Peter Miasek

by Terry Johnson and Peter Miasek “High Frequency Rail gathering steam,” bureaucrats said at the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships at the November 2022 conference. It followed an article in the Toronto Star, a day earlier, reporting that the cost of the 15-kilometre Ontario Line subway in Toronto has ballooned from $10.9 to $19 billion and may yet go higher.

Metrolinx unveiled its draft regional transportation plan in September and will finalize its public consultation in late November. It’s an ambitious plan, proposing an additional 38 frequent rapid transit projects by 2041, over and above the 32 projects already completed or in delivery. It contains other laudatory items, such as removing the double fare requirement between Toronto and the 905, improving cycling and walking facilities, making safety a priority and optimizing goods movement.