By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus
Transport Action Ontario colleague, Greg Gormick, authored an Op-Ed in the Toronto Star on June 2, 2014, entitled “Glen Murray’s high speed rail plan is flawed”. It indicates that Murray should instead commit to a conventional Amtrak-style rail improvement plan for southwestern Ontario.
The article can be viewed here: TORONTO STAR OPINION2014-06-02
By Transport Action Ontario | Press Releases and Open Letters , Urban Transit
On May 27, Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory unveiled his transit platform. The flagship component was SmartTrack, an electrified “surface subway” transit corridor based mostly on parts of the GO rail network. It has the same thrust as the Province’s Regional Express Rail announcement in mid-April, which was virtually identical to Transport Action Ontario’s concept of Regional Express Rail, proposed in its major report released last July.
Transport Action Ontario is very pleased to se the RER concept picked up by one of the top-tier candidates for mayor of Toronto. Our media release can be viewed here: TAO-JohnTorymediarelease2014-05-27
The Tory announcement, and Transport Action Ontario’s role in it, was picked up by various Toronto media. Some links are provided here:
http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/1047150/breaking-down-john-torys-smarttrack-transit-plan/
By Transport Action Ontario | Urban Transit
With the input of several Move the GTHA members, including Transport Action Ontario, David Suzuki has written an op-ed entitled “Transit Investment Drives Positive Change”. It will appear in several news sites including the national online version of the Globe and Mail.
The article can be read here: DavidSuzukiop-ed2014-05-21
By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus
Transport Action Ontario colleague, Greg Gormick, authored an Op-Ed in the Toronto Star on May 18, 2014, entitled “Wrong Parties charged in Lac-Megantic disaster”. It indicates that failed public polity is the real culprit, particularly the lack of public investment in Canada’s rail system.
The Op-Ed can be viewed here: TORONTO STAR Op Ed re RailSafety2014-05-18
By Transport Action Ontario | Urban Transit
Transport Action Ontario board member Roger Brook recently deputed to Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee (PWIC) on the need to clear sidewalks to transit stops.
The deputation can be viewed here: TAO-Deputation re Toronto Sidewalk Snow clearing 2014-05-14