[ryan29]

Transportation/Trucking — April 3, 2009

More good news for GO customers with Federal and Provincial funding announcement

TORONTO, April 3, 2009 /CNW/ - Improved stations, better infrastructure,
and new facilities topped the list of improvements for GO Transit in today's
announcement by Canada's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure John Baird,
Ontario Minister of Transportation Jim Bradley, and GO Transit Chairman Peter
Smith. The announcement earmarked $250 million for a series of GO improvement
projects, including station enhancements, new maintenance and storage
facilities, new stations and stops, and improvements to GO infrastructure.
This funding is part of the $500 million pledged for GO Transit by both levels
of government in February this year.
GO Transit's entire network will benefit from today's announcement, with
improvements coming to all regions of GO's service area.


New stations and stops:
- New second rail station in downtown Barrie at Allandale site (Simcoe)

New facilities:
- New GO Bus storage facility in Aberfoyle (Wellington)
- New GO Bus maintenance facility in Ajax (Durham)
- New train fuelling facility at Aldershot GO Station (Halton)
- Expansion of Streetsville GO Bus facility (Peel)

Station improvements:
- South platform reconstruction at Clarkson GO Station (Peel)
- Pedestrian tunnel extension and track work at Exhibition GO Station
(Toronto)
- New pedestrian bridges at Burlington GO Station (Halton)
- Pedestrian bridge rehabilitation at Oriole GO Station (Toronto)
- New platform and two shelters for Hwy. 407 East GO Bus service at
Richmond Hill Centre Bus Terminal (York)
- Yonge Street Bridge rehabilitation on the Barrie rail corridor in
Aurora (York)
- Platform snowmelt systems at Ajax (Durham) and Bronte GO Stations
(Halton)
- More bicycle shelter construction - additional 56 shelters across the
GO system

More infrastructure, parking, and equipment:
- Widening of the Credit River bridge and new second track on
Georgetown rail corridor (Peel & Halton)
- Purchase of 20 more bi-level railcars and refurbishment of older
locomotives to improve their reliability
- Installation of GPS on all GO Buses
- Ongoing track maintenance and improvements throughout the GO rail
network over the next five years


"This is a tremendous day for GO and public transit in general," said GO
Transit Chairman Peter Smith. "The improvements that will come from this
funding will ultimately make the system better, more convenient, and more
comfortable for our riders."
For GO information, the public can call 416.869.3200, 1.888.GET ON GO
(438.6646), or 1.800.387.3652 TTY.

GO Transit is the Province of Ontario's interregional public transit
system linking Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto
Area (GTA). GO carries nearly 55 million passengers a year in an extensive
network of train and bus services that spans over 8,000 square kilometres.


http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/nw/11203/tt

[ryan29]

i've never riden on the GO transit buses or trains before . its used heavily in the GTA though , you see the train stations all over the place , they even expanded into barrie a couple of years ago . well it had been there before but was cancelled . also its good to see 2 governments that don't always agree , at least work to improve this transit system .

[hurley_108]

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[ryan29]

other than by copying and pasting an article ? how else could i post it here . i could just post the link but then no one would read the article . but i think this way best gets the message across .

[commanderkai]

ryan29 wrote:

other than by copying and pasting an article ? how else could i post it here . i could just post the link but then no one would read the article . but i think this way best gets the message across .

People would, you just need to go through current events. Most people who don't read the article probably have little value in adding to the topic

[bootlegga]

You can post them on the front page or here;

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Click on submit article, fill in web address, title, and if you want, copy a paragragh or two from the article.

[ryan29]

commanderkai wrote:

ryan29 wrote:

other than by copying and pasting an article ? how else could i post it here . i could just post the link but then no one would read the article . but i think this way best gets the message across .

People would, you just need to go through current events. Most people who don't read the article probably have little value in adding to the topic

i think that last part hols true to this article and some of the comments posted so far .

[hurley_108]

ryan29 wrote:

commanderkai wrote:

ryan29 wrote:

other than by copying and pasting an article ? how else could i post it here . i could just post the link but then no one would read the article . but i think this way best gets the message across .

People would, you just need to go through current events. Most people who don't read the article probably have little value in adding to the topic

i think that last part hols true to this article and some of the comments posted so far .

Yea, because your C&P contributions add a whole lot of value to the discussions on this board.

[RUEZ]

ryan29 wrote:

i think that last part hols true to this article and some of the comments posted so far .

Post any way you want too. It's a free world.