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RE: GO Transit - timio - 09-10-2016
Well, it's not overcome until they actually build the bypass... So overcome in principle.
RE: GO Transit - DHLawrence - 09-10-2016
When it was first discussed in the Toronto Star last summer, the argument was that the Milton Line would benefit as well by letting CP divert their freight traffic north of Toronto on the same route. Anyone know if they're still part of the conversation?
RE: GO Transit - danbrotherston - 09-11-2016
(09-10-2016, 07:17 PM)DHLawrence Wrote: When it was first discussed in the Toronto Star last summer, the argument was that the Milton Line would benefit as well by letting CP divert their freight traffic north of Toronto on the same route. Anyone know if they're still part of the conversation?
I also have this question. I think this *should* be an accommodation in the project, even if not built initially, because well, planning ahead. Milton/Cambridge need better transit as well.
RE: GO Transit - Canard - 09-26-2016
Ontario Adding GO Bus By-Pass Shoulders on Highway 401
I'm very curious how this will be done! Sounds like it will just be short segments here-and-there where typical backups occur. I'm all for this. Maybe it'll also stop the douchebags who pass on the shoulder when things back up and ride from on-ramp to on-ramp, too, since they might fear they'll get creamed by a bus.
RE: GO Transit - MacBerry - 09-28-2016
Ontario Adding GO Bus By-Pass Shoulders on Highway 401
I'm very curious how this will be done! Sounds like it will just be short segments here-and-there where typical backups occur. I'm all for this. Maybe it'll also stop the douchebags who pass on the shoulder when things back up and ride from on-ramp to on-ramp, too, since they might fear they'll get creamed by a bus.
This particular Go-Bus By-Pass will run easterly from Regional Road 25 to Hwy 407.
"By the end of next month, Highway 401 eastbound between Regional Rd. 25 in Milton and the Highway 401/407 interchange will have the new by-pass shoulder segments. They will remain in place until the upcoming Highway 401 expansion occurs, which includes the construction of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes in both directions."
P.S. Don't know how my little addition merged with Canard's ??
RE: GO Transit - Canard - 09-28-2016
Yes but it says in segments. So I'm curious how and where they'll start and stop, specifically. Basically I want to see technical drawings and details.
RE: GO Transit - panamaniac - 10-21-2016
Ontario is building a new GO bus storage and maintenance facility in Kitchener. The new facility will accommodate up to 20 single GO buses, and will replace the current leased bus storage space. The new facility will be located along the Kitchener rail corridor, which was identified in June for GO service expansion. The announcement doesn't say what the facility will cost.
Here's the presser: https://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2016/10/ontario-improving-transit-for-commuters-in-kitchener-waterloo.html
RE: GO Transit - KevinL - 10-21-2016
This isn't properly 'new' news - when the new rail facility was announced for Shirley they said it would get a bus facility too.
RE: GO Transit - jamincan - 10-21-2016
Where are they stored now?
RE: GO Transit - neonjoe - 10-21-2016
They are stored at Great Canadian's facility.
RE: GO Transit - Pheidippides - 10-29-2016
Breslau (Greenhouse Road) GO Station Update
Recommendation:
That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo take the following actions regarding the development of a new GO Station at Greenhouse Road, Breslau in the Township of Woolwich:
(a) Endorse the location of the GO station as identified in Attachment “B” to Report PDL-CPL-16-48.
(b) Request the Ministry of Transportation and Metrolinx to fully fund all costs associated with the new GO station as part of the Regional Express Rail 10-Year Program.
© Forward Report PLD-CPL-16-48, dated November 1, 2016, to Metrolinx, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, and the Township of Woolwich.
RE: GO Transit - Canard - 10-29-2016
Wow, at Greenhouse Road? That's totally not where I imagined it would go. Curious to see how it turns out! Hopefully the road will be upgraded to support the increased traffic and a reasonably sized Park-and-Ride is considered. The lot downtown is full every day, so it's at (or past) capacity.
RE: GO Transit - timio - 10-29-2016
That's one of the locations laid out in the Kitchener GO expansion EA. There's a huge development proposed for that swath of land as well.
RE: GO Transit - KevinL - 10-29-2016
The map indicates a new connector might be built from the south of the tracks, connecting to Fountain, as well.
RE: GO Transit - SammyOES2 - 10-29-2016
Yeah, the location only makes sense in terms of the Breslau Secondary Plan and the proposed development there.
This is obviously out of date, but is still the general idea (as I understand it):
http://www.woolwich.ca/en/newsevents/resources/Thomasfield-PlanningJustificationReport-March2011.pdf
And I'm not sure if these are the most recent version, but the full secondary plan is really big, and the maps are most useful for seeing what they're thinking:
http://www.woolwich.ca/en/newsevents/resources/MAPS_ONLY_from_Draft_Secondary_Plan_and_Appendices_with_AMENDED_Schedule_B_and_C.pdf