Accessibility

Letter: Expand the public realm and make transit accessible on King Street

Do you take the King Streetcar? TTCriders wrote in support for automated enforcement along the King Street transit priority corridor to improve reliability and service, and to expedite public realm improvements. We are asking for ongoing accessibility barriers to be addressed with full level-boarding platforms and other public realm improvements to be accelerated ahead of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup. Read our letter to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee below:

Transit group reacts to Liberal promise of platform edge doors on the TTC subway

(Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy group, released the following statement in response to Ontario Liberal Party leader Bonnie Crombie’s uncosted promise to install platform edge doors on the TTC, starting with the busiest stations:

Malvern, Lawrence Heights, Rexdale most impacted by planned restrictions to door-to-door Wheel-Trans service, data shows

(Toronto, ON) – Neighbourhoods with a higher proportion of racialized and low-income residents will be most impacted by planned restrictions to door-to-door Wheel-Trans service, according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information request by transit advocacy group TTCriders. The group held a press conference at Toronto City Hall on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in advance of a TTC Board meeting.  

Protect Door-to-Door Wheel-Trans Service!

Add Your Name to Keep Door-to-Door Wheel-Trans Service! 

Wheel-Trans users need choice and safety! Using conventional TTC buses, streetcars, and subways should be a choice for Wheel-Trans users, not mandatory.

Regulate delivery companies and e-bike sales, not gig workers

Read our joint letter with the Workers Action Centre, Justice for Workers, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, and Cycle Toronto regarding a proposed ban of e-bikes on the TTC.

Protect Wheel-Trans Service: Template Letter

Use this template letter to send a message from your organization to the Mayor and TTC Chair about protecting Wheel-Trans Service. 

They've never seen a public consultation like this one

At a Wheel-Trans public consultation earlier this year, choir members delivered a musical message to oppose the TTC’s plan to force some people with disabilities and seniors onto the conventional TTC, also known as the "Family of Services" program.

Long-time Wheel-Trans user and choir member Jane Field explains why the Family of Services program must not become mandatory in this new video.

FAQ: TTC Strike

Read answers to frequently asked questions about a possible TTC strike, and how to prepare and take action! 

Choir to deliver musical message at Wheel-Trans consultation meeting

(Toronto, ON) – Community choir "Common Thread Community Chorus," which is concerned that its members who rely on Wheel-Trans will lose access to the service, will sing outside a Wheel-Trans consultation meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 at 3:45pm at Metro Hall (55 John Street).

Transit advocate says it's 'not surprising' TTC won't meet its accessibility goals by 2025

Transit advocate and TTCriders Accessibility Committee member Terri-Lynn Langdon says it's 'not surprising' TTC won't meet its accessibility goals by 2025, calls to stop the implementation of the TTC's "Family of Services" model that will shift Wheel-Trans users on to the conventional transit system.

Thousands of people with disabilities to lose full Wheel-Trans transit access, independence: report

June 5, 2023 (Toronto, ON) –  A new report launched on "Independent Living Across Canada Day" warns that thousands of people with disabilities and seniors could lose full access to door-to-door Wheel-Trans service because the provincial government has failed to resource its Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act (AODA) commitments.

Half of new Council committed to opposing TTC cuts

Thirteen (13) of the twenty-five (25) newly elected Toronto City Councillors on October 24, 2022 completed a TTCriders survey on transit issues before the election. All 13 of the Councillors have committed to oppose cuts to service if the TTC faces continued budget shortfalls. Read their full survey responses.