When the November Service Changes were released, we saw that service was being slashed on 20 routes and immediately suspected that these were cuts. In the past month, the TTC has intentionally misled the public to believe that these changes were merely routine tweaks to match service to ridership. Through Ben Spurr, we now know that if the TTC was only making changes to match service to ridership, service would have been improved on 43 routes. Zero of the improvements were made.
Not everybody loves details, but some people do. Here, we are providing riders of the TTC with information about service cuts in 2016 and 2017. This information is necessary because:
1) John Tory is starving the TTC of funding while claiming that he supports transit, and
The TTC released its draft 2017 operating budget today and it's a mess. It shows very clearly that John Tory and City Council do not care about riders. We are in for a bad year if we don't stop these cuts.
Contributed by Scarborough Transit Action
We knew this was coming.
Despite some folks claiming the “Scarborough Subway” is happening, we have always known that this politically-motivated proposition would be tested over, and over, and over again. In the face of this repeated resistance, the Scarborough Subway Extension’s staunchest supporters have predictably played the same tired card: It’s downtown elites that are trying to keep Scarborough from the subway that it deserves!
Riders, we have a problem. We're about to get our 7th fare hike in 6 years. The TTC is cutting service on 15 routes this month, and there are more cuts to come.
Here are the routes that are getting cut:
The One-Stop “Scarborough Subway Extension” is facing a woodlot of problems.
In the summer, the real analysis of its costs showed that the One-Stop Extension will be way more expensive than what we were previously told. This at a time when John Tory keeps telling us that Toronto property taxes need to stay low.
The recent Toronto Transit Network report has Mayor John Tory forging ahead with Smart Track, the Eglinton West LRT, and the Scarborough Subway Extension (SSE). Meanwhile, the Eglinton and Sheppard East LRTs appear to have been dropped from the list of priorities. (Find out more about the city's transit priorities here)
Mayor John Tory and Members of City Council City Hall, 100 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2
Re: Time for two hour fare transfers
Dear Mayor Tory and Members of City Council,
We are writing to ask you to support the introduction of two hour fare transfers.
This post was written by Alison Read, TTCriders member.
Living in East Scarborough (Ward 43 of Toronto), I often imagine what my everyday experiences as a TTC commuter would be like if we had a 24-stop LRT network running through our community - if we were less reliant on buses. Could those of us who crowd onto the 86, only to be stuck in traffic created by cars, be liberated by rapid and reliable transit? Could I ride my bike or walk to an LRT station, making all of Toronto - the downtown core, Etobicoke, North York, and the rest of Scarborough - so much more accessible to me?
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
On Wednesday, city staff released an update on its transit expansion plans
Yesterday, the Fair Fare Coalition, TTCriders, and the Ontario Chinese Canadian Association and friends held a press conference at City Hall to challenge the City’s last minute decision to delay the long-overdue plan to give lower fares to low income riders.
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The Advisory Committee on Accessible Transit (ACAT) is making it easier for all riders to take the bus. They have created “Accessibility Flashcards”.