Allandale25
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Metrolinx: Other Items (catch all)
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drum118
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Have you talk to anyone who use the London train as to why they use the train in the first place??
Your views have no impact as to what ML is looking at nor the big picture. I do see the need for this service and have used it once.
Given the service is only a few months old and still dealing with COVID 19, come back in Oct 2023 to state your views as it take time to build ridership and one train is not going to cut it. This is what trial programs are for based on a year or 2 to say yes it stay or go.
Do you know the London train does the Unionville to Mount Pleasant and back runs daily as well the London run on its last run from Unionville???
Until ML upgrades the line west of Kitchener, service will be slow. It will be slow going in London until it hit CN Mainline as well to the station. VIA have the same issue as well on the CN Mainline for its other service.
Again, ""NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO/FROM TORONTO"""
Allandale25
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W. K. Lis
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gabe
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Autonomous bus crash in Whitby leaves man in critical condition
Autonomous bus crash in Whitby leaves man in critical condition | Globalnews.ca
An investigation has been launched after an autonomous bus crash in Whitby left one man in critical condition. Police say the car somehow lost control, crashing into a tree.
globalnews.ca
kamira51
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This is honestly very devastating news, and the fact that the town of Orangeville is so eager to tear it up for a...trail.....eh? when were trying to get people to use transit instead of cars...
Even look at this post makes you realize how we have lost so much railway lines in this part of Ontario.
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Sunnyside
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Go in just about any city in Ontario on one of the many Google Earth overlays showing torn up track and you'll quickly realize that the utility lost by tearing up our railways, even in the GTA, will never be recovered. Where you posted, to Niagara, Hamilton, Burlington/Oakville and even within Toronto as well are countless railways which offered tremendous connections that we could still utilize if they weren't torn up throughout the last 100 years.
drum118
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I am assuming this is happening to other transit systems.
Starting Feb 1, all riders using Mississauga Transit to/from the GO System will not have to pay an extra fare using their Presto card. At present time, riders must pay $.80 to rider Mississauga Transit to/from GO.
I expect the same thing will happen for those who buy a GO fare from any GO Transit Machine or station agent.
<https://pub-mississauga.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=18563>
Another step to create fare integration to make transit a lot cheaper to use.
Starting Feb 1, all riders using Mississauga Transit to/from the GO System will not have to pay an extra fare using their Presto card. At present time, riders must pay $.80 to rider Mississauga Transit to/from GO.
I expect the same thing will happen for those who buy a GO fare from any GO Transit Machine or station agent.
<https://pub-mississauga.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=18563>
Another step to create fare integration to make transit a lot cheaper to use.
Northern Light
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@Haydenpoon found the same thing for Burlington
Being discussed in the Fare Integration Thread, here:
GTHA Transit Fare Integration
Metrolinx has abdicated it's responsibility when it comes to fare integration and it's Torontonians that are paying the price. Even if ML can't yet figure out how to coordinate all the systems together in a fair and easy to understand fashion that all transit agencies will accept, it does have...
Allandale25
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Northern Light
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I'm not one to quota..........
But you have 12 invited faces.............in a very diverse province.............and not one is non-caucasion?
Just sayin.
PS, I looked up the 2 who they couldn't find pictures for and found them in mere minutes..........and no, not them either.
Perhaps I should take a more optimistic view though.............6/12 are women.
generalcanada
Senior Member
sounds like that self-driving pilot isnt going to be expanded at the very least
www.engadget.com
After 15 years, Local Motors will reportedly cease operations this Friday
Crowdsourcing automaker Local Motors will cease operations this Friday, according to employees,
www.engadget.com
44 North
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sounds like that self-driving pilot isnt going to be expanded at the very least
After 15 years, Local Motors will reportedly cease operations this Friday
Crowdsourcing automaker Local Motors will cease operations this Friday, according to employees,
Unfortunate. But silver lining is that these smaller companies did the dirty work and gleaned valuable information in the process. When the concept returns in x years it will likely be bigger and better.
W. K. Lis
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From link.
Williams Omnibus Bus Line (1849–1862)
The first transit system in Toronto commenced in 1849, connecting St. Lawrence Market to the Red Lion Inn (shown above in 1886) in Yorkville.
From link.
Prior to Williams' operations, there were a variety of stagecoach operators in the city:
- Marlborough Stage
- Rossin House Hotel - King and Wellington Streets
- Charles Thompson - Yonge Street at Elgin Mills Hotel in Richmond Hill, Ontario to St. Lawrence Market
- Barnabas Vanderburgh's Hotel in Richmond Hill, Ontario
- Eastern Mail Stage
- Rouge - Scarborough, Ontario
- Markham Village - Markham Village
- Western Mail Stage - Lambton House to Dundas
- Streetsville - now part of Mississauga
- Holland Landing - from York to Holland Landing
- Pine Grove to Weston, Ontario
- Canadian Transfer Company
- Samuel D. Purdy 1816 - founder of first stagecoach line in Upper Canada from York to Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
- William Weller 1832 - from Coffin Block to Kingston, Ontario and also operated services in Cobourg, Ontario, Port Hope, Ontario, Peterborough, Ontario, Kingston-Prescott; Weller was mayor of Cobourg, Ontario
- John Playter 1828-1832 from York to Newmarket, Ontario
44 North
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If we remove the stagecoach driver, would a horse-drawn carriage qualify as a driverless/autonomous vehicle? 
Horses are pretty smart and can learn a route, may give the current tech a run for its money.
Horses are pretty smart and can learn a route, may give the current tech a run for its money.