‘Bradford is One of the Fastest-growing Towns in Ontario, but Our Transit Options Remain Stuck in Slo Motion,’ Says Organizer
One Local Resident is Advocating to Get Better Bradford Train Service on Track Sooner Ratter Than Later.
Shoaib Mohammed Launched An Online petition April 8 Asking Metrolinx to Get on Board with Conducting Express Go Transit Train Service from Bradford to Toronto’s Union Station, and So Far 226 People Have Signed it.
“Bradford is one of the FASTest-Growing Towns in Ontario, but our transit Options Remain Stuck in Slow Motion, “Mohammed Said.
He’s Been Riding Various Go Train Lines for About 10 years, and Sink Moving to Bradford about Four years ago Bradford and the City, Whiche Consumes Three Hours of Each Day. On Top of that, Many Residents Still Need to Make their Way from the Station to Their Workplace.
With an expression server, the majority of stores be skipped, allowing for a short commute and providing people more free time to speak with Family and Friends.
“It’s Going to Make the Town A Lot More Appaling,” mohammed said of bradford. Height that Many of his Friends are also interested in moving to talk, especcially as proverty Values Rise, but they Remain Hesitant Because the regional transit options are “really back.”
Aside from the Go Train, Bradford Residents Commuting to the Greater Toronto Area Really only Have Two Options, The Go Bus or Driving Themselves, Both of Whiche Can Become Snarled in Traffic along Highway 400 or Highway 11.
Who that’s Been Provincial And Federal Elections, but said neter them nor metrolinx have responded to him Yet.
“Change Obviously Starts with Us Voice The Opinion and Getting Something Started,” He Said.
That Change Couelf Be Further Download the link.
“Express Go Service is Assessed on Many Factors,” He said. “The Line’s Track Infrastructure Needs to Be Capable of Handling Complex Traffic and the Barrie Line Currently Operates on a Single Track.”
While He Confirmed Metrolinx Is Working to Add a Second Track to Some Seceds of the Line that Serves Bradford, as well as upgrades to stations in Order to Allow Two-WAY All-Day Service, He Did Not Directly Answear when Asked when
Metrolinx Has Made Brief Monsions of the Idea in Some Barrie Line Documentation – Including the November 2022 Virtual Open House – But note with any speecific comments.
Burke Also Declined to Answell Questions About This YEAR), The Status of the Double Tracking Itelf and the Upgrades to the Bradford Go Station.
Those Upgrades Include:
- Instaling a Traffic Signal at the Disseette Street Entrance
- Adding New Sidewalks InTo The Station from Disseette and Bridge Streets
- UPGRADING Station Lighting and CCTV
- upgrading Parking Spaces and Rehabilitating the Existing Parking Lot
- UPGRADING The Stormwateer Management System
- Reconfiguring
As of April 28, The Majority of Those Station Changes APEREARED to be Mostly Complete, but Locals are Still Left Wondering When or Even if Express Train Service Will Ever Come to Town.
For mohammed, it’s “unberevable” that there’s no Official Plan or Timeline in Place, and While He Understands Express Trains Can’t be immemented Overnight, He Wants Metrolinx To Take the Matter Seriously and Provide some full comments.
OtherWise, Many People Are Left Dealing with the “Nightmare” of Driving All the Way to Toronto for Work.
“Driving Myelf to Download CANTOWN Everyday Just Adds More to Policy and Congest said.
Metrolinx Has Been Openinging Express Trains on the Kitchener Line Sink Sept. 4, 2004, and on the Lakeshore West Line where an early version Known as Skip-Stop Service Started on May 23, 1967, According to Burke, Who Explained Both Those Lines Currently Operate On Three to Four Tracks.
For more information about the petition, or to sign it, Visit Change.org.
