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It's the same article.Looks like this article below from September 15th made the same error? I'm a little confused what is happening here. @reaperexpress @Northern Light
Changes to Kitchener line GO Transit service beginning on Monday | Globalnews.ca
There will be a new train departing Union Station in Toronto for Kitchener on Monday night, which will replace five buses.globalnews.ca
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In any case, it is good to review and update master plans like this. First, Metrolinx has been clear they re-examine it every five years. Second, as you have said, the RTP is made up of municipal TMPs, so really this is an exercise in centralization. Why is this valuable? Well, many of those TMPs have only been updated in the last 5 years, most of which are planning to the 2051 horizon (they may actually be required to). Some TMPs are out, some are not. York Region for instance has their 2051 TMP, but Halton is currently working on updating their 2031 TMP. So to reiterate, we are centralizing the most up-to-date TMPs, but also factoring in the changes at Metrolinx/their approach given their growing experience, in our government, and after COVID; travel patterns have undoubtedly changed, and I have seen the data for some places- it exists- but it won't be public until the TTS for 2023 is released. Furthermore, growth projections will likely be adjusted, which ways I don't know. Really we are fine-tuning the same document since the Big Move.
I do wish government agencies/depts of all stripes would cut down on the 'Consultant Enrichment Program'.
The reality, in this case, is that the 2041 plan is nowhere near delivered.
There is no imminent need to add to the shopping list.
ROWs can and should be protected for; but you don't need a consultant for that, you need an MZO.
There are too many plans and strategies and too few $$$ to deliver them.
That said, I don't mind an 'update/refresh' of the existing plan, IF, there's real movement behind the scenes to add, remove, or alter in scope one or more projects.
But that's an Mx/Political decision over which a consultant drawing fanciful lines has no control.
Just have the-inhouse staff add or delete some lines/dots on a map as required, produce a 2-page explainer as to what was changed and move on.
Official Plans generally have a lifespan of about 30 years, and serious plans for Transit or Parks, or much of anything else should be about the same. No need to reinvent the wheel for six or seven figures every decade.
Of the three, only Orillia is served by ONR bus. The County's 'Linx' bus system serves C'Wood and Midland (and Orillia) along with other areas of the County with small capacity buses. It is intended to facilitate inter-community travel, not as an extension of longer distance commuter travel. In-town stops are are at college campuses, hospitals, etc. not GO/ONR stops. The service is in it fledgling year; service is pretty basic but it is slowly expanding.
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It's always struck me as a missed opportunity that the Barrie-Midland and Barrie-Orillia routes terminate at Georgian College on the edge of Barrie rather than continuing to Allandale Waterfront Station via downtown. Of course extending the routes would increase operating costs, but you'd think that they'd make that back from extra ridership heading to/from downtown Barrie as well as connecting to other transit routes at Barrie Terminal or Allandale Waterfront.There are two direct GO-Linx transfers: the Alliston-Beeton route to Bradford GO, and the Wasaga Beach-Stayner route at Allandale Waterfront. I’ve taken three of the six Linx routes.
Only the Collingwood-Wasaga Beach bus runs weekends, and there’s no fare integration between Barrie Transit, Linx, and GO.
A transit tour of central Ontario
A round trip from Toronto via Guelph, Owen Sound, and Barrie is the longest trip one can take using only local and regional transit services. Despite these new links, there is room for improvement.
Perhaps. Maybe in the future as the system expands and they grow ridership (and the buses get larger). They do actually connect with several Barrie Transit routes that pass through both Georgian College and RVH. The initial demand was for people to be able to go to school and connect with the regional health centre.
I remember Barrie Transit "accepted" presto, by letting you get on for free if you said you were going to the go station.
They should rollout Presto right across Ontario for all government transit agencies that are provincial or municipal.
Doesn't presto take a 10% cut? I'm also curious how the machine pricing works? The TTC owns their own readers apparently
We're probably way off the thread topic but, whatever.
