New London transportation plan ‘unimaginative, bland’: Expert

London Free Press
Calling it "unimaginitive," "bland" and politically safe, one planning expert isn't sold on London's master transportation plan so far.
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BRT 2.0: What to know about proposed resurrection of north, west routes

London Free Press
What’s old is new again. London’s new 25-year transportation master plan contains a proposal to revive two bus rapid transit routes to serve north and west London. LFP’s Jack Moulton takes a look back, and forward, at rapid transit’s political feasibility. WHAT’S ON THE TABLE FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT? Within
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All you need to know about London’s 25-year transportation master plan

London Free Press
London’s suburbs over the next 25 years will be getting a bigger and better networks of roads, revived bus rapid transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks, according to newly released details of city hall’s 25-year master transportation plan. LFP’s Jack Moulton explains what’s on the table so far. WHAT’S THE PLAN
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Letters to the Editor: December 4, 2024

London Free Press
King Street will be known as the final battle in our city council and administration's war against the car.
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The city enjoyed a 3.2 per cent spike in the value of goods made here, called gross domestic product or GDP, in 2023. However, inflation and interest rates have taken hold to slow that to 1.7 per cent

London Free Press
London’s once hot economy remains “healthy” although it slowed this year to a steady pace that is expected to continue through 2025, says an economic report released Thursday. London enjoyed a 3.2 per cent increase in the value of goods made here, called gross domestic product or GDP, in 2023
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Ottawa offers up second downtown London office building for housing

London Free Press
Ottawa aims to shrink its downtown London presence even more as it seeks housing proposals for a second office building, across the street from the first.
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BRT shifts gears: First of 45 stations rising from the ground

London Free Press
London is getting closer to getting bus rapid transit (BRT) rolling, with the construction of the city's first station starting this week.
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25-storey tower coming to rapid transit village without rapid transit

London Free Press
London council cleared the path Tuesday for a 25-storey residential tower in a commercial plaza in northwest London despite calls for more study and warnings the area lacks rapid transit.
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Traffic, transit worries surface as 25-storey Wonderland Road tower debated

London Free Press
There was an elephant in council chambers at London city hall on Tuesday, and that was a lack of rapid transit in a rapid transit village where a developer wants to build a 25-storey tower.
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A rapid transit 'village' in northwest London – just no rapid transit

London Free Press
On paper, it still lives — a bus rapid transit route in northwest London of just the kind the city hopes will attract high-density residential development. In practice, it's a phantom route because city council cancelled it.
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Letters to the Editor: March 20, 2024

London Free Press
All or nothing
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$6.5M shifted to BRT as councillors call out Ottawa, Queen's Park

London Free Press
As London's mayor and council "reluctantly" shifted millions of dollars earmarked for a major intersection upgrade to the city's over-budget bus rapid transition system, they questioned why funding from senior levels of government hasn't kept up. Read More
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