Accessibility

Letter: Expand the public realm and make transit accessible on King Street

Do you take the King Streetcar? TTCriders wrote in support for automated enforcement along the King Street transit priority corridor to improve reliability and service, and to expedite public realm improvements. We are asking for ongoing accessibility barriers to be addressed with full level-boarding platforms and other public realm improvements to be accelerated ahead of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup. Read our letter to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee below:

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:

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.  

They've never seen a public consultation like this one

At a Wheel-Trans public consultation earlier this year, choir members delivered a musical message to oppose the TTC’s plan to force some people with disabilities and seniors onto the conventional TTCalso known as the "Family of Services" program.

Long-time Wheel-Trans user and choir member Jane Field explains why the Family of Services program must not become mandatory in this new video.

Choir to deliver musical message at Wheel-Trans consultation meeting

(Toronto, ON) – Community choir "Common Thread Community Chorus," which is concerned that its members who rely on Wheel-Trans will lose access to the service, will sing outside a Wheel-Trans consultation meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 at 3:45pm at Metro Hall (55 John Street).

Transit advocate says it's 'not surprising' TTC won't meet its accessibility goals by 2025

Transit advocate and TTCriders Accessibility Committee member Terri-Lynn Langdon says it's 'not surprising' TTC won't meet its accessibility goals by 2025, calls to stop the implementation of the TTC's "Family of Services" model that will shift Wheel-Trans users on to the conventional transit system.

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