By Transport Action Ontario | Ontario
Editorial by Tony Turrittin, President, Transport Action Ontario, April 18, 2017. Undoing the ties that bind. It is fair to observe that since the 1980s, our federal government has been getting out of the transportation business. Since the 80s, Transport Canada has been privatizing what it owned and operated or downloaded to other jurisdictions. CN […]
Continue readingOn January 26, 2017, Paul Langan wrote on the High-Speed Rail Canada group’s website, “One thing has been constant about VIA RAIL in my over thirty years of rail advocacy. Their secrecy and arrogance to the taxpayers and the advocates that support them has not waivered.” The most recent example cited by Langan is VIA’s […]
Continue readingAs discussions continue on possibly constructing a new airport in Pickering, Ontario, Transport Action Ontario has issued a new letter outlining the advantages of a high performance passenger rail option, rather than the air option. The letter can be viewed here: tao-pickering-airport-options Source: TAO
Continue readingTransport Action Ontario board member Ken Westcar recently published an op ed article in the London Free Press, advocating for significant, short-term improvements to existing passenger rail services in Ontario, rather than solely studying a high-speed rail service. The article is pasted below: LONDON FREE PRESSOPINIONUpgrades would outpace high-speed rail Ken Westcar, Special to Postmedia […]
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