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Metrolinx is planning a series of west-end public meetings to discuss proposed designs for a fivemetre noise wall barrier to go up along the Georgetown South GO rail corridor. Four meetings are scheduled this month starting Tues. Sept. 10 at the York
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently launched a new awareness campaign on GO Transit trains. The Veggie Revolution is an initiative from the provocative organization’s youth wing peta2 which posts there would be
enough food in the world to end starvation – if everyone switched to a vegan diet. One hundred and fortysix ads depicting an impoverished young girl with the tagline “When You Eat Meat, She Doesn’t Eat” were posted on GO train cars at the end of August.
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car-sharing parking spots open wMore
New on-street parking spaces were made available to car-share users this week. Around 26 additional spots are now open in nine locations around the downtown core and East York, which expands a pilot project launched in 2009 by the city to encourage carsharing. There are three carshare providers serving the city: Car2Go, Zipcar and Autoshare. An estimated 40,000 Torontonians make regular use of car-shares.
Rahul Gupta is The Guardian’s transit reporter. His column appears every Tuesday. Tweet: @TOinTRANSIT
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West Active Living Centre, at 1901 Weston Rd. At the meeting, participants will get the chance to sound off on design concepts which were released back in July. Anyone who can’t attend the meetings can provide feedback online at www. gotransit.com/gts Metrolinx says the barriers are required to lessen the noise impact from increased diesel train traffic when the Union Pearson Express air rail link opens in 2015.
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