If you look hard enough in any negative situation, you can probably find something positive.
Take a look at Metrolinx, for example. The company that runs GO Transit has been dealing with a dramatic drop in ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Our ridership is very sparce right now," says Metrolinx spokesperson Anne-Marie Aikins. "Because the ridership is so low, we've reduced the number of trains, because we don't need them all, and that's given us an opportunity to renegotiate timelines with some of our contractors on some of our projects."
And, she says that's allowed them to get these projects done quicker.
One of them? Union Station, a project that has been dragging for years.
They've closed down the East Bay Teamway, a pedestrian area between the train station and the bus terminal, and that project has been accelerated by months.
Another major project being bumped up is the bus terminal at Union, which also be opened up in the coming months, which is ahead of schedule.
"By the time the vast majority of people come back to transit, we're going to have double the space for people," says Aikins.