TTCriders In the Media

Yonge St Media: TTCriders union launches campaign for provincial funding

This article is online at Yonge St Media's website.

TTCriders, the membership-based advocacy group of TTC users, officially launched its newest campaign this past Monday.

The campaign, titled a Fair Deal for Riders, calls on the province to provide increased and sustained funding for the TTC.

CBC's Metro Morning showcases our new Fair Deal for Riders campaign

Co-chair Jessica Bell spoke to Matt Galloway on CBC's Metro Morning about TTCriders' new campaign to expand service and reduce fares.

Listen to the show here.

TTCriders continues to oppose 5-cent fare increase

TTCriders spoke out against the 5-cent fare increase proposed at today's Toronto Transit Commission meeting.

We argued that public transit benefits all Torontonians, yet riders are being penalized for choosing "the better way." City Hall contributes the least amount per rider than any other jurisdiction in Canada and the U.S.

Read TTCriders' member Joell Vanderwagen's Toronto Star op-ed called "The downside of privately run transit lines within the TTC"

Well done Joell for writing a great piece on the downside of privately run transit lines.

Read Joell's op ed below.

The downside of privately run transit lines within the TTC

Published on Wednesday September 26, 2012 Toronto Star

"Premier Dalton McGuinty should tame the Metrolinx beast" Toronto Star op-ed by Joell Vanderwagen, TTCrider

With the best of intentions, Premier Dalton McGuinty created Metrolinx as the provincial agency charged with developing a regional transit network for the Greater Toronto Area, building on the existing GO Transit commuter system.