Transit in York Region: Where Is It Taking Us And When Will We Get There?

Calling transportation the number one challenge facing York Region, council established a task force in May to tackle the issue.

Meanwhile, with gridlock costing the economy of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area $11 billion a year, the provincial and federal governments are pouring historic levels of funding into transportation infrastructure.

For example, in its spring budget, the provincial government announced $16 billion for transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area while on June 18, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a $2.6 billion-investment in Toronto Mayor John Tory’s SmartTrack initiative, a 53-kilometre, 22-station surface train service line on existing GO train lines.

York Region Rapid Transit Corporation president Mary-Frances Turner and chief engineer Paul May sat down to talk about the unprecedented transformation of public transit in York Region and across the sprawling Golden Horseshoe.

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