(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 reaction to the release of the 2025 TTC budget.
(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:
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.)
(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.
(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:
(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders has launched a new campaign to invite federal party leaders and Toronto-area MPs to pledge their support for urgently-needed federal funding for new TTC subway trains on the Bloor-Danforth Line 2. Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May have both committed to sign the pledge.
(Toronto, ON) – TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy organization, and Environmental Defence, released the following statement in response to Premier Doug Ford and Unifor National President Lana Payne’s statement urging federal funding for TTC subway trains:
(Toronto, ON) - TTCriders, a membership-based organization of transit users, released the following statement in response to TTC CEO Rick Leary's resignation: