(09-25-2023, 12:58 PM)Acitta Wrote:

(09-23-2023, 05:22 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Yeah, won't be tacking Flix or Onex...stopping at Sportsworld is pointless....MAYBE I'd take the ION to Fairway to pickup a bus, but connecting to Sportsworld...forget about it!

In any case, I will probably end up taking Via, but pretty much all the options are frustratingly awkward with a stroller and baggage and a little one. The GO train was nice for being able to roll on...and for it being basically empty lol.

I'm still frustrated with Via for charging me an extra 500 bucks because they only had first class seats available on the train the day after they restored service last winter...although not being stuck on an unmoving train for what was it...12 hours or more? I can't complain too much.

Well, who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and they'll have managed to roll out their new trains by then.

I have been taking ONex for the return trip after taking the GO train one way. I don't mind going home from Sportsworld, but rushing to get there to catch the bus on time is a different story.

(09-25-2023, 04:07 PM)neonjoe Wrote: Go designs its commuter bus stations only for cars. It's just off the 401. We are lucky that there are GRT connections there.
In reality any GO bus that serves highway 8 should stop at Fairway but they probably deem it to be too much of a detour for the westbound buses.

Quote:Ontario's minister of infrastructure is proposing a new way of funding GO Transit stations that she says will both increase transit service and housing nearby.

Kinga Surma says legislation she introduced today would let municipalities fund the design and construction of new GO stations.

Municipalities could then recover the costs over time by levying a Station Contribution Fee on development that gets built around the station.

The fee would be a voluntary tool for municipalities and they would apply to the province to use it.

The government says they would need to show a reduction in development costs to help offset the fee for developers, such as reduced parking requirements or faster approvals.

The legislation would also allow the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to enter into cross-boundary service agreements with neighbouring transit agencies.

(09-26-2023, 08:28 AM)nms Wrote: Ontario proposes new way of funding GO Transit stations, spurring nearby development

Quote:The legislation would also allow the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to enter into cross-boundary service agreements with neighbouring transit agencies.

(10-04-2023, 05:45 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I would guess this is more reflective of their inability to run sufficient buses. But a one off service takes a lot of advertising to make successful.

(10-04-2023, 08:02 PM)bravado Wrote: I hope this hasn't been posted yet either, but it looks like an increase in bike coaches to Kitchener and longer trains as well.

(10-04-2023, 08:14 PM)dtkvictim Wrote:

(10-04-2023, 08:02 PM)bravado Wrote: I hope this hasn't been posted yet either, but it looks like an increase in bike coaches to Kitchener and longer trains as well.

I don't know if this was already posted in this thread, but it's probably in response to news articles about huge numbers of food delivery riders commuting between Toronto and Brampton.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/there-are-too-many-bikes-a-sharp-rise-in-the-number-of-food-couriers-commuting/article_f5dcd476-f378-5d15-82d8-895868409bac.html

https://old.reddit.com/r/gotransit/comments/14v59qw/union_station_last_night/

I'm happy to see many people both cycling (especially for delivery work) and commuting on transit. But sad that it's in the context of being abused by the gig economy and high cost of housing.