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Jul 06

Intriguing Agreement between CN and the Province of Ontario

By Transport Action Ontario | Interurban Rail and Bus , Ontario , Urban Transit

The busy CN mainline between Bramalea (Halwest) and Georgetown (Silver) has long been a bottleneck for increasing GO and VIA service to Kitchener and points further west like Stratford and London. On June 14, Ontario announced that the province has secured an agreement-in-principle with CN that will allow GO Regional Express Rail to be built […]

Jun 25

Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan – TAO Comments

By Transport Action Ontario | Interurban Rail and Bus , Letters , Ontario , Urban Transit

Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) was released in June, 2016. TAO has been actively involved, both through the Move the GTHA collaborative and as an individual organization. TAO supports much of the CCAP. However, we have identified two significant concern areas related to transportation: No consideration was given for increased role of freight intermodal […]

Jun 25

State of Transit Investment in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

By Transport Action Ontario | Ontario , Urban Transit

Transport Action Ontario is a core member of the Move the GTHA (MTGTHA) collaborative, a diverse group of organizations from health, labour, business, policy, environmental and citizen advocacy working together to build awareness, engagement and education in support of investment in the GTHA’s transportation system. The collaborative intends to release a report […]

Jun 16

TAO submission to Transport Canada consultation on the future of transportation in Canada

By Transport Action Ontario | Aviation & Marine , Interurban Rail and Bus , Ontario , Urban Transit

Transport Canada is undertaking an on-line consultation on the future of transportation in Canada. A series of questions were posed, with space provided for answers. The submission made on behalf of Transport Action Ontario can be viewed here:TAO-submission to TranspCanada survey 2016-06-16

May 29

Auditor General’s Special Examination Report on VIA Rail

By Transport Action Ontario | Interurban Rail and Bus , National News

Going before the judge must be a troubling experience for federal government departments and Crown Corporations. And so it likely was for VIA Rail Canada when the Auditor General (AG) published its Special Examination Report (SER) covering the period November 2013 to September 2015. An understanding of VIA’s troubled legislative and political history […]