Union Pearson Express

Departure schedules are also adjusted on the Stouffville and Lakeshore East lines.

The UP Express isn't running either, replaced by direct bus service from Union to Pearson.

Stats Canada released new GDP numbers which show the economy stalled for a second straight month in August.

The agency says real GDP didn't budge in August.

The A unit always faces north and has a cafe in it, although sadly I don't think it's been used since COVID, and the B unit faces south and contains a restroom.

These are also operated by the Union Pearson Express between Toronto Union Station and the Toronto Pearson International Airport, and those vehicles actually do have Centre C cars, which have no cabs, but Smart, much to its later chagrin, never ended up ordering these.

Overall, these Nippon Shoryu DMUs are 36 of a kind, they are presently discontinued, and Smart and the UPE are the only operators in North America.

I will note that I was actually overwhelmingly impressed by these vehicles.

Residential developers remain cautious, prioritizing site plan control and density optimization on existing land banks over acquisitions and unentitled sites." So, Ralph, there's been a lot of talk about the upcoming supply cliff in 2028 and beyond.

How are you thinking about competition these days? A number of major high-rise developers followed you into Pickering, and there are a lot of development applications in North York West area with developers looking to take advantage of the new Eglinton Crosstown and UP Express.

Give us a little thoughts on competition and your future thoughts about market and bringing things to construction.

Well, the pickering market is very challenging right now because of the number of units that are coming onto the market and are being built.

But, uh, the majority of them were handling that.

So you'd probably get put through to our dispatch and our dispatch agent would, would take the information and have the pickup arranged for you to meet you at the curb or the parking lot or UP express or, or wherever, uh, wherever you need to be picked up from.

As lately as a few weeks ago, I was traveling to Mexico with Air Canada.

So I, I just, you know, phoned your duty manager.

Certainly.

Persons accessible drop-off zones in terminals 1 and 3 have tactile walking strips and a phone with large print and braille signage alongside a QR code to request help.

And Pearson says that attendants can also meet travellers at parking, the airport hotels and the UP Express train.

For a blind traveller who arrives without a smartphone or who is dropped at a different door, how do they reach your team? And how are they told how long they will be waiting?

It's been a huge success story.

Kind of like when Metrolinx built the UP Express.

It did...

You know, you might argue, ah, did it take too long? Was it too much money? But once it's up and running, you, you can't imagine life without it, and there are commuters with the Eglinton Crosstown feeling that way about that particular line.

Certainly, um, with the region and regional transit using Presto cards, that's gonna be developed, so it will be seamless.

You could get right, use, uh, UP Express from Union and get right up to the airport.

So that's something that, that, um, if transit is seamless, more people will use it, which in turn will get more people off the, uh, QEW.

Very good question as well.