UPDATE: Collective action works! Thanks to thousands of people taking action, we won our campaign to convince the TTC to approve a replacement bus-only corridor and bus lanes on the street! The unfortunate and scary derailment of the RT means that we will keep campaigning for:
- an immediate installation of bus lanes on the street to keep shuttles moving
- provincial funding of the busway
- free transfers between GO and TTC to unlock more transit options in Scarborough
- transparency and accountability from the TTC to make sure this never happens again
Your commute will get LONGER when the Scarborough RT closes in 2023.
But a subway replacement won't be open until 2030 at the earliest. Your elected representatives must act now to prevent the worst-case scenario: 7+ years of shuttle buses in traffic.
Politicians must seize this opportunity to protect a Scarborough landmark and transform it into a rapid busway with green public space for walking, cycling, and more! Let’s create a unique Scarborough space that will be used for decades to come.
Call on your local Councillor, MPP, and MP to:
- Transform the decommissioned Scarborough RT corridor into a rapid busway with green public space for cycling and walking;
- Install transit priority measures like bus-only lanes and traffic signal priority for any on-street replacement shuttle buses, so they don’t get stuck in traffic;
- Subsidize free transfers between GO Transit and TTC to immediately create more accessible rapid transit options in Scarborough;
- Fully fund the Eglinton East LRT and expand Scarborough’s rapid transit network;
- Preserve the RT corridor and infrastructure to transform this historic Scarborough landmark into unique public space (the elevated concrete RT infrastructure can be preserved between Ellesmere and STC);
- Provide transit operating funding, capital and maintenance funding, and enough green buses to make this vision a reality.
To learn more, read the new community report from TTCriders.
