By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus , National News
Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, made a commitment during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow to travel across Canada by rail, conducting climate policy consultations. On July 13, 2022 it was reported that the promised trip had been called off due to the lack of passenger rail […]
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By Harry Gow | Interurban Rail and Bus
Transport Action Canada’s recent AGM featured a presentation by the former British Columbia Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Ms. Claire Trevena. In the discussion that followed the question of using school buses to augment the options available to rural public transit users was raised. It was clear that this option had not so far been tried in […]
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By Harry Gow | Highways & Bridges , Quebec
The recently proposed changes to the Québec Third Link project do not make it any more acceptable, and Transport Action continues to share the concerns of Équiterre, Accès Transports Viables, Trajectoire Québec, the David Suzuki Foundation, Vivre en Ville and the Conseil régional de l’environnement de la Capitale-Nationale who are partners in the Non au […]
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By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus
On March 9th, the Government of Canada released a Request for Expressions of Interest to build and operate High Frequency Rail. This represented a noticeable change in scope from previous announcements, particularly in terms of seeking to outsource VIA Rail’s corridor operations to the private sector partner for 30 to 50 years. (For details see […]
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By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus , Quebec
The Quebecois phrase sac de noeuds, which literally translates to “bag of knots” accurately describes the complex problem that now confronts the High Frequency Rail project in Montreal. Interoperability with the automated Réseau Express Metropolitan (REM) through the Mount Royal Tunnel will not be possible, despite earlier assurances. While the federal government has announced its […]
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