posted on October 08, 2009

Diesel trains the way to go, Ontario

With tough new rules on emissions for GO Transit service, it's hard to justify the expense of electric

By: MARCUS GEE
Published: October 6, 2009
Source: The Globe and Mail

It's too damn bad We never learn; to look into the children's eyes when progress is concerned; So raise your voice, Ontario: “Diesel stinks, Metrolinx, electric is the way to go.”

You have to hand it to the Clean Train Coalition: They put on a heck of a protest. The folksy tune above comes from a slick YouTube video on their campaign against expanding diesel-train traffic through Toronto's west end.

The proposed rail expansion would step up GO Transit service to the northwest of Toronto and link Pearson airport to Union Station downtown. That would improve air quality by taking tens of thousands of motorists out of their cars and putting them in commuter trains instead.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/article1314627.ece