With a 24 - 19 vote City Council approved the Sheppard Avenue East LRT line, the final piece of Toronto's Rapid Transit Expansion Plan.
The results of the special meeting are proof that TTCriders' voices were heard. By a 24 - 19 vote on motion placed by Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, Council approved a plan to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) line on Sheppard Avenue East.
At their Special Meeting on Wednesday City Council will decide on the future of rapid transit on Sheppard Avenue East. Council will be voting on how to add to our public transit network: Build Light Rail Transit on Sheppard Avenue East in the next 4 years OR Delay improving transit for decades while we wait for a dubious subway scheme.
TTCriders can now review the report from the City's Sheppard Transit Expert Advisory Panel available here.
This Panel was created by City Council at their Special Meeting on Transit Expansion on February 8th.
On October 25th, over 50 people braved the rain and attended our TTCriders meeting at the North York Civic Centre. Here’s a summary of what went down.
The Toronto Transit Commission meets on October 19th at 1:00pm in Committee Room # 2 in Toronto City Hall. Click here to review the agenda for their meeting.
Steve Munro, Toronto's expert TTC advocate, has published a preview of the TTC meeting which can be found on his blog.
Jack Lakey, The Fixer at the Toronto Star wants to hear from TTC employees on ways in improve our public transit system.
The Fixer - TTC employees: Tell us how you'd improve service
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Over the last week much of the media focus on the TTC has been the recent announcement of selecting Steve O’Brien as head of the TTC Customer Service Advisory Panel. With that position already chosen one of the public participants will be selected via a Twitter post from an interested volunteer. More budget news as this will be the first year that the province will not be giving the TTC a handout to make up for their budget shortfall and hinting that in the future any money they do receive may be conditional. For further information and links refer to the following below.