raptor
Senior Member
Trying to accommodate the 0.005% ruins it for the rest of us. Hope the visually impaired are happy, because those of us who can see properly have a real difficulty finding their train on those new screens.
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Metrolinx: Other Items (catch all)
- Thread starter TheTigerMaster
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drum118
Superstar
Try telling that to the Human Right Tribunal as you will loose.
raptor
Senior Member
1. It's spelled 'lose'
2. I know you're right, but I'm entitled to my own opinion
3. I'm sure Metrolinx could have designed a better layout to please everyone, but they chose not to
Allandale25
Senior Member
The video of the latest town hall is now up.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Ditto for those who complain about airport noise and then live by the airport.
Allandale25
Senior Member
rbt
Senior Member
When I moved next to the airport it was primarily a flight school between 10am and 4pm; when I left there were dozens of commercial flights 7 days a week before 8am and after 10pm. I can understand residents taking issue with a drastic change in the use of the corridor.
The province (with Metrolinx's help) kinda brings this on themselves via this trickle of grade separations (no intersection, no horn; same list as 2005 with a few complete) and what seems like never-ending delays over electrification (announced 2008?) which would reduce general noise.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Apparently, Metrolinx has been quietly contemplating doing something intelligent (change is good!) .....they're considering phasing out free parking, beginning later this year, with 1/2 of all spots to be paid by Sept 2022.
One word: Overdue!
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www.theglobeandmail.com
One word: Overdue!
Metrolinx plans to convert tens of thousands of GO station parking spots from free to paid
The shift is planned to begin within months and will be a pricey change for many of the roughly 65,000 GO customers who drive to the stations
www.theglobeandmail.com
salsa
Senior Member
Apparently, Metrolinx has been quietly contemplating doing something intelligent (change is good!) .....they're considering phasing out free parking, beginning later this year, with 1/2 of all spots to be paid by Sept 2022.
One word: Overdue!
Metrolinx plans to convert tens of thousands of GO station parking spots from free to paid
The shift is planned to begin within months and will be a pricey change for many of the roughly 65,000 GO customers who drive to the stations
However some people are feeling a little differently about it
Meanwhile Metrolinx is doing little to make alternative modes of travel more appealing.
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NotAToy
New Member
Apparently, Metrolinx has been quietly contemplating doing something intelligent (change is good!) .....they're considering phasing out free parking, beginning later this year, with 1/2 of all spots to be paid by Sept 2022.
One word: Overdue!
Metrolinx plans to convert tens of thousands of GO station parking spots from free to paid
The shift is planned to begin within months and will be a pricey change for many of the roughly 65,000 GO customers who drive to the stations
It might incentivize people who use those parking spots to drive downtown to avoid parking fees (though unlikely).
innsertnamehere
Superstar
then they will pay to park downtown.
People are upset about stuff costing more, that makes sense. Reality is that for many it won't make sense to not drive. But for many, it will, and they will opt for that. For others, the paid parking will ensure they have a space when they get there.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
GO Transit is a rare example of a public transit operator that has somehow managed to perpetuate urban sprawl, rather than reduce it. Every one of these spots just represents one more person that can now live in a sprawling suburb, clogging up our roads daily. It's totally anthietical to the model used by Toronto and the TTC, where damn near every single subway rider either walks, bikes or uses the TTC's incredibly robust bus network to access the TTC's rapid transit network. You'd be hard pressed to find any suburban areas in North America with a better transit network than Toronto's inner suburbs. Totally different story in the 905 though.
Sometimes I question if these parking spaces have done more harm than good. With our highways at capacity, if these parking spaces never existed, would we have seen denser development around these GO Stations, allowing people to conveniently walk, bike or bus to the GO train? Would the 905 outer suburbs more resemble the 416 inner suburbs, rather than being the sprawling, inefficient mess they are now? Would more people have chosen to locate in North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough, where public transit is more robust?
The inability of the provincial government to get more than a tiny fraction of GO commuters to GO stations via public transit is a huge public policy failure. And the 905 suburbs are laid out so inefficiently that I don't know that the problem of low transit ridership to GO stations ever can be corrected. At this point I'm just hoping that a capping the number of GO parking spaces will force denser development around GO stations, as the people will no longer have the option of driving to the GO stations. And hopefully more of the GTA's growth continues to be concentrated on the 416 suburbs, where public transit is more effective
Charging for parking is a good move. This should've happened decades ago
JasonParis
Moderator
It's a fun day on Twitter when the thought of pricing parking is mentioned.
Disparishun
Active Member
Charge for parking, drop fares by half of the park charge. Stays price-neutral for those who keep driving, but now they have an incentive not to.
jje1000
Senior Member
Hopefully a good change.