We're concerned that Metrolinx’s plan to meddle with Toronto’s fare structure will hurt Toronto transit riders.
Provincial agency, Metrolinx and the TTC will discuss fare integration at a joint-board meeting from 6pm - 8pm on Wednesday April 27 at 97 Front Street.
On Sunday, it was reported that Metrolinx ignored and buried seven separate studies that were commissioned in the years before the launch of the Union Pearson
Today’s federal budget falls short on delivering the public transit funding needed to fix Toronto’s transit crisis, says transit advocacy group, TTCriders.
In today’s budget, the f
Here's an update!
Brenda and myself (that be Jessica) went down to the TTC Commission on Wednesday to speak about the issue of stagnating ridership. The TTC Commission discussed the drop in ridership and the pending $30M shortfall if the ridership trend continues. They decided to not take any action. The TTC will give a report back again in June. Shelley Carroll introduced a motion (that was passed) to have the TTC look at ways to increase ridership. Thank you Shelley Carroll The original Ridership Growth Strategy document is right here. This document shows VERY clearly that service improvements and fare reductions is a great way to increase ridership.
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
Next Wednesday, the TTC Board will consider a proposal from the TTC Service Planning staff to introduce a new 514 Cherry streetcar. The goal is to provide more streetcar service for the busiest sections of King Street. We are supportive of this proposal, but we continue to advocate that King Street should be re-designed to prioritize streetcars over private automobiles.
This position will be updated as new information becomes available.
We support bringing new rapid transit to Toronto.
Toronto badly needs more rapid transit to relieve congestion and give people more transit choices.
TTCriders is calling on riders to complain to John Tory and Kathleen Wynne next time they're experiencing a delay and demand more funding for the TTC.
Today's massive delays on the Yonge Line is just one of many times that riders
After months of pressure and record low ridership, Metrolinx has significantly lowered the cost of riding our new empty luxury Union Pearson train.
It now costs $9 (with Presto) and $12 (without Presto) to travel from Union Station to Pearson Airport. It costs GO fares to travel from Weston and Dundas to downtown. This is a significant improvement from the outrageous fares we started with.
On a snowy, cold morning, when the Executive Committee of the City is meeting on the 2016 Budget, about 80 protestors demanded that the city actually fund its Poverty Reduction Strategy. The Council has trumpeted its promises to support reduced fares for low income