Hands Off Toronto!

Transit riders need to have a voice at City Hall about the decisions that impact our lives.

But new Premier Doug Ford has introduced a bill that will make our city less democratic. With Bill 5, Ford intends to slash Toronto City Council from 47 seats to 25 before the October 22 municipal election. 

Like Premier Ford’s plan to break up the TTC and take over our subways, Bill 5 is all about provincial control, not about saving money. Meanwhile, a new poll shows that the majority of Toronto residents want the bill postponed until after October 22, or scrapped entirely. 

TAKE ACTION TO STOP BILL 5:  

  1. Call Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and urge him to put a stop to Bill 5. Call Minister Clark with just one click, here
  2. Attend Defend Democracy: Hands Off Toronto! on Thursday, August 16 from 7pm-9pm. Please RSVP to this important public meeting and learn about challenges to Bill 5 and how we can take action.
Read more about what Bill 5 means for Toronto, including the costs of redrawing ward boundaries in the middle of the election. 

TTCriders has been holding ward meetings to discuss our transit priorities and plans for the next 3 months. We won't stop being focused on the issues — improving TTC service, winning funding for the next two phases of the low income pass, and keeping our transit system public — but we also need to come together with allied organizations in Toronto to stop Bill 5.

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Letter & Survey: TTC must exchange expired tokens and tickets

Do you still have TTC tokens or paper senior/student tickets or day passes? The TTC has announced that they will stop accepting TTC tokens and paper tickets after December 31, 2024. But the TTC will not be issuing exchanges. This is unfair to people who have saved up tokens and tickets, especially low-income seniors. Gift cards and permanent stamps never expire --  why are transit fares any different?

“Rally to Fix the TTC” calls for investment in repairing subway slow zones during National Transit Week

(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders will hold a rally today at 5:00pm outside Bathurst Subway Station to call on federal Members of Parliament to invest in TTC repairs and new subway trains on Line 2 by accelerating implementation of the Canada Public Transit Fund. The rally is part of a national “Transit Action Week” being organized in 5 Canadian cities. (Cantonese, Mandarin, French spokespeople available.)

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Add your name for Fare Capping!
Tell Your MP: Sign the Transit Pledge
Bus lanes now
Protect Wheel-Trans Service
Keep and Expand Free TTC Wi-Fi!

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