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Transit users call on Ottawa to save TTC from more service cuts

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Transit users call on Ottawa to save TTC from more service cuts

Volunteers stationed at 18 TTC stops distributed flyers to commuters about service cuts that came into effect over the weekend. The flyers inform transit users how much longer they will be waiting for their bus, subway or streetcar and encourage them to phone Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford for urgently needed TTC funding. 

Experts call for City Budget investments in community supports to create a safer TTC

(Toronto, ON) – Transit users, transit workers, and experts from community organizations held a public dialogue on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 at Centennial College - Progress Campus. 

Over 200 people attended online and in person to share their ideas about how to create a safer public transit system for everyone. Toronto City Council will vote on its 2023 budget on February 15, 2023. 

Volunteers blitz transit users to reverse TTC service cuts

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Volunteers blitz transit users to reverse TTC service cuts

TTC users were greeted at 20+ transit stops across Toronto on Thursday. Volunteers distributed thousands of flyers with instructions to call Mayor John Tory about proposed cuts, fare increases, and a commercial parking levy to fund climate and transit. 

Expand access and TTC service, not policing

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“Expand access and TTC service, not policing”: Transit user group slams fare increase, police expansion, possible cuts

January 4, 2023 (Toronto, ON) —TTCriders, a membership organization of transit users in Toronto, released the following statement in response to Mayor John Tory’s announcement about the 2023 TTC Budget, which has not yet been published publicly: 

Transit advocates install pop-up bus lane near Dufferin Station

With bus lane planning and construction in Toronto stalled, transit advocates did what the current Mayor and Council have failed to. 

(Toronto, ON) October 12, 2022 - TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy organization, released the following statement in support of members and volunteers who installed a temporary bus lane on Dufferin Street early this morning.

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Platform Doors for a safer, more reliable TTC!
Know Your Transit Rights
Transit-only lanes now: Get buses and streetcars moving!
Give Transit the Green Light
Protect Door-to-Door Wheel-Trans Service!
Add your name for Fare Capping!
Keep and Expand Free TTC Wi-Fi!
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