Transit agency piloting bunching reduction program to ensure vehicles evenly spaced
"100 per cent of the time there is a service interruption,"
says @MooreintheAM. @VincentTuronno Puhakka at @TTCRiders talks how this will be a year full of bad service from the city’s transit agency.
TTC Expects Service to get Worse This Year Because of Repair Work
TTC delays and closures are expected to get worse — and longer — this year before overall service gets better, according to the transit agency.
The TTC published its annual report Monday outlining which closures and diversions will be needed carry out “necessary” repair work to upgrade or maintain its aging infrastructure and expansion projects. The agency has pegged its need for state-of-good-repair work at $11.2 billion over the next decade.
The report shows that subway and streetcar delays that frustrate commuters trying to navigate the city — amidst world-famous congestion on the streets — will continue. It’s a necessary part of the city’s transit growing pains, TTC staff say, with new subway lines and cars on the horizon.
Unions, homeowners, TTC riders: Who wins, who loses with Olivia Chow’s new spending plans?
Ben Spurr and Ben Cohen of the Toronto Star report on the 2025 City Budget. TTC riders are considered winners due to the investments being made in transit!
Free Wi-Fi on subway platforms to end amid improvements, TTC says
Free TTC wi-fi is a safety and accessibility need. Toronto Today covers the issue and our Integrity Commissioner complaint, made "after the TTC board voted down a proposal to receive more information about a contract and cost estimate provided by Rogers."
‘My life would stop’: TTC’s Wheel-Trans disability rules raise riders’ fears, equity concerns
TTC’s paratransit service’s reassessment of its riders’ disabilities has some fearing they will face restrictions on their use of door-to-door service. Mahdis Habibinia and Abby O’Brien of the Toronto Star speak with TTC rider Jane Field.
Deadline to use TTC tickets, tokens, day passes extended until June 2025
Bryann Aguilar of CP24 covers the motion to extend the deadline to use legacy fares on the transit system passed by the TTC board on December 3, 2024.
TTC extends deadline to use tokens, tickets
The TTC board voted unanimously to extend the deadline to use legacy fare like tokens, tickets and day passes. Dilshad Burman of CP24 with further details about the new deadline.
TTC tickets, tokens and day passes get reprieve: Controversial phaseout delayed until June
Many riders were surprised by the transit commission’s announcement in October that it intended to discontinue the fares as of Jan. 1. Patty Winsa of the Toronto Star covers the decision to extend the deadline.
"Protect door-to-door TTC Wheel-Trans Service", advocates say as report outlines inequities from planned restrictions
Rhianne Campbell of City News covers the report from TTCriders which shows planned changes to Wheel-Trans could disproportionately affect three of the city's low-income neighbourhoods.
