Category Archives: Canada: LRT/Streetcars

Breaking: Toronto council backs LRT over Ford’s subway plan

Posted on Thursday, 22nd March 2012 by

I’ll let the Globe and Mail tell this breaking story, with more to follow: http://t.co/FBQQ3M62 I’ll just get back to riding SEPTA trackless trolleys for the moment. Cheers.

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“Tourist trams win one year reprieve,” via Blackpool Gazette.

Posted on Friday, 25th November 2011 by

Was glad to see this: “Tourist trams win one year reprieve – Business – Blackpool Gazette. As the Gazette reports, Blackpool Transport had told Lancastrian Transport Trust to move 13 vintage trams out of Rigby Road depot by the end … Continue reading →

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Toronto streetcars in Blackpool?

Posted on Tuesday, 15th November 2011 by

Readers will please observe the question mark at the end of the post title. But this is not merely my imagination at work, I promise. I was browsing BBC Lancashire’s page tonight when, as happens from time to time, I … Continue reading →

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Toronto unveils the next generation of Red Rockets.

Posted on Wednesday, 9th November 2011 by

This is kind of a big deal. The Toronto Transit Commission on Friday unveiled renderings of the city’s new 204-car fleet of Bombardier FLEXITY low-floor streetcars, set to enter service in 2013. Those interested in the new cars will find … Continue reading →

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Streetcars: The original culprits behind urban sprawl?

Posted on Tuesday, 7th September 2010 by

Were streetcars the original culprits behind urban sprawl ?  Now there you have a question guaranteed to provoke heated debate, especially among knee-jerk reactionaries. And so it proved with a fascinating recent post on a Toronto-area blog. Writing on blogTO.com, Agatha Barc innocently opened Pandora’s Box with her Sept. 5 post, … Continue reading →

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Ontario OKs environmental assessment for Ottawa LRT tunnel

Posted on Sunday, 22nd August 2010 by

I’m a few days behind on the news, but note that the Province of Ontario has given its blessing to an environmental assessment of a proposed 12-kilometre light-rail transit line for Ottawa, according to the above story by reporter Robert Sibley of The … Continue reading →

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“Light rail for Winnipeg.” Or “light rail for Winnipeg?”

Posted on Thursday, 22nd July 2010 by

I haven’t followed the rapid transit saga in Winnipeg. But based on this breaking news story published yesterday by the Winnipeg Free Press, city council there voted 10-4 “to approve a plan to incorporate flexible streetcars into the city’s long-term … Continue reading →

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