GO 2.0 Expansion Plan

[blitzraj1]

Also do most trains along the Kitchener line need to stop at St. Clair West and King Liberty? Seems abusive.

I think the remenants of John Tory's Smart Track make sense for those stops.

 

[Bordercollie]

I still say this is a way to campaign on buying the 407 for the next election. Two-year study to show that it'll take 30-years to do, including 30 years of major 401 traffic.

Suddenly $20B to buy back the 407 seems like a bargain, and can be done on a way shorter timeframe

In some ways the 407 is not the solution. It's good as a bypass but it doesn't run through the core of the city.

You could subsidize tolls for trucks to encourage them to bypass the city.

Dedicated paid car pool lanes in express.

Use that money to pay for BRT using bus lanes for GO transit.

You already have a bus network that runs from Oshawa to Finch or YM to Mississauga.

You just need dedicated bus lanes and have a stop at the 404/Don Mills station or Oriole. If you could have GO trains during the day terminate at Old Cummer you can get downtown in 30min from Oriole. That's better than the subway from York Mills which is full during rush hour.

That's much cheaper sand faster than buying the 407.

 

[WB62]

What lead to that item? What have councillors seen, that I don't think we've seen. (I can guess - an early draft of the 2051 RTP - so what else is in it).

The councillor advocating for this started talking about it after he saw a post on twitter about the evidence of the LM line that was left on the PC’s 2.0 map. The same post that was shared in this UT thread.

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-260588.pdf

City council incorrectly believed this line was cut from the regional transportation plan, LM was just an idea removed from the 2.0 map before publication, I don’t think it was in the 2051 RTP.

I assume the recommendation the city is about to give Metrolinx to reinstate the Lakeshore-Midtown Line is going to cause confusion for everyone, because as far as I know Metrolinx wasn’t involved with what the government drew up for GO 2.0

 

[nfitz]

The councillor advocating for this started talking about it after he saw a post on twitter about the evidence of the LM line that was left on the PC’s 2.0 map. The same post that was shared in this UT thread.

Thanks!

 

[Bureaucromancer]

Might as well expand the Milton Line to Cambridge?

I've said it a hundred times in the crayon threads, but I have a really hard time seeing this as preferable to a Guelph extension

 

[blitzraj1]

Can't we have both? The track is already there for Cambridge right?

 

[chrisw]

"GO 2.0: Canada and Ontario will explore options that will allow increased GO Transit passenger service along freight-owned corridors across the Greater Golden Horseshoe region, including improved service along existing GO lines and the potential creation of new GO lines in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

Options under consideration may include constructing new bypass tracks in the Milton corridor and new railway service through Toronto. These options will be considered alongside plans to advance the Alto High-Speed Rail line, including connectivity to Pearson Airport."

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

 

[crs1026]

Also

Priority transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

: Canada and Ontario will work to conclude federal contribution agreements within 90 days on previously announced transit projects for the GTHA, including the Ontario Line, Eglinton Crosstown West Extension, Scarborough Subway Extension, Yonge North Subway Extension and the Hamilton LRT.

In other words, Ottawa lining up to chip in on Ford’s already underway projects.

- Paul

 

[Northern Light]

Also



In other words, Ottawa lining up to chip in on Ford’s already underway projects.

- Paul

No.

***

The underway projects simply have some outstanding paperwork. No new commitments.

There is money available for projects not yet announced as publicly funded.

 

[hw621]

Also



In other words, Ottawa lining up to chip in on Ford’s already underway projects.

- Paul

Would that help speed up the constructions?

 

[Undead]

Sounds like Sheppard East and West getting some help. edit to add: and waterfront east.

 

[nfitz]

Sounds like Sheppard East and West getting some help. edit to add: and waterfront east.

What did they say about those two projects. I'm surprised that West was mentioned.

 

[Undead]

What did they say about those two projects. I'm surprised that West was mentioned.

There's nothing announced publicly. I'm assuming there's going to be action on Sheppard based on what NL posted above about there being money for projects not currently announced as funded.