Regional and Intercity Bus\Rail Transportation

[acottawa]

Neither provincial party seems interested in curbing exurban sprawl in Eastern Ontario, and I suspect the pandemic will accelerate this process. I am sure at some point a commuter bus service into the exurbs will be necessary. I don't think we are at that point for a while though.

In the shorter term, if Greyhound permanently cancels some of its Southern Ontario routes, I think the province should look to fill the gap (Ontario Southland). You should be able to get from Cornwall to Ottawa on some sort of public carriage without having to transfer in Kingston or Montreal.

In neither case do I think rail-bus transfers would be a major thing unless a policy decision is made by Via to encourage such transfers. A bus-to-bus transfer makes more sense, both in terms of cost and timing.

Incidentally, I notice Ontario Northland already has the Via station as a request stop.