Taking a transit-first approach to mobility is increasingly common in large cities around the world, but is still considered politically courageous in North America. Therefore, Transport Action Canada welcomes the Québec government’s decision to cancel the multi-lane superhighway portion of the proposed Third Link (troisième lien) tunnel under the St. Lawrence River, between Québec City […]
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By Harry Gow | Quebec , Urban Transit
The project for a tramway across the City of Québec has attracted much opposition from a segment of the population that gets around by car and is opposed to spending money on a competing mode of transport. The city is the least-densely settled of Québec’s major population centers, with the footprint of Montréal, but a […]
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Dr. D. Michael Jackson, CVO, SOM, CD passed away at the age of 82 on November 23rd 2022. Michael Jackson was extremely important in the first years of Transport 2000 Canada (Transport Action Canada) and continued to be an active member for the rest of his life. He was President of the Regina Rail Committee, which became […]
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by Harry Gow, with documentation by David Jeanes Longtime Office Manager of Transport 2000 / Transport Action Canada, Dirk Partridge, died on July 31st 2022 in Ottawa. Dirk Partridge was a founding member of the Amtrak management team, as Manager of Fares and Tariffs long before his retirement to Canada and to a second career […]
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By Harry Gow | Trip Reports
Eight members of the Ottawa Transport Action discussion group traveled on VIA Rail trains to Alexandria ON and return on August 19th, 2022. The undersigned met up with the group at Alexandria, having travelled by VIA Rail from Saint-Hyacinthe QC, again on a return trip. The objectives of the journey were familiarisation with the current […]
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