So, Windsor's getting a new train station. I wish I were more enthused. It sounds very much like a stopgap. Sigh... Well, at least *something* will be replacing that dingy old coffin within our lifetimes. But I had hoped for much more.

According to the city's transportation master plan, Windsor's rail lines were supposed to be rationalized and the Walkerville line would have been freed up. It runs right by where I live in Central Windsor, and I had visions of something to help me get to Tecumseh Mall more easily. Maybe a pedestrian walk for biking, and even some kind of light rapid transit like a busway down the line. God knows this city needs better public transit.

But based on what "Laliberte" (he? she? The article doesn't identify this person properly) says, clearly someone has gotten sick of waiting. So from the sound of it, we're going to get a new stopgap train station that is being planned for a time horizon as long as two, three, maybe even as long as five years. I hope it ends up being a bigger improvement than it sounds.