Transit News

The media often asks us to talk about our commutes and experiences on the TTC. We want you to speak on our behalf.

We were asked to respond to the subway shutdown. We said stop cutting funding to the TTC.

Watch the CBC TV clip here.  It's critical that you contact your councillor at 311 and tell them to stop the 2% cut to the TTC's budget.  We need more funding, not less, to stop crises like these.

The Gardiner carries 5,200 people. The TTC carries 125,000 people. Which piece of infrastructure makes sense to invest in?

Oliver Moore from the Globe and Mail wrote about the equipment failure yesterday shut down Toronto’s entire subway system during the morning rush hour, laying bare the city’s reliance on transit and raising questions about priorities as council prepares to debate the future of the Gardiner Expressway.

NDP MPP once said she'd tie herself to the tracks to protest dirty, diesel fumes from the Union-Pearson Express train. We've got proof that she's serious.

Transit advocacy group, TTCriders has released a video showing how the new UP Express trains put communities in peril, on the day of the official launch of the service.

Build the cheaper Gardiner Boulevard and send savings to transit and cycling

Cycling advocacy group, Cycle TO, and transit advocacy group, TTCriders, are jointly calling for the City to turn the Gardiner East Expressway into a boulevard, and redirect the $458M in savings to increasing public transit

We're in favour of the McNicoll Bus Garage because it will help bring frequent bus service to Scarborough

The Scarborough Mirror asked us for our feedback to the McNicoll Bus Garage town hall. We said we're in favour of this project because it will bring more frequent bus service to North East Scarborough. From the article:

The Ontario government's Pan-Am Games transit plan isn't enough for the vast majority of Torontonians

CP24 asked TTCriders to comment on the latest announcement by the Ontario Government on its plans to alleviate traffic during the PAN AM Games.

Watch the clip.

We question whether asking 20% of drivers to stay at home or take the TTC is adequate, given that the TTC is at breaking point already.

Rabble: Lack of funding number 1 for Toronto Transit, say activists

Jessica Vomiero of Rabble wrote a piece after talking to riders during our day of action in protest to the Wynne Government's refusal to fund the TTC in the 2015 budget.

Read the article online at Rabble.ca. 

Metro News: Toronto school colouring contest protests diesel UP Express trains

Jessica Smith Cross wrote a great article for Metro News about our clean affordable train colouring competition.  Thanks Jessica.

Here's the article. 

Tory tells TTC Commission to cut TTC budget in 2016

This Wednesday the TTC Commission voted on some good news and some very bad news.

PRETTY GOOD

The pretty good news is the TTC voted to restore most of the service cut on many routes during the Ford era, and also introduce some new service, such as

Dear Kathleen Wynne: Stop selling Hydro One and fund public transit through progressive, equitable taxes

The planned privatization of 60% of Hydro One (whose very creation in this form was the result of deregulation and ultimately privatization), is a project that hurts those of us who use and advocate for public mass transportation. As public transit users and advocates for its expansion, affordability and availability, we argue against this move.

No more delays. Build the Sheppard LRT now.

No more flip flops. No more delays. Tell the Wynne government to build the Sheppard LRT.

Join the Scarborough Committee and Scarborough Mirror reporter Mike Adler, for a bus canvass along Sheppard Avenue East.