by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 27, 2008 | Canada, GTA Development, GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
Here’s an easy question: where do you live? Now here’s a much harder one: where should you live to ensure you’re near a GTA transit hub and how will the TTC’s plans for expansion impact the value of your home? The answer to both queries can be...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Dec 3, 2007 | GTA Culture, GTA Development, GTA History, Public Transit
Streetcar platform dug in 1950s and never used sits behind a door, a buried relic of an old transit vision. To the thousands of patrons passing through the Queen subway station, it’s just another anonymous TTC maintenance door. But there are no mops and pails...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Dec 1, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit
“Construction booms, but opinions remain sharply divided as the often-derided Sheppard line turns 5. The futuristic chrome plating in Sheppard-Yonge station already looks a little scuffed. But it was only five years ago – Nov. 22, 2002 – that then-mayor Mel...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 24, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Public Transit, Toronto
Check out the “Globe and Mail” link below for this excellent post on Toronto’s Light-Rail Transit City situation. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071124.TTC24/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/ Toronto’s decaying streetcar...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 21, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Issues, Public Transit
It looks like the GTTA has received funding for the following projects. Maybe I am still in disbelief until I see shovels in the ground? I am not in favour of all of the plans listed, but this definitely will be some good news for once for public transit in the...