Extra trains for the Holidays once again
The Maritimes will be seeing extra passenger trains for the Christmas holiday season once again this year. It might seem early to be thinking about Christmas, but VIA is clearly trying to make sure that people have extra options when they look to book their Christmas...
A New Proposal to Rehabilitate the Ocean
“VIA Rail’s Ocean is dying.” So begins the report recently completed by transportation consultant and advocate Greg Gormick for the advocacy group Save Our Trains in Northern New Brunswick. The new report is titled “Riding the Ocean’s Next Wave: A proposal for VIA...
Province to support keeping Cape Breton rail line in place
The Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia (CBNS) Railway has reached a deal with the Province of Nova Scotia to keep its rail line through Cape Breton in place for at least another year. The province will pay CBNS up to $60,000 per month to cover valid expenses,...
Is the Burnside Connector project a good idea?
The province of Nova Scotia announced earlier this year that it will construct a new 4-lane highway between Burnside, the largely industrial park area on the northwest edge of Dartmouth, and Bedford. The goal of this project is to provide a more rapid traffic flow...
Province of NB announces funding for RuralLynx bus service!
After five years of hard work by the Southwest New Brunswick Transit Authority (SWNBTA), a twice daily bus service from southern Charlotte County to Saint John is finally posed to become a reality. On Thursday, the province of New Brunswick announced a $500,000...
Questions for the parties in the Nova Scotia election
Election day in Nova Scotia is rapidly approaching, so Transport Action Atlantic sent the following six questions to the recognized parties in the Nova Scotia election to find out where they stand on key provincial transportation issues. We will post their responses...
TAA holds successful AGM in Moncton
Transport Action Atlantic hosted a successful Annual General Meeting at the CN Pensioner’s Center in Moncton this past Saturday. Though the turnout was smaller than in some years, no doubt thanks to Saturday being one of the few really beautiful spring days we’ve had...
Notice of AGM – 2017
Transport Action Atlantic’s 2017 Annual General Meeting is coming up. We hope you can join us! Source: TAA
Federal budget reiterates support for transit, but nothing new for VIA
This week’s federal budget had little to get excited about from a VIA Rail perspective – operating funding for the next 3 years will remain at levels that are barely enough to maintain the current system, and there’s no new funding for fleet replacement or other...
TAA hosts successful Nova Scotia members event
On Saturday, March 18th, TAA hosted the first of what we hope will be many events for our members. This event was targeted primarily towards our members in Nova Scotia, as we set out on an excursion from Halifax to Truro and back. At noon, seventeen TAA members...
BC Update – 2017-09-09
=============================================================================== BC’s new NDP government cancelled bridge tolls on TransLink’s Golden Ears and the province’s Port Mann bridges, as promised in the recent election campaign. Member Stephen Rees wrote an...
Next Meeting – June 27, 2017
Transport Action BC (http://bc.transportaction.ca/) Regular Meeting Agenda: 27 June 2017 (Tuesday) 19:00 Waves Coffee Shop Meeting Room 100-900 Howe St (at Smithe St), Vancouver A. Membership and Finances (19:00) 1) Approval of 24 May 2017 meeting minutes. 2) Expense...
Next Meeting – May 24, 2017
Transport Action BC (http://bc.transportaction.ca/) Regular Meeting Agenda: 24 May 2017 (Wednesday) 19:00 Waves Coffee Shop Meeting Room 100-900 Howe St (at Smithe St), Vancouver 19:00 to 20:45 PM A. Membership and Finances (19:00) 1) Approval of 3 April 2016 meeting...
Massey Bridge Machinations 2 (2017-04)
An April 5, 2017 column by The Vancouver Sun’s political columnist, Vaughn Palmer, described how the B.C. government’s pre-construction / pre-election photo-op for the $3.5 billion Massey Bridge project was hijacked by a group protesting the mega-project. TABC Member...
John Forman Howes
Long-time Transport 2000 BC/Transport Action BC member, John Howes, died on February 4, 2017. John was a delight to chat with, always smiling and quick to praise. He was a true gentlemen and will be missed. John had a long, distinguished career in academia. He was a...
BC Meeting
The next meeting of Transport Action BC is on Monday April 3rd 2017. From 7 pm to 9 pm at Waves Coffee on Howe Street in...
Massey Bridge Machinations (2017-03)
The B.C. government’s project to replace the George Massey Tunnel, south of Vancouver, with a mega-bridge continues to generate controversy. Two significant news items were recently published. ================================================================= B.C.’s...
2016 AGM for Transport Action BC
TABC’s Annual General Meeting will held on 30 Nov. 2016 from 19:00-19:30 in the Waves Coffee Shop at Howe St. and Smithe St (SE Corner). Source: TABC
BC Government has started consultations on two projects having major implications for transportation options in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and on the Sunshine Coast
By Rick Jelfs, Transport Action British Columbia The BC Government has started consultations on two projects that have major implications for transportation options in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and on the Sunshine Coast. 1) Transport Minister Stone and regional...
TransLink Plans Should Change With New Circumstances
Long time Transport 2000/Transport Action member, J. Bakker developed a rapid transit scenario for Vancouver as an alternative to the proposed Broadway SkyTrain extension to Arbutus. He based his discussion on several major infrastructure and political changes that...
Update on Funding Gaps for Rapid and Conventional Transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
(Backgrounder) Update on Funding Gaps for Rapid and Conventional Transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Update on Funding Gaps for Rapid and Conventional Transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Source:...
TAO questions Ontario’s high-speed rail proposal, calls for replacement by a high-performance rail plan
TAO questions Ontario’s high-speed rail proposal, calls for replacement by a high-performance rail plan Will the Government of Ontario’s wildly optimistic predictions about the benefits of high-speed rail (HSR) actually materialize? The odds are they will not – and...
Transport Action Ontario rejects high-speed political vanity project, calls for high-performance rail plan
TORONTO – In a hard-hitting policy statement, the transportation advocacy group, Transport Action Ontario (TAO), calls for the rejection of the provincial government’s high-speed rail (HSR) proposal and its replacement with a more practical, high-performance rail...
A clear admission passenger rail needed in southwestern Ontario
This article by TAO board member Ken Westcar and resident of Woodstock ON appeared in the London Free Press in somewhat edited form on June 9, 2017 under the title “Westcar: Upgrading passenger rail makes most sense.” Although there are many critics of the province’s...
President’s Message, June 2017
Transport Action Ontario to focus on high-performance rail for the North Main Line and revival of the Northlander, By TAO President Robert Wightman, June 5, 2017 The way Canada and Ontario fund, govern and deliver rail passenger service desperately needs change. But...
TAO urges Brampton councillors to push for major changes to high-speed rail proposal
BRAMPTON, ON – As a result of a deputation to Brampton City Council by Transport Action Ontario (TAO) president Robert Wightman, local politicians have said they want Queen’s Park to make changes to its recent high-speed rail proposal, which fails to include…. Click...
Brampton City Council Deputation May 24
TAO Brampton HSR Deputation Release 170524 Source: TAO
TAO Annual General Meeting 2017
Saturday, April 29, 2017, Room 302, Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto, Ontario TAO Annual General Meeting of members: 10:00am – Noon Public Meeting with guest speakers: 1:30 – 3:30pm. Everyone invited! Railway electrification: planning and building (click headline...
Passenger rail policy – Not a world class act in Canada
VIAShadowOfFormerSelfG2Edit170418 Source: TAO
High Speed Rail Canada’s verdict on VIA’s High Frequency Rail proposal: a mystery inside an enigma. TAO proposes the High Performance Rail alternative.
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...
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