delays
Leave the Transit City plan alone and do not attempt to hijack the Eglinton-Crosstown line or any other part of the Transit City plan. Who am I speaking to? Well none other than Metrolinx. The organizational body in charge of coordinating transit plans across the...What is the point of Toronto council, Provincial regulators or the Feds? Hundreds of Propane Sites in GTA near residential areas….
From CFRB Toronto: With the safety of propane filling sites near residential areas under question following Sunday’s explosions and fire in Downsview, a report has come out that indicates 337 sites exist in the GTA where there are propane filling tanks. Read...The end of GM Oshawa has begun? The time of the small car renaissance has come!
General Motors says it will cease production at four factories in Ohio, Wisconsin, Canada and Mexico that produce trucks and SUVs. As General Motors Corp. prepares for its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, workers across the country are worried that the next...
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said she’s “speechless” about the continued delayed of the Eglinton Crosstown, saying she’s no more knowledgeable on the project than residents and business owners who’ve been waiting years for it to wrap up.
“I don’t know what to say anymore, it’s leaving me speechless,” said Chow.