Transportation & Transit platforms

Here's what the candidates in York—Simcoe, and their parties, are promising.

Congestion

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We don't have any ONDP policies on Congestion.

PC

  • Ban congestion charges on Ontario roads and highways

    "Legislation to ban use of congestion pricing on all provincial and municipal roadways, building on previous legislation that banned new tolls on provincial highways." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Fuel and transportation costs

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We don't have any ONDP policies on Fuel and transportation costs.

PC

  • Make the gas tax cut permanent

    "Permanently cutting the provincial tax on gas by 5.7 cents per litre and on diesel by 5.3 cents, for total savings of 10.7 cents per litre of gas when combined with the PCs’ cancellation of the Liberal cap-and-trade carbon tax. Since the gas tax cuts were first introduced, the Ontario PCs have saved the average driver more than $400." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Highways and roads

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ONDP

  • Expand Highway 40 to Sarnia
  • Add concrete safety barriers to the most dangerous section of Highway 401

    "We’ll expand highway 40 to Sarnia and fix Carnage Alley, the most dangerous section of Hwy 401, where the Ford government failed to prioritize concrete safety barriers." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Take back financial responsibility for formerly provincially-owned controlled-access highways and "Connecting Link" highways

    "The province will take back financial responsibility for formerly provincially owned controlled-access highways and for “Connecting Link” highways whose costs were unfairly downloaded onto municipalities, like the EC Row Expressway in Windsor." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Widen Highway 11/17 and Highway 69, and build the Cochrane Bypass
  • End private highway maintenance contracts

    "We will put an end to private highway maintenance contracts that have been a disaster for Ontario drivers and bring snow clearance and highway maintenance back under public control." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Increase training for truck drivers to prepare them for snowy winters

    "We’ll also make sure truck drivers receive increased training, so they are prepared for Ontario’s snowy winters, especially in Northern Ontario." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

PC

  • Invest up to $15B more in key capital projects over three years

    "Investing up to $15 billion more over three years to speed up key capital projects, including widening the QEW between Burlington and St. Catharines." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Widen the Queen Elizabeth Way between Burlington and St. Catharines

    "In Niagara Region, Ford said that a re-elected PC government would widen the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) between Burlington and St. Catharines to keep people working and help get drivers out of gridlock." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Remove tolls from Highway 407 East

    "Taking tolls off Highway 407 East, which runs between Brock Road in Pickering and Highway 115 in Clarington, saving daily commuters $7,200 every year." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Build a new driver and transit expressway by tunnelling under Highway 401

    "Today, Ontario PC leader Doug Ford announced that a re-elected PC government will fight gridlock, improve economic competitiveness and create new jobs for workers by tunnelling under Highway 401 to build a new driver and transit expressway. As part of the $15 billion in new infrastructure investments to keep people working, a re-elected PC government will also invest more to speed up new transportation infrastructure projects for the region.

    The Highway 401 tunnel expressway will include both vehicle and transit lanes and will extend beyond Brampton and Mississauga in the west to beyond Markham and Scarborough in the east. It will be one of the largest, most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Rehabilitate several of Highway 401's lanes

    "Rehabilitating Highway 401’s eastbound core and collector lanes from Victoria Park Avenue to Neilson Road, including adding an additional lane at the Kennedy Road interchange.

    Rehabilitating Highway 401’s eastbound express lanes from Avenue Road to Ward Avenue, including bridge replacements at the Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue interchanges." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Prioritise new interchanges at Banwell Road and EC. Row Expressway, and at Highway 401 and the Lauzon Parkway extension

    "In Windsor and Essex, a re-elected PC government will prioritize the construction of a new interchange at Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway, as well as a new interchange at Highway 401 and the Lauzon Parkway extension that will support trade between the U.S. and Canada." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Take over ownership and maintenance of Highway 174
  • Invest nearly $350M in local infrastructure for Ottawa

    "The New Deal with Ottawa includes nearly $350 million for local infrastructure, including:

    $56 million to upgrade and repair Highway 174 prior to it being uploaded to the province.

    $50 million to upgrade rural roads and highways outside the downtown core.

    More than $50 million to design and build a new interchange at Highway 416 and Barnsdale Road.

    $80 million to support the Kanata North Transitway." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Inter-city bus and rail

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ONDP

  • Implement a Northern Rail and Bus Strategy to fast-track Northlander passenger service to Timmins and Cochrane

    "The Ontario NDP will implement a Northern Rail and Bus Strategy that will fast-track the long-delayed delivery of the Northlander passenger service to both Timmins and Cochrane, with a proper connection to the Polar Bear Express." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Support rail services like the Huron Central and Algoma Central Rail Lines

PC

  • Build multiple new GO rail lines

    "When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide two-way, all-day GO rail service for Milton and Kitchener

Northern air travel

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ONDP

  • Upgrade runways and terminal buildings, increase staffing levels, expand service hours, and ensure de-icing equipment at northern airports

    "An NDP government will make urgently needed improvements to Northern Airports that are critical for 29 Ontario First Nations that are accessible only by air. We will upgrade runways and terminal buildings, increase staffing levels, expand service hours, and ensure de-icing equipment at all airports." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

We don't have any PC policies on Northern air travel.

Public transit

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ONDP

  • Expand the GO Lakeshore West rail line, build the Grimsby GO station, and restore reliable express GO service

    "Commuters in Niagara will finally be able to ride on the long-planned and long-delayed expansions and improvements to the GO Lakeshore West rail line, including moving ahead on the Grimsby GO station and restoring reliable express GO service." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Advance planning for expanded GO rail service to communities such as Cambridge, Guelph, and London
  • Fund Phase 2 of the Waterloo ION LRT
  • Cost share municipal transit operating funding 50-50

    "We’ll cost share municipal transit operating funding 50-50 to improve reliability and affordability." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

PC

  • Take control of Ottawa's Lite-Rail Transit network, and integrate it with Metrolinx

    "A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Build multiple new GO rail lines

    "When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Move up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC's Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave E & McGowan Rd

    "Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide two-way, all-day GO rail service for Milton and Kitchener
  • Seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in the Peel Region to free up existing rails for passenger train service

    "Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19