When Outdated Trains Serve a Modern City: GO Transit

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What happens when a 1960s-style train system meets Canada's largest city? GO Transit is a fantastic commuter rail system, but Toronto is growing faster than the trains can catch up. They now have the opportunity to become one of the best transit systems in North America.... as long as they stay on track. ➜ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/flurfdesign ➜ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flurfdesign/ ➜ Twitter: https://x.com/flurfdesign ➜ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flurfdesign ➜ References: Commuting Mode Shares in the Commuter Rail Catchment Areas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330133451_Commuting_Mode_Shares_in_the_Commuter_Rail_Catchment_Areas_Trends_Status_and_the_Role_of_Policy_Interventions_in_the_Case_of_GO_Transit_in_Greater_Toronto GO Transit's Lakeshore Line https://transittoronto.ca/regional/2101.shtml Union Station commuter dragged to death under train https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/union-station-commuter-dragged-to-death-under-train-1.3053644 Union Station Rail Corridor Track Capacity Study https://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/usrc-track-study_mainreport.pdf Determinants of Train Frequency https://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/chapter3dot2.pdf Why don't GO trains have level boarding? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Pg1r-s3nY&t=3s The other barrier to GO-TTC transfers https://seanmarshall.ca/2024/02/18/the-other-barrier-to-go-ttc-transfers/ GO Transit and the high cost of “free” parking https://seanmarshall.ca/2015/11/12/go-transit-and-the-high-cost-of-free-parking/ Metrolinx’s suburban plans for an urban transit system https://spacing.ca/toronto/2016/12/14/metrolinxs-suburban-plans-urban-transit-system/ A visit to GO Transit’s new Garage Mahal https://seanmarshall.ca/2021/08/13/go-transit-garage-mahal/ GO Expansion Full Business Case https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/v1667497052/Images/Metrolinx/GO_Expansion_FBC.pdf Raise the roof? Union Station reno runs into problem: New trains won't fit https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/union-station-shed-renovation-stalled-by-low-arches-and-an-electrified-future/article28448568/ How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-trillium-investigations/how-metrolinxs-plan-to-deliver-european-style-train-service-went-off-the-rails-10786705 When Metrolinx Hooked Up with European Rail Experts, the Result Was a “Slow-motion Train Wreck” https://pressprogress.ca/metrolinx-deutsche-bahn-go-expansion-train-wreck/ ➜ Timestamps: 0:00 How GO Transit succeeds and fails 1:41 Everyone must go downtown 3:50 Outdated infrastructure 6:17 Missed connections 7:55 A subsidy for suburbia 10:02 Bloomington station 11:41 Expansion plans are INSANE 15:07 The stupid train shed 16:14 Refusing to change 18:44 Patreon