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TTC quietly releases plan for service cuts
November 16, 2021 (Toronto, ON) — The Toronto Transit Commission has posted a service update to their website without a public announcement, which details
TTC service cuts are preventable
October 28, 2021 (Toronto, ON) -- In response to a TTC news release warning of service cuts if more transit operators do not disclose their vaccination status, TTCriders, a membership organization of transit users in Toronto, released the following statement:
Federal election transit promises in 60 seconds
How will the federal election impact the TTC? Check out our video summary of each major party's transit promises! TTCriders is a non-partisan organization. The information presented in these Reels comes from
The provincial budget must include transit operating funding
TTCriders sent a provincial budget submission today to Minister of Finance
Peter Bethlenfalvy, calling for provincial investment in permanent transit
operating funding and the TTC's urgent vehicle needs. To get involved in our
What the 2021 City Budget means for transit riders
Toronto City Councillors are voting soon on the 2021 City Budget, which affects transit service and fare levels. City Council must do more to make transit affordable and safe during the pandemic.
John Tory's Service Cuts
John Tory's transit budgets are methodically and systematically destroying the TTC through less frequent, slower and overcrowded service.
For the 2017 budget, John Tory is now talking about a minor increase in funding to avoid service reductions. The reality is that service already has been reduced due to TTC budget shortfalls. In addition to this, today's service does not even meet the TTC's own standards, due to overcrowded routes.
Coming January to the TTC: Longer Waits for Higher Fares!
The cost for riding the TTC goes up January 1st. "But riders, when you pay more you get more, right?"
Nope.
One week later, on January 8th, the TTC is adjusting its schedules with reduced service in the morning rush hour on 12 bus routes.
TTC is misleading transit riders about Sunday’s service cuts
When the November Service Changes were released, we saw that service was being slashed on 20 routes and immediately suspected that these were cuts. In the past month, the TTC has intentionally misled the public to believe that these changes were merely routine tweaks to match service to ridership. Through Ben Spurr, we now know that if the TTC was only making changes to match service to ridership, service would have been improved on 43 routes. Zero of the improvements were made.
Politicians Hold the Tardy-Sauce – Build the Finch LRT Already !
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How much longer will we put up with this type of service? Tell Council to Build the LRT now ![/caption]
It looks like our friends at City Council are at it again. Councillors Giorgio Mammoliti and Jim Karygiannis are looking to re-introduce their motion EX.4.14 to cancel the Finch LRT and build the Scarborough Subway instead of a fully provincially-funded LRT. Next Wednesday March 25th, it will be introduced at Executive Committee.
