February 7, 2025 (Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy group, released the following statement in response to Premier Ford’s promise that the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open in 2025.
ADVISORY: TTCriders to hold rally to open the Crosstown LRT
(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders will hold a rally on February 19, 2025 to call for answers about the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRT projects and ask all provincial parties to commit to solutions for more reliable transit.
Transit group reacts to Liberal promise of platform edge doors on the TTC subway
(Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy group, released the following statement in response to Ontario Liberal Party leader Bonnie Crombie’s uncosted promise to install platform edge doors on the TTC, starting with the busiest stations:
“It’s irresponsible”: Transit and environment groups slam Executive Committee vote that risks leaving $108 million on the table
(Toronto, ON) – TTCriders and the Toronto Environmental Alliance are reacting to today’s vote at Toronto’s Executive Committee meeting to reject a motion by Councillor Josh Matlow to investigate the city’s ability to implement a Commercial Parking Levy without the support of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.
TTCriders welcomes TTC plans for fare freeze, service restoration, state of good repair investment
TTCriders reaction to the release of the 2025 TTC budget.
Statement on Plain Clothes Fare Inspectors
(Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, a membership based organization of transit riders, released the following statement in response to the TTC's plans to deploy plain clothes fare inspectors:
Malvern, Lawrence Heights, Rexdale most impacted by planned restrictions to door-to-door Wheel-Trans service, data shows
(Toronto, ON) – Neighbourhoods with a higher proportion of racialized and low-income residents will be most impacted by planned restrictions to door-to-door Wheel-Trans service, according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information request by transit advocacy group TTCriders. The group held a press conference at Toronto City Hall on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in advance of a TTC Board meeting.
TTCriders celebrates approval of funds for new subway trains
(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders is celebrating today’s announcement that the federal government has approved the TTC’s request for federal funding for new subway trains on Line 2 Bloor-Danforth.
Transit group asks Integrity Commissioner to investigate potential conflict of interest related to TTC Board vote about Rogers contract
(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders has complained to Toronto’s Integrity Commissioner about a potential real or apparent conflict of interest related to Julie Osborne, an appointed member of the Toronto Transit Commission.
“Rally to Fix the TTC” calls for investment in repairing subway slow zones during National Transit Week
(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders will hold a rally today at 5:00pm outside Bathurst Subway Station to call on federal Members of Parliament to invest in TTC repairs and new subway trains on Line 2 by accelerating implementation of the Canada Public Transit Fund. The rally is part of a national “Transit Action Week” being organized in 5 Canadian cities. (Cantonese, Mandarin, French spokespeople available.)
TTC Board members, transit and women's safety advocates call for expansion of free public Wi-Fi on TTC, transparency from Rogers
(Toronto, ON) – TTC Chair Jamaal Myers, Councillor Josh Matlow, transit users, and women's safety advocates held a press conference at Toronto City Hall to call for the expansion of free public Wi-Fi on the TTC.
Free public Wi-Fi on the TTC should be improved and expanded, not cut
(Toronto, ON) – Membership-based groups TTCriders, Toronto ACORN, and Social Planning Toronto released the following statement about the TTC’s plan to end free public Wi-Fi in subway stations: