By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus
On May 17, Transport Action Ontario sent an official letter to Metrolinx expressing support for the Shining Water Railway, slated to provide passenger rail service between Peterborough and Toronto. The letter can be read by clicking this link: TAO-support for ShiningWater
By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus
The National Dream Renewed campaign produced a progress report in May, 2013. It can be viewed here: NDR External Progress Report1 Draft7 130508
By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus , Major Reports , Urban Transit
Transport Action Ontario has just released the Citizen’s Guide to Sustainable Transportation Advocacy. This 53 page report is an initial effort by Transport Action Ontario to prepare a guide to help support citizen campaigns which support sustainable transport. We plan to update this guide from time to time, in particular to add other case studies.
By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus
Transport Action made a presentation to the Standing Committee on General Government. This committee was engaged in a Study Related to Traffic Congestion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, the National Capital Region and Northern Ontario.
Our presentation was entitled “Increasing the Provincial Role in Intercity Passenger Rail and Bus Transportation”.
The presentation can be viewed here.
By Transport Action Ontario | Intercity Rail and Bus , Northern Ontario
With the recent closure of the Northlander passenger rail service, and divestiture announcement of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, Dr. Barry Wellar undertook research on this matter. Dr. Wellar is Distinguished Research Fellow of Transport Action Canada. He is principal of Wellar Consulting Ltd.
Dr. Wellar’s research was conducted in early 2013. It involved sending inquiries to numerous arms of the Ontario government. His final report found that no evidence was provided or identified to establish that methodologically sound research played a preeminent or partial role in the termination or divestment decisions.
The final report is titled “An Opinion as to the Extent to which the Decisions by Cabinet to Terminate The Northlander and Divest the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission are Based upon, Supported by, Justified by or are Otherwise Derived from Methodologically Sound Research”. It can be viewed here.