More ideas for transit in Toronto? “Cable car, walkway could replace Union Station streetcars”
Is it me or am I the only one tired of plan after plan in Toronto? I know, yes downtown Toronto...
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Category: GTA Development
Markham is building for the future
So Markham wants to build a 20000 seat arena and entertainment complex that will rival the Air Canada Centre. In a way it makes perfect sense. There has been a lot of talk around bringing an NHL team to Markham, however I...
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You burb I burb we all scream for the suburbs
It’s a cookie cut life of mediocrity, welcome to the burb. It’s all the same, we love it and it’s...
Read MoreConservatives and Toronto’s Rob Ford Nation – Subways please…
Interestingly enough this election may be a boon for the G.T.A. Not that Toronto can expect the Conservatives to only pander to their needs. As the Prime Minister said last night “we will govern for all Canadians”....
Read MoreElection Day in Canada – May 2, 2011
Well a historic election has just taken place in Canada. The Bloc was decimated in Quebec, and almost wiped off the map. Newfoundland told Conservatives what to do with themselves. The Greater Toronto Area is painted blue and...
Read MoreToronto Mayoral candidate Rossi plans on stopping all TTC Light-Rail (Transit City) Expansion
Have we learned nothing from history and the reasons why there is a lack of good public transit options in the city of Toronto? What about jobs for the people of Thunder Bay? Again, with another knee-jerk reaction we may loose...
Read MoreWhy the Conservatives and the PM need an election now to save themselves.
Some high profile Conservatives are not seeking re-election. Do they see the title wave coming? Are they afraid? The real reason the federal Conservatives are calling for an election now is that they really do not have a choice....
Read MoreToronto 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...
Read MoreTTC 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...
Read MoreMore 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...
Read MoreWhat 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
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