In 2007, the Province of Ontario provided $744 million in funding
towards “Quick Win†initiatives approved by the Metrolinx Board. This
demonstrates the ability of Metrolinx, the Province, municipalities and
transit agencies in the region to work together towards initial
high-impact priorities or Quick Wins.
These are tangible customer improvements from new buses to better
passenger amenities that are already in service or going to be in
service in the next few years.
Project
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Improvements
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Service Date
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Cost
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HAMILTON
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A-Line (James/Upper James) and B-line (King/ Main)
Improvements in Hamilton
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More frequent bus service, by delivering hybrid-electric
buses to Hamilton’s busiest transit corridor
|
Fall 2009
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$17 million
|
|
Improved passenger amenities, planning, design and
engineering including: transit terminal customer service
technology, studies related to transit priority measures, and a
multi-modal building at Mohawk College with transit amenities
|
2012
|
$13 million
|
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James Street North GO/VIA Station Gateway to Niagara
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A new platform, and park-and-ride lot as the first step to
future GO and VIA train service
|
2012
|
$3 million
|
PEEL
|
|
Dundas and Hurontario Higher-Order Transit Corridor
Development
|
New buses and improved customer amenities for more frequent
and improved service
|
2010
|
$27 million
|
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Mississauga Transitway Hub, Airport-Renforth Gateway
|
Providing enhanced inter-modal, inter-regional connections to
Canada’s busiest airport
|
2014
|
$39 million
|
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Bolton GO Transit Improvements
|
Preliminary enhancements to GO bus services to build
ridership in advance of eventual GO rail service
|
2010
|
$0.6 million
|
HALTON
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|
Dundas Street Bus Rapid Transit
|
More frequent and improved bus service; better connections
between communities and to GO stations
|
2013
|
$58 million
|
YORK
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|
Viva
- Highway 7 – Pine Valley Drive to Kennedy Road
- Yonge Street – Richmond Hill Centre to 19th Avenue
- Yonge Street – 19th Avenue to Newmarket
|
New buses and customer service Improvements
|
2010
|
$100 million
|
|
Cornell Terminal
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A new terminal with new platforms and passenger amenities to
seamlessly integrate Viva with YRT, DRT and GO Transit
|
2011
|
$6 million
|
DURHAM
|
|
Highway 2 Bus Rapid Transit Spine
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More frequent service, increased capacity and better bus
service to inter-regional GO stations
|
2012
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$82 million
|
TORONTO
|
|
Transit City Light Rail
|
Transit (LRT) Feasibility Studies and Environmental
Assessments
|
N/A
|
$7 million
|
|
Yonge Subway Capacity Improvements
|
Signalling and automatic train control installation,
resulting in a 35% capacity improvement
|
2015
|
$293 million
|
INTER-REGIONAL
|
|
GO Transit Rail Fleet Expansion
|
20 additional bi-level passenger coaches for the GO Lakeshore
corridor improving customer service and increasing capacity
|
2009
|
$60 million
|
|
GO Transit Double-Decker Buses
|
10 new double-decker commuter buses for the Highway
407-403 corridor, and to York University —increased capacity and
service improvements
|
2009
|
$9 million
|
|
GO Track Expansion
|
New passing-track sections for the GO Bradford and GO
Stouffville corridors
|
2009
|
$20 million
|
BIKELINX
|
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New Bike Racks
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2,371 new bike racks for buses across the GTHA
|
2011
|
$3 million
|
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New Bike Lockers
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New bicycle lockers and other storage facilities in the GTHA
|
2011
|
$2 million
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