"As they usually do, they try and sell these things as a terrific boon to everybody and everybody will be flying all over the place. You'll be able to fly from Saskatoon to Prague twice a day," said Louis Ehrlichman, research director at the Toronto-based International Association of Machinists, which represents Air Canada employees. Ehrlichman said it's more likely further consolidation of the industry will flow from deregulation ...
Canwest's Sarah Schmidt reported: "Harry Gow, founding president of the Transport 2000, a consumer-advocacy organization specializing in air travel, is doubtful Canada's "fragile" airline industry will thrive. "One of the aspects that has long concerned me with open skies in general as a principle is that we have a peculiar market in Canada. We are barely able to manage to keep one medium-size airline solvent in Canada."
http://www2.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=1570077
"Morgan said the York Street site would give Acadian the space it needs, while providing ample parking. The York Street train station, constructed in 1923, is protected under federal heritage legislation that bars owners J.D. Irving Ltd. from tearing it down. The cost of restoring the structure is about $2 million," the Gleaner's Michael Staples wrote.
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/659494
« En 2008, VIA Rail a transporté 4,6 millions de voyageurs, comparativement à 4,2 millions l'année précédente. Cette hausse de clientèle de 10% est énorme pour la société d'État fédérale, qui n'a enregistré qu'une seule hausse supérieure à 4% depuis 1991 (5,4% en 2005) » la Presse rapportait.
« La hausse en 2008 est attribuable à l'augmentation du prix de l'essence et au financement supplémentaire accordé par le gouvernement Harper afin d'ajouter de nouveaux départs. À titre d'exemple, la société d'État offre six départs quotidiens de plus entre Montréal et Ottawa depuis janvier 2008 ».
"Yesterday, the AMT and Hydro-Québec said they will commission a feasibility study of the electrification of 250 kilometres of tracks used by four non-electric AMT lines - Dorion, Blainville, Delson and Mont St. Hilaire. A fifth AMT line, Deux Montagnes, is electric. The study is due next spring".
The Gazette reported: "Electrification could be done gradually over 15 years, beginning in 2011, with Hydro picking up part of the cost. Electric trains would eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, cut noise pollution, and improve reliability, AMT president Joël Gauthier said".
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/million+electrify+rail+network/1567293/story.html
« L'Ontario partage deux cents par litre sur les revenus provenant de la taxe sur l'essence avec les municipalités dans le but d'étendre leurs services de transport en commun. Le gouvernement a accordé aux municipalités plus de 1,3 milliard de dollars en financement par la taxe sur l'essence depuis 2004, dont plus de 321 millions de dollars en 2009-2010. »
"Ontario shares two cents per litre from gas tax revenues with municipalities to expand their public transit systems. The government is providing municipalities with more than $1.3 billion in gas tax funding since 2004, including more than $321 million in 2009/10. ...
By 2010, Ontario will have provided municipalities with $1.6 billion in Gas Tax funding for public transit. The Nation is the 90th transit system to receive provincial gas tax funding for public transit. One bus takes 40 vehicles off the road and keeps 25 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions out of the atmosphere each year.
"Construction could start within a few months and should be completed by early 2012 at the latest, transportation general manager Bob Boutilier said. The line will mainly follow the CN rail right-of-way leading to the station and parking lot near 153rd Avenue and Victoria Trail ... with a total cost of $210 million ... ."
The Journal's Gordon Kent reported: "Other projects include: Upgraded LRT signal lights from downtown to Clareview and extending platforms on the five current and future LRT stations south of university to five cars long from four cars (they were originally designed for four cars when funding was tight)".
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/take+northeast+extension/1552825/story.html
"The current cost recovery ratio for Milton Transit is about 20 per cent, but the draft plan foresees that increasing to 34 per cent by 2011," the Champion's Tim Foran wrote on May 1.
"The Town's public meeting on the strategic plan will be held from 2 to 4 p. m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. With presentations at 2:30 and 7 p.m. Those unable to attend can review and comment on the plan online at www.milton.ca until May 13".
http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/printarticle/251306
"The deal will see workers refurbish cars inside and out, including seats, air conditioning, engines, windows and more at the company's west Moncton facility, formerly CN Railway's locomotive repair and rebuild shop".
"The company, which Carpenter established more than a decade ago, repairs locomotives for such industry names as General Motors and Arcelor Mittal and conducts quality assurance tests on railcars for other global manufacturing firms," the Telegraph-Journal's Rebecca Penty wrote.
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/654246
Passengers rode route No. 3 for free Saturday afternoon on a red-and-cream Brill trolley bus from the 1940s, brought out of the city's heritage fleet especially for the final ceremonial ride".
"There's nothing quite like the resonance of a trolley on the road, McDonald said. The sound of distant thunder on the prairie, 'that's the sound you want to hear,' he said. 'They are quick on the takeoff, they are warmer in the winter, and they're quiet,'" the Journal's Andrea Sands wrote.
http://www2.canada.com/technology/aboard+last+trolley+ride/1558652/story.html?id=1558652
"The report, dated April 24, 2009, and given to the Sun by LE DROIT, says several issues must be taken into consideration before the federal government commits any money to the city's revised public transit project".
"'Cost estimates for the light rail transit segments of the plan may be low,' the report says. 'City staff estimate that a 3-km tunnel downtown would cost approximately $550 million which seems low when compared to transit tunnel projects in other Canadian cities.'"
"Phase 1 would be completed in three stages over the next 22 years. The first stage includes building the downtown tunnel, a bridge across the Rideau River near Barrhaven and expanding the Transitway. City officials say it could be ready in 10 years or less," the Sun's Derek Puddicomb reported.
http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/05/02/9323021-sun.html