I bet you hate that frustrated, stressed feeling that bubbles up inside when you’ve been waiting for your bus for 15 minutes and you realize you’re now late for work.
We’ve got some bad news. As you have probably heard, you could be paying even more for this all-too-common experience in 2017.
The Toronto Star published this op ed of ours last Sunday July 17.
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Three years ago, Toronto City Council broke its own procedures and opted to scrap a fully funded rapid transit line. If not for this egregious mistake, a 7-Stop Scarborough LRT from Kennedy through Scarborough Centre to Malvern would be under construction now.
Big fare hikes and service cuts are coming in 2017, unless we take action. The TTC is facing a budget crisis that's larger than what we've seen in years.
The TTC needs
(When we initially wrote this post we believed the Councillor Karygiannis was merely a destructive voice yelling from the margins. We have since learned that politics have transpired to make his mistaken and problematic voice relevant. We have updated the post to provide more details about the options that Councillor Karygiannis is supporting)
A group of us from Scarborough Transit Action spoke at the #ExecComm meeting on June 28th. Our demand for an LRT network instead of the One Stop Extension triggered an overwhelmingly negative response from Mayor Tory and his allies. The most absurd being Councillor De Baeremaeker’s claim that any opposition to this project constituted a “wall of hate” toward Scarborough.
The Union Pearson Express train received a shocking $52.26 government subsidy per ride during its first 10 months of operation, according to a Metrolinx report
An LRT NETWORK is the best plan for TRANSIT RIDERS
In Friday's edition of The Globe and Mail, it was revealed that the Scarborough subway costs are expected to rise by $900 million to $2.9 billion.
The $900 million additional cost estimate for the Scarborough Subway Extension (SSE) proves once again, an LRT network is, by far, the best choice for Scarborough transit riders.
From the TTCriders Scarborough Committee
What is the plan for Scarborough Centre? This seems like a simple question, but it is one that has us confused. Very confused.
On the one hand, a one-stop subway extension is included as part of the proposed Scarborough Rapid Transit Network because it “Supports the development of Scarborough Centre as a vibrant regional urban centre.” Those of us using Scarborough Centre station on the RT today look out at the fields of parking surrounding the mall and Civic Centre can be excused for thinking that the plan is to re-purpose those lots into the type of place you would want to ride transit to, i.e., a vibrant urban centre.
“It used to take me 30 minutes to ride the subway to school, but since Metrolinx hiked fares on the Spadina line, I can’t afford it. Now I ride two crowded buses and a streetcar to get to school, and it takes me an hour and a half.” TTC rider, Suhail Barot.