TTCriders is organizing a petition that we will deliver to the leaders of the three major parties before the election. We ask that the federal government provide Toronto with fair and stable transit funding.
Transit advocacy group, TTCriders sent a survey today to the three top political parties asking how they will improve public transit in Toronto.
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With the impending widespread implementation of Presto on the TTC it is possible that there could be proposal to change the TTC fare structure from the current “single-ride within Toronto” arrangement.
Rahul Gupta from Inside Toronto wrote an article about our plan to ramp up our canvassing, recruit canvass leaders, and engage riders in the upcoming federal election.
TTCriders is about to send a survey to the NDP, Liberal, and Conservative Party, asking them to share their vision for improving public transit in Toronto. We look forward to sharing their responses.
A TTC board committee today approved
The TTC’s proposal to raise another $30 million from fares was included in a preliminary budget presented at Thursday's TTC budget committee meeting.
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Ontario Transportation Minister, Steven Del Duca spoke at a town hall meeting in Davenport last Wednesday. Here’s what he had to say in response to our concerns about privatization of new transit lines like the Eglinton Crosstown, Finch and Sheppard LRTs.
Please share this amazing infographic developed by ourselves and Humberto DaSilva and Jennifer Foreshew from CUPE 5277.
TTCriders attended a packed Town Hall with Ontario Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca. Our transit minister has refused to meet with us, despite repeated requests.
A key issue that many attendees present brought up was the issue of the controversial Union Pearson Express train, which is running virtually empty at just 12% capacity. That comes as no surprise because it costs $27.50 to board the train one way.
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This post is written by Shaun Cleaver, a TTCriders Campaigns Committee member. It does not reflect an approved position of TTCriders.
The Metro's Luke Simco wrote an article on the possibility of continuing early TTC service on Sundays. The TTC is open at 6.00am on Sunday during the PAN AM Games. We are supportive of this idea.