A push is underway to keep free Wi-Fi service in place at TTC stations. CityNews reporter Brandon Rowe with why some insist the service can't be taken offline.
The TTC board voted Tuesday to continue with its plan to end free public Wi-Fi at subway stations, although it did agree to study the possibility of putting internet zones into bus bays in the future.
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Board members, transit and women's safety advocates are among those calling for the continuation and expansion of free public Wi-Fi on the TTC, after the transit network announced the service will be ending this year.
(Toronto, ON) – TTC Chair Jamaal Myers, Councillor Josh Matlow, transit users, and women's safety advocates held a press conference at Toronto City Hall to call for the expansion of free public Wi-Fi on the TTC.
Shelagh Pizey-Allen of TTCriders joins twelve prognosticators on what a Pierre Poilievre government could mean for the city in this Toronto Life article.
What should the TTC be looking for in its new CEO? TTCriders thinks that the next CEO should use public transit and want to fix it. Read our full letter.
In 2021, the provincial government authorized automated streetcar door enforcement for the safety of transit riders. On September 8, 2024, a woman was struck by a driver while she was exiting a streetcar. Read our letter to the TTC Board urging city councillors to implement automated enforcement on streetcars.
(Toronto, ON) – Membership-based groups TTCriders, Toronto ACORN, and Social Planning Toronto released the following statement about the TTC’s plan to end free public Wi-Fi in subway stations:
Have you noticed that the subway has been moving a lot slower than normal? It's not just you - everyone is feeling the impact of decades of underfunding. "Reduced speed zones" are everywhere. Read our newlsetter to find out why your subway is stuck in the slow zone and how to take action to fix our TTC.
"If we don’t want slow subways to become our new normal, both transit leadership and transit funding arrangements need to change."
Read the op-ed by TTCriders member Mackenzie Bartlett in the Toronto Star.
Read our newsletter for analysis about the recently-announced Canada Public Transit Fund, and why we are asking federal MPs to speed it up and allow cities to use it for running more frequent service.
Read our support letter for accelerating RapidTO TTC improvements on Dufferin and Bathurst.