Last Thursday our City Council voted on this year’s budget, including how much
funding to give to the TTC. Two motions were moved by Mike Layton to dedicate
new funding to the TTC: 1) raise property taxes to cancel fare increase 2)
ADVISORY March 8, 2019
UTSC students and Scarborough residents will board buses to stop Ford’s
Guest blog post by Dr. Anna Kramer, with TTCriders.
Join TTCriders at International Women's Day. 11am at OISE (252 Bloor Street West). RSVP on Facebook.
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Veronica Appia reports on the Ontario government's plan to upload the TTC.
Thank you to all of the volunteers, leaders, and organizations who joined the February 22nd #OURSubway Day of Action to oppose the province's plan to steal our subway.
Fanned out across 35 subway and RT stations across the city from 8am until 9am, volunteers handed out tens of thousands of flyers to riders that explained why the plan to take ownership of the system should not go ahead. We sent a message to our MPPs loud and clear: Don't Steal Our Subway! Fund it instead.
*UPDATE* --> Council has delayed the motion to March 21st
Council voted 12-14 to delay this urgent item to Executive Committee on March 21st.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
#OurSubway campaign blitzes 35 subway stations
Friday February 22, 2019 (Toronto, ON) – This morning, transit advocacy group TTCriders and allied organizations distributed tens of thousands of flyers opposing the province’s subway takeover. Hundreds of volunteers took part in the coordinated the city-wide day of action at 35 TTC stops simultaneously.
The flyers urge commuters to contact their MPPs to stop the subway takeover. Transit advocates, Toronto City Councillors, and civic organizations are raising the alarm that the provincial government’s plan will delay new transit, let the subway system fall into disrepair, and will open the door to privatization, less say for residents, and higher fares.
CBC News features TTCriders executive director, Shelagh Pizey-Allen, as she speaks about volunteers doing outreach to get transit riders to help stop the upload of the subway to the provincial government.
The province’s plan to steal our subway is not a done deal! Join transit riders
at subway stops across Toronto on February 22nd to send a message to Premier
Ford: Don't Steal #OURsubway! Breaking apart the TTC and
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This week, the provincial government took another step towards taking over the TTC subway system. But it’s not a done deal! Join TTCriders and our allies at the February 22nd Day of Action to build the momentum we need to stop the subway upload.