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All expenses for York Regional Roads (i.e: maintenance, traffic lights, and snow clearing) are funded by the York Region government. Several new roads were assumed by the region include King–Vaughan Town Line and Kirby Sideroad. Most north-south roads originating in Toronto retains the proper names from south of Steeles Avenue.
Prior to that, an at-grade intersection crossed the northbound lanes of Highway 427, controlled by a traffic signal. This signal had the longest cycle of any traffic light in Toronto during its years of operation. [15] The portion of Highway 409 west of Highway 427 is owned and operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA).
Manitoba's deadliest traffic accident occurred during a vehicle collision between a handi-transit bus and a semi-truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada, killing 17 seniors and injuring 8 others. [8] Humboldt Broncos bus crash: 6 April 2018 Armley, Saskatchewan: 16
The section between Highway 401 and the then-unopened Highway 407 interchange was turned over to the Region of York and the City of Toronto on April 1, 1995, and is known as Markham Road south of Highway 407, and Main Street thereafter to Sixteenth Avenue, where the name Markham Road resumes for 2 km (1.2 mi) until Major Mackenzie Drive.
The outer carriageway also provides access from Sheppard and to both directions of Highway 401, including the westbound express lanes, while the inner carriageway is intended for DVP-bound traffic. The HOV lane eventually merges with DVP-bound traffic, and also has an off-ramp via a tunnel to the Highway 401 westbound collector lanes. [5]
The 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike was a legal strike action by Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) unionized employees that began on April 26, 2008, at 12:01 a.m. EDT. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All bus, streetcar and subway service in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, was suspended, leaving thousands of people stranded across the city. [ 3 ]
Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield (/ ˌ s ʌ t ən ˈ k ɒ l d f i əl d / pronunciation ⓘ), [3] [4] is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of Lichfield, 7 miles southwest of Tamworth, and 7 miles east of ...
On February 6, 2006, Mary Kim was born on a subway train at Wellesley station, the first such birth in the Toronto subway system. TTC officials later promised Mary Kim lifetime access to the TTC's service. [18] In February 2006, four people were arrested for counterfeiting TTC tokens and smuggling them into Canada.