Transit News

End anti-Black racism, on the TTC and everywhere

“Transit will never be safe for everyone as long as police brutality remains a threat to Black lives.” -- statement from TransitCenter (US) 

TTCriders joins in mourning the devastating loss of Black peoples’ lives at the hands of police. George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer on video in Minneapolis. D’Andre Campbell, who was killed by a police officer in Peel Region this April after he called for help. Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who died in the presence of police last week and whose family is demanding answers and justice. 

Join the May 28 Day of Action for Emergency Transit Funding

Join the May 28th day of action for emergency transit funding!

Essential workers -- like nurses, doctors and sanitation staff -- rely on transit to get to work. 

But public transit systems across Canada are facing service cuts and driver layoffs, because they depend mostly on fares for funding.  Right now we need more service, not less, for safe physical distancing on transit! 

Right to Ride: Online Community Forum with Scarborough Civic Action Network

Wednesday May 27, 2020 7:00-7:45 pm Join the Online Community Forum: Right to Ride

About: Prior to the Covid-19 emergency, the Scarborough Civic Action Network identified affordable transit as a priority equity issue facing

What do TTC service cuts mean for you? May 21 update

Tune in at 4pm on May 21st for a livestream update about recent TTC changes during COVID-19 and what we can do about it. 

RSVP on Facebook or tune in to the TTCriders Facebook page at 4pm on Thursday May 21st.

Health professionals, business, labour urge emergency transit funding

First Time in Canada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 12, 2020  

TORONTO -- Forty-five organizations representing physicians, business, labour, and transit users today released a letter calling on the federal government to provide emergency financial aid to Canada’s transit authorities.

It represents the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak that groups from across the country have come together to urge support for agencies suffering up to 90 percent ridership loss. 

 

70 groups across Canada call for emergency and permanent transit funding

On May 12, 2020, more than 50 organizations across Canada sent a letter to the federal government calling for emergency and permanent transit operating funding. 

Does your organization want to sign on? Add your organization's name using this form. If you want to show support as an individual, send a message to your MP here.

Panel: A Public Infrastructure Bailout

The Canadian government is planning to spend billions on infrastructure to stimulate the economy and recover from COVID-19, including new transit projects and green infrastructure. But the federal Canada Infrastructure Bank invests in public-private partnerships, which cost the public more and are less accountable to us.

Keep Transit Moving: Letter to federal and provincial governments

TTCriders has written to the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Caroline Mulroney, Ontario's Minister of Transportation, about the need for emergency funding for public transit during COVID-19.  

Panel: COVID-19 & the future of public transit

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Public transit & COVID-19

NOTE: For up-to-date information on the coronavirus, please check reliable information sources like the Toronto Public Health website: www.toronto.ca/coronavirus. 

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Public transit connects all of us and is relied upon by some of the most vulnerable people in our city. The TTC employs as many as 15,000 people, some of whom are contracted or temp agency workers who may have fewer protections such as paid sick days. To ensure that public transit riders and workers are able to practice social distancing, we are asking that the TTC:

Survey: Ontario Liberal leadership candidates on transit issues

The Ontario Liberal Party will choose their next leader on March 7th, 2020. With several candidates pledging to lower transit fares, TTCriders surveyed the Liberal leadership candidates about their funding commitments for public transit, reevaluating Ontario’s public-private partnership model for transit projects, the subway upload, and more.  

Commuters rally against GO-TTC cuts

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SPEAKERS & KEY TALKING POINTS

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25 February 2020

ADVISORY: Commuters rally against GO-TTC cuts

Commuters could be paying up to $780 per year when the province ends the popular GO-TTC $1.50 co-fare discount program at the end of March. Community groups across Toronto are asking the provincial government to keep the GO-TTC co-fare. Volunteers will hand out thousands flyers to commuters on Thursday February 27th.