Junction Triangle

Looking down from the Wallace Ave. pedestrian bridge at the band who were playing while watiting for the Human Train to arrive.

Local residents hang a Clean Train Coalition banner on the Wallace Ave. pedestrian bridge.

The Clean Train Coalition is organizing a "Human Train" to protest the huge increase in diesel trains along the Georgetown rail corridor. More information on the Clean Train Coalition website.

The following notice came from Metrolinx today. If you have any ideas about this study that you wish to share with the rest of the community, feel free to post them in the comments.

METROLINX
20 Bay Street, Suite 901
Toronto ON M5J 2N8
Phone: 416.874.5900
Fax: 416.874.5901
www.metrolinx.com

Metrolinx is working with a Community Advisory Committee to develop the Terms of Reference to study electrification of the GO rail system.

the trains are comingGuest speakers will discuss Metrolinx's plans to run 400 diesel trains a day through Parkdale. The issue of diesel vs. electrification will be discused.

The Clean Train Coalition are hosting a fundraiser movie night at the Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave., 7:00pm on Sunday June 14th.

The following email came from Stephanie Ford from councillor Cesar Palacio's office, regarding a meeting about the pile driving noise from the West Toronto Diamond grade separation project:

Dear Residents:
Just wanted to let you know that there is a community meeting on Wednesday June 3rd at 6:30 pm at Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre to discuss the pile driver issue.
Will you please let your network know of this meeting?
Thanks and best wishes,
Stephanie for Councillor Palacio
416 338 - 5241

The Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre is located at 1900 Davenport Road, between Perth Ave. and Symington Ave. (map).

The next round of Open House meetings for Metrolinx's Georgetown South Service Expansion project has been announced. Here are the details of our local meeting:

When: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: The Lithuanian House, Hall B, 1573 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON (map).

The Clean Train Coalition are hosting a public meeting at the Fern Ave. Public School, 28 Fern Ave. (Map), on Tuesday June 2, 7-9pm. See below for details.

Fern Avenue Meeting, June 2, 7-9 pm

Did you know there are 25000+ kids who go to school along the Georgetown Corridor? And thousands of pre-schoolers too. We need to act now to protect their health in the coming years.

This coming Tuesday, there will be a meeting at Fern Ave Public School, sponsored by the Clean Train Coalition. This meeting will provide vital information about Metrolinx’s plans to expand diesel rail service along the Georgetown Corridor, the negative health effects of those plans and how we can lobby government to promote quicker electrification of the trains. Various local politicians, trustees and school council chairs have been invited and most have said they will attend.

Let me (Peter Morgan) know if you have any questions, and/or you think you can spare an hour or two to put posters up about this meeting on Saturday (outreach@cleantrain.ca). If you’d like to become more active in the campaign or have suggestions, your help would be greatly appreciated. Here’s our website: www.cleantrain.ca.