Ugh, this is so depressing.
The GO Transit electrification project was one of the most promising projects in Toronto with the potential to transform the GTA for the better.
This was supposed to be the electrification of the GO Transit network with 15-minute (or less) all-day trains in each direction. Now that goal seems basically impossible.
I think this is the most infuriating segment.
Commuter rail fucking sucks! We shouldn't be building trains that only run into the city in the morning and back out to suburbia in the afternoon!
We shouldn't be building trains for car drivers, we should be building transit for all people so that they don't even need cars in the first place! 🤦♂️
Three years ago I made a video on the insanity of GO Transit and the idea of "commuter rail" in general.
It looks like nothing is going to substantially change in Toronto, and the end of this video was wishful thinking.
People get so pissed off at me when I'm negative about the future of Canadian cities, but between this and tearing out bike lanes, they're not providing me with much evidence to the contrary.
https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-the-trains-that-subsidize-suburbia-go-transit-commuter-rail
@notjustbikes I always used ‘commuter rail’ as the English translation for what is roughly ‘suburban rail’ but your post here is making me rethink it
For example I always called the October Railway within Saint Petersburg and the greater NW region ‘commuter rail’ since it runs 6-8 carriage, 3+3-a-row seat EMUs with operating distances of up to 150 km and travel times of up to 3 hours, and like back in my home country, these are used by commuters (bus routes to the stations, train to the city and the metro system — they do not have any park and ride facilities whatsoever) and people who need to get to the city or out of the city throughout the day (starting around 5 and last service being around 24:45)
What would one properly call these?
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