Category: GTA Environment

Invest in transit now, not later

Posted by [email protected] | Oct 9, 2007 | GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Public Transit, Toronto |

In reading the history of Toronto and the TTC, high investments were made in public transit, which helped the TTC become one of the top transit systems in North America. However during an episode of the Agenda with Steve Paikin,...

The Nuclear Power that Binds Us in Ontario

Posted by [email protected] | Oct 5, 2007 | GTA Environment, GTA Issues |

In an effort to become a green city, little thought is given to the two major nuclear plants, just outside of the Toronto area. I think we like to imagine that they are not there. Do the benefits really outweigh the cost? In...

Highways vs. transit, suburban vs. urban

Posted by [email protected] | Oct 1, 2007 | GTA Environment, Public Transit |

Highways have always been a priority in the transportation budget. Even as Mike Harris was dropping responsibility for transit in the laps of cities in the early 2000s, he was pouring cash into highways. At the same time as the...

McGuinty looking to hydrogen-fuelled GO trains

Posted by [email protected] | Oct 1, 2007 | GTA Environment, Public Transit |

The Ontario government is talking to Bombardier Transportation about funding the development of one of the world’s first hydrogen-powered trains.A train that uses a hydrogen fuel cell to combine hydrogen with oxygen to...