(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders is set to host a large gathering of transit riders and advocates from across the GTA at the Scarborough Civic Centre on Sunday, June 16. More than 250 people have registered for the free day of workshops and panel discussions.
TTCriders Statement on Potential TTC Strike
(Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, an organization of transit users in Toronto, released the following statement in response to a potential strike by ATU Local 113 members:
FAQ: TTC Strike
Read answers to frequently asked questions about a possible TTC strike, and how to prepare and take action!
TTCriders letter about 5-Year Service Plan
Read our letter to the TTC Board asking them to adopt a more ambitious 5-year Service and Customer Experience Action Plan. As it stands, the plan fails to work towards ridership growth beyond pre-pandemic levels, restore important service frequency standards quickly enough, and respond to changing ridership patterns.
Improving transit priority on King Street
TTCriders letter to Infrastructure and Environment Committee in support of public realm improvements and automated enforcement on King Street.
📸 Delivering a ticket to MPs for "fund evasion"
Volunteers delivered an oversized “fund evasion” ticket to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office on April 25, 2024. Transit users are urging the federal government to make critical investments in TTC reliability and safety by speeding up the Permanent Public Transit Fund and funding new subway trains.
Transit users deliver oversized “fund evasion” ticket to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
(Toronto, ON) -- Volunteers from transit advocacy organization TTCriders delivered an oversized “fund evasion” ticket to Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office this morning. Transit users are urging the federal government to make critical investments in TTC reliability and safety by speeding up the Permanent Public Transit Fund and funding new subway trains.
Mayor says new federal funding will help Toronto's cash crunch
Transit advocacy group TTCriders is disappointed that the federal budget does not contain funding for new subway trains for Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth).
Federal budget reaction: Transit users, workers, and experts sound alarm about missing funding for new TTC subway trains and service
(Toronto, ON) -- Public transit riders, workers, and experts are sounding the alarm that the 2024 federal budget does not include funding for new TTC subway trains or transit service. Transit users and experts are available to comment about transit issues in the federal budget.
Choir to deliver musical message at Wheel-Trans consultation meeting
(Toronto, ON) – Community choir "Common Thread Community Chorus," which is concerned that its members who rely on Wheel-Trans will lose access to the service, will sing outside a Wheel-Trans consultation meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 at 3:45pm at Metro Hall (55 John Street).
TTC special constables, fare inspectors to use body cams in pilot
TTCriders told CBC: "We want clarity that force is not acceptable when someone doesn't pay their fare. We do not want force to be the response when someone does not pay $3.30."
Using force over $3.30 is not okay
Tell the TTC Board that using force is never an acceptable response when someone does not tap on TTC.