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“Expand access and TTC service, not policing”: Transit user group slams fare increase, police expansion, possible cuts

January 4, 2023 (Toronto, ON) —TTCriders, a membership organization of transit users in Toronto, released the following statement in response to Mayor John Tory’s announcement about the 2023 TTC Budget, which has not yet been published publicly: 

Solidarity with GO Transit workers

GO Transit workers are on strike for safety and job security as of November 7, 2022. The strike by 2,200 workers affects approximately 15,000 daily transit users, many of whom are post-secondary students in the GTHA. 

Half of new Council committed to opposing TTC cuts

Thirteen (13) of the twenty-five (25) newly elected Toronto City Councillors on October 24, 2022 completed a TTCriders survey on transit issues before the election. All 13 of the Councillors have committed to oppose cuts to service if the TTC faces continued budget shortfalls. Read their full survey responses.

‘Will our cherished TTC continue to decline?’: Volunteers are acting on transit because elected leaders are not

TTCriders opinion column in the Toronto Star, explaining why volunteers painted an unsanctioned bus lane on Dufferin Street and why voters should pick transit champions on October 24, 2022.

Saying Toronto is moving Scarborough TTC stops for pedestrians 'doesn't capture the full story'

Derek Song responds to a recent Scarborough Mirror article about road safety in which incumbent councillor Cynthia Lai ruled out adding protected pedestrian crossings at bus stops, as proposed by challenger Jamaal Myers. But her claim that the City of Toronto is moving mid-block TTC stops on arterials near signalized intersections doesn’t capture the full story.

John Tory should answer these 5 transit questions

TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy organization, released the following statement in advance of the Toronto Region Board of Trade Mayoral Debate: 

TTCriders disappointed Rocketman app disappearing next month

TTCriders spokesperson Vincent Puhakka discusses the cancellation of transit app Rocketman with the Toronto Sun.

TTCriders pop-up bus lanes covered in Hyperallergic

Public advocacy group TTCriders "painted an unsanctioned bus lane in the city, criticizing the current mayoral administration for a lack of action and calling on candidates to establish more lanes."

That TTCriders’ lane-painting stunt was a very good stunt

Toronto activists install temporary bus lane in clever scheme to call out John Tory

DailyHive shares photos of the pop-up bus lane installed on Dufferin Street. "The group says painting pavement is the easy part. Now they’re asking all city council candidates to commit to installing more bike lanes." 

TTC responds to advocacy group's unofficial bus lane

Listen to TTCriders on NewsTalk1010 explain why volunteers installed a pop-up bus lane with children's paint on Dufferin Street.