On 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 […]
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VIA Rail is reporting positive results from the 2016-2017 Christmas/New Year’s holiday season. VIA issued a press release on Jan. 12 claiming “record” results, though it’s admittedly not at all clear what their frame of reference is to declare these records (best numbers ever? In the past decade? In the past 5 years?) Putting […]
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After 20 years of carrying passengers to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, PEI’s Advance Shuttle has shut down. The company was purchased by Maritime Bus in 2012, who continued to operate it up until its final run on January 6, 2017. Maritime Bus had concluded that the cost of running the shuttle service in addition […]
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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