News roundup: March 30, 2026

By Tri-Cities Transport Action Group

Here’s the latest in walking, biking, and transit news for Waterloo Region for the last two weeks.

What's happening

• HEADLIGHTS: Transport Canada is conducting a survey of all road users on headlight glare.
• JANE’S WALKS: Mark your calendars for Jane’s Walks being held across Waterloo Region on May 1–3. Registration is also still open to lead a Jane’s Walk (or ride!). (Jane’s Walk WR).

Walking, biking, and streets

• After pushback by Woolwich Township Council and the Downtown Elmira BIA against removing parking to enable safe bike lanes, the Region of Waterloo’s reconstruction of Arthur Street in Elmira will no longer include bike lanes (EngageWR).
• A 12-year-old cyclist was seriously injured by a turning pickup truck driver at University / Woolwich. The driver was charged. The child’s parents were also charged for the child not wearing a helmet; reports do not specify a relation to the injuries sustained (CTV News, The Record)
• The Record: Trips on e-scooters, e-bikes down 25% in Waterloo Region. But ridership trends are relatively stable, says program operator.
• CBC: Solo drivers will soon be able to use HOV lanes in off-peak hours
• TVO: ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars?

Transit

• Starting April 1st, Connect-to-GO rebate expands to include GO bus transfers at the biggest transfer points. Enroll here. (Region of Waterloo, CityNews)
• Cambridge Today: Ontario budget hints at new rail corridors as Cambridge-Guelph GO proposal awaits response. 2026 provincial budget makes mention of a plan to partner with feds on study to expand the service in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
• CBC News: Ford, Carney, Chow to spend $3B on Waterfront East LRT in Toronto
• The funding co-operation agreement between Ontario and the federal government talks about “improved service along existing GO lines and the potential creation of new GO lines in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” (Ontario Newsroom)
• Toronto Star: They were promised two-way, all-day GO train service. Confidential Metrolinx documents show these lines may actually get slower
• The Trillium: Metrolinx could run first electric GO trains in 2036: leaked document
• The Trillium: Shorter, more frequent GO train plan ‘unlikely to materialize’: leaked document
• CBC News: Body-worn cameras coming to GO Transit, UP Express this spring, Metrolinx says
• A freight train derailment in St. Catharines caused a GO train service suspension (CBC News)

The shape of our cities

• The Region of Waterloo is declaring the Charles Street Terminal property surplus and proceeding with a multi-phase approach to redevelopment (EngageWR, Region of Waterloo)
• The Record: Local group warns Cambridge heritage district proposal could stifle downtown growth
• Cambridge Today: Cambridge council rejects expanded heritage district for Galt core
• The Record: Kitchener councillors to consider ‘modest’ renoviction bylaw

Elsewhere

• Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa reporting more speeding in school zones since cameras were banned
• McGill International Review: How Canada Is Beating the US in the Public Transportation Race
• Toronto Today: Metrolinx ‘firewall’ blocking Finch LRT location data from transit apps
• The Urbanist: King County Metro [Seattle] Launching All-Door Bus Boarding as Part of Spring Service Change