By Transport Action Ontario | Interurban Rail and Bus , Media Releases , Ontario
Michael Enright of the CBC Sunday Morning radio show presented a poignant essay on the decades-long decline of passenger rail in Canada, the current challenges faced by VIA Rail and the need for significant federal investment. The essay can be heard here
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By Transport Action Ontario | Interurban Rail and Bus , Major Reports , Ontario
Transport Action Ontario, in conjunction with the Save VIA citizens’ committee of St. Marys, Ontario, has released an expert discussion paper on high-performance rail passenger service. It calls on Canada’s new federal government to seriously investigate and consider the high-performance rail approach as a means of quickly and affordably improving VIA’s Quebec-Windsor Corridor service, fighting […]
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By Transport Action Atlantic | Atlantic , Intercity Rail and Bus , Letters
Transport Action Atlantic recently wrote to federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau regarding passenger rail, particularly the need to support the Toronto-Vancouver Canadian route.
Continue readingBy Transport Action Ontario | Interurban Rail and Bus , Media Releases , Ontario
Transport Action Ontario board member Ken Westcar recently published the following Op-Ed piece in the Hamilton Spectator of February 4, 2016. It is reproduced below. Our thanks to the Hamilton Spectator for publishing this article. Let’s not forget the steel wheel in climate change Rail service The Canadian Press Ken Westcar argues upgrading existing […]
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By Transport Action | Major Reports
Transport Action Canada and its regional associations are pleased to release our nation-wide blueprint for the revival of VIA Rail Canada. It demonstrates how the new federal government can turn VIA around and make it a modern, more frequent and highly useful public transportation service at a reasonable cost over a period of 10 years. […]
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