Some TTC bus riders could be asked for proof of payment starting next week as the TTC expand its fare enforcement program.
(Toronto, Ontario) – Transit and environmental groups across Canada are celebrating a commitment by Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis to increase the Canada Public Transit Fund. Federal Liberal Party leadership candidates were surveyed about their transit commitments by Environmental Defence, TTCriders, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, Trajectoire Québec, Activate Transit Windsor Essex, and Équiterre.
On February 19, 2025, TTCriders held the Rally to Open the Crosstown at Yonge and Eglinton to call for answers about the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRT projects. Promised opening dates for the LRTs have come and gone, while transit costs have skyrocketed under Metrolinx. Transit riders are looking for answers and credible opening dates for the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRTs.
TTCriders asked every party to invest in running TTC service and new LRTs with a 50% operating subsidy for local transit systems, and to give the TTC back control over running Toronto transit, to keep costs down and increase accountability.
Investing in transit means good, green Canadian jobs. See how federal Liberal Party leadership candidates answered a survey about public transit.
Do you take the King Streetcar? TTCriders wrote in support for automated enforcement along the King Street transit priority corridor to improve reliability and service, and to expedite public realm improvements. We are asking for ongoing accessibility barriers to be addressed with full level-boarding platforms and other public realm improvements to be accelerated ahead of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup. Read our letter to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee below:
TTCriders wrote in support of the Ellesmere Complete Street project in Scarborough to ensure people have safe transportation options to get around. Transit riders also need safe options to walk, roll, or bike home once they get off the bus! Read our letter that supports proposed improvements to the bicycle network, sidewalk network, and its importance in conjunction with the planned Durham-Scarborough Bus Rapid Transit project.
Participants gathered in bitterly cold weather at the corner of Yonge and Eglinton to demand accountability on why LRT projects have not opened yet, writes Rex Astorga of On The Record news.
February 21, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy group, released the following statement in response to the release of the Ontario Liberal Party and Ontario NDP policy platforms.
(Toronto, ON) – Over 75 residents rallied at the intersection of Yonge and Eglinton on February 19, 2025 to call for answers about the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRT projects and ask all provincial parties to commit to solutions for more reliable transit. Seven provincial election candidates in attendance signed an oversized cheque for TTC operations funding, against a backdrop of an oversized ribbon and scissors to symbolize opening the LRTs.
Andy Takagi of the Toronto Star reports on the Rally to Open the Crosstown held by TTCriders on February 19, 2025.
Toronto transit users face a challenging year ahead as the TTC’s 2025 Service Plan includes 38 full-weekend subway closures.
Ontario PC leader Doug Ford made a string of transportation and infrastructure announcements, including a promise that the embattled Eglinton Crosstown LRT would finally open in 2025, writes Jack Landau of BlogTO.