“Peterborough remains an obsession for us. We’ll make it happen,” said Martin Imbleau, CEO of Alto, in an interview Monday. https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterborough-region/peterborough-still-priority-for-alto-stop/article_bb25cba2-cac9-5f42-a3ad-5dc5f605123f.html

Maybe a bit dull and boring, but remember Transport Canada's report to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities in February 2026? It included a bunch of stuff that will happen, that might happen, and that almost certainly won't happen. Among other things, it...

Here is the Transport Canada press release. Here is Alto's "What We Heard Report: Corridor Study Area" which exceeds 100 PDF pages. This part about expected timing is perhaps especially interesting:

The news coverage is a real mixed bag these days: Unlike Quebec, Ontario and Michigan are enthusiastic about passenger rail, seeking national-priority status and major investments in Canada (although what is "high performance passenger rail"?)...

Some headlines: The Quebec Green Party announces support for Alto, making them a potential coalition partner? https://tvagatineau.ca/tgv-le-parti-vert-du-quebec-appuie-le-projet-dalto/ If you're open-minded on the question of whether Alto will destroy maple syrup, maybe this article is for...

"Quebecers Love the High-Speed Train Their Separatist Leader Wants to Kill: New polling finds Paul St-Pierre Plamondon out of step with much of the electorate" https://thewalrus.ca/quebec-high-speed-train/

"Un train à grande popularité: Le TGV au Québec est aussi un TGP : un train à grande popularité, les Québécois appuyant massivement le projet fédéral, selon un sondage Pallas Data/Qc125/L’actualité" Machine translation: "A very popular train: The TGV in Quebec is also a TGP: a very popular...

Thanks for asking and passing along the response. If we were building a skyscraper on a cliff I would understand the need for repeated, careful geotechnical studies. But this is a pedestrian/bike ramp. The city built a staircase right there that has stood the test of time. What could...

"Indigenous group seeking consultation, records on Billy Bishop expansion plans: A representative of the Haudenosaunee Development Institute says it looks like the expansion might be a done deal, and any further consultation is just ‘window dressing’ "...

It appears Alto is officially an election issue in Quebec, with the CAQ supporting the project and accusing the PQ of having turned their back on Quebec City: https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/06/12/high-speed-rail-frechette-accuses-pq-of-turning-back-on-capitale-nationale/

Thank you for the pics. Why am I so obsessed with this ramp and its never-ending construction? Anyway, the city's website says this thing will open in the "spring." Summer officially starts in under a week. I'm skeptical, but also extremely frustrated with how long this trail closure has...

Things have become so fraught that sponsorship from Alto for a cultural festival has become controversial: https://thereview.ca/2026/06/13/franco-festival-sponsorship-by-high-speed-project-creates-controversy/

Joining together the last few posts, HSR in Japan does need to be elevated over agricultural fields (adding costs) because rice fields need to flood as part of their growing cycle. Pretty sure that our Canadian fields have no need to inundate the same way every year, meaning we can build on...

Something similar is in the works, but instead of going all the way to Cherry on the north side, it reactivates the old Lake Shore/Cherry traffic signals and crosses Lake Shore: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-285191.pdf