Tag: metrolinx

  • Milton 2020 and Beyond

    Its that time of year again.  Municipal leaders all over the GTA are producing what they refer to as the “state of the union/town/city” addresses. Milton was no different as on this past Friday the Milton Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2020 Breakfast with the Mayor. Town of Milton CAO Andrew Siltala gave the sold…

  • Improvements to Saturday Transit Requested by Mike Cluett

    At the last Milton Town Council meeting, I put forward a notice of motion to direct staff to review the towns current marketing plan, consult different groups (including seniors & youth) to find ways of improving ridership on Milton Transit Saturday service. During council deliberations I was very adamant that we need to find different…

  • Metrolinx Town Hall Feb 5th

    Had an opportunity to attend the Metrolinx Town Hall in Burlington tonight. I was able to ask a few questions in the limited amount of time where I brought up Route 20 that was cancelled last year and a request to revisit their decision to not fully expand the Milton GO Station. They did say…

  • Metrolinx Town Hall Feb 5th – Have Your Say

    As many Miltonians are aware, Metrolinx recently announced many changes to the GO bus schedules for Milton which included the number 20 bus from Milton to Sheridan College in Oakville. The province had sighted a few reasons for the cancellation including low ridership and cost savings. The option devised by GO Transit/Metrolinx was for riders…

  • Are you confused too?

    As many regular readers of my blog and Twitter account will know, I have been doing a lot of talking about The Big Move and its plans, or lack thereof, for Halton.  Plans are currently underway for the province of Ontario to receive Metrolinx’s report in June that will recommend many different “revenue generating tools”,…

  • Metrolinx – Big Move or Big Sham?

    Metrolinx releases its short list for “Reveune Tools”…and its not a pretty sight. As you have read here on my blog and in the newspapers for the last few months, Metrolinx has been traveling around the Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area (GTHA) or as I like to call it the Greater MILTON Area (GMA) asking…