By Transport Action Atlantic | Atlantic
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 […]
Continue readingNote to Readers: with the approval of expressway tolls in Toronto, interest in road tolling has spiked all across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Transport Action Ontario was featured in an article by York Region Media Group on this topic. The article summarizes our position and reasons why we support such tolls. The article […]
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