Participants gathered in bitterly cold weather at the corner of Yonge and Eglinton to demand accountability on why LRT projects have not opened yet, writes Rex Astorga of On The Record news.
‘Am I going to live to see it?’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT delays, funding of city transit spark protest
Andy Takagi of the Toronto Star reports on the Rally to Open the Crosstown held by TTCriders on February 19, 2025.
Eglinton Crosstown LRT promised to finally open in 2025
Ontario PC leader Doug Ford made a string of transportation and infrastructure announcements, including a promise that the embattled Eglinton Crosstown LRT would finally open in 2025, writes Jack Landau of BlogTO.
The Express Way
Toronto’s transit and public spaces are torn. When City Hall can’t mend the fabric, tactical urbanists step up and stitch it back together
Crombie promises to install platform edge doors in Toronto subway stations if elected
Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie is promising to install barriers on all TTC subway platforms in Toronto if she becomes premier, an idea that has long been studied by TTC staff but could potentially cost billions if implemented across the network.
Opinion
TTC riders know the waiting is the hardest part. There’s a simple way the transit agency could ease the pain
According to a report issued last week by the TTCriders advocacy group, with additional analysis by independent transit expert Steve Munro, in Toronto right now that familiar sight of bunched-up vehicles is commonplace enough that it makes the TTC’s reported “on time performance” meaningless.
TTC riders in for longer weekend subway closures, earlier weeknight service suspension in 2025: report
John Marchesan of CityNews reports on the planned subway closures and service suspensions in 2025.
Advocacy group releases report outlining TTC problems
CTV News Toronto’s Beth Macdonell has the details of the TTCRiders report suggesting several routes do not meet on-time performance standards.
Report suggests ‘bunching’ to blame for widespread delays on TTC buses and streetcars
According to a new report by the transit advocacy group TTCriders, only ten of the TTC’s bus and streetcar routes are meeting the benchmark for on-time service during rush hour throughout the city. Catalina Gillies with the details.
TTC’s on-time metrics don’t match actual transit rider experience: report
A new report by the transit advocacy group TTCriders suggests that the TTC’s on-time metrics don’t actually match the transit rider experience.
The report says that riders wait 50 per cent longer than scheduled on 10 routes across the city and transit users wait 30 per cent longer than scheduled on 41 routes. The issue is apparently due to “bunching” – when one bus falls behind and the bus behind it catches up.
The report found that riders on routes where “bunching” is common waited an average of four minutes longer than scheduled.