By Transport Action | Urban Transit
Transport Action Canada board members Adam Mills and David Jeanes joined local public transit advocates, municipal leaders and industry professionals from across the country at the Transit for Tomorrow Summit in Ottawa on October 28, 2024. Led by the TransLink Mayors’ Council and Environmental Defence, the summit participants including all the regional chapters of Transport […]
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By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus
CN suddenly announced new speed restrictions for VIA Rail’s new Siemens Venture trains on October 11, 2024, at 80 grade crossings in the Quebec-Windsor corridor equipped with constant warning time systems, asserting that unless the trains are lengthened to seven cars—32 axles—they might not correctly activate those crossings. These speed restrictions are causing delays of […]
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By Transport Action | Major Reports
The Beyond HFR report was researched and prepared between July 2023 and July 2024, in response to a question raised in a meeting between Transport Action and the Parliamentary All-Party Rail Caucus to discuss the state of passenger rail services both within and beyond the Quebec-Windsor corridor: If we could invest a billion dollars of […]
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By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus
Following the 10-hour delay to VIA Rail train 622 from Montreal to Quebec City of August 31, 2024, caused by an equipment failure on the train, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Communities (TRAN) has launched an investigation. The committee called both VIA Rail and Minister of Transport to testify. Transport […]
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By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus
Transport Action wants to see all public transport operators make efforts to make multi-mode passenger travel relaxing and trouble free, with assured connections and interline ticketing. Therefore, we were pleased to meet with Pierre Santoni, VIA Rail’s Director of Intermodal Passenger Transportation Partnerships, in Montreal and by hybrid meeting on August 22, 2024 to discuss […]
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