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Service cuts, up to 10 minute subway waits proposed in TTC budget
Increasing fares to fund inadequate transit discount is a “shell game,” TTCriders says
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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:
TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy organization, released the following statement in advance of the Toronto Region Board of Trade Mayoral Debate:
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.
September 29, 2022 (Toronto, ON) -- Transit advocacy group TTCriders launched their “Mayoral Transit Promises Tracker” today, ranking the mayoral candidates’ transit pledges.
September 28, 2022 (Toronto, ON) -- TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy organization, released the following statement in response to mayoral candidate Gil Penalosa’s promise to build 90+ km of bus lanes:
September 20, 2022 (Toronto, ON) -- TTCriders, a membership-based transit advocacy organization, released the following statement in response to Mayor John Tory’s announcement of past accomplishments:
May 7, 2022 (Toronto, ON) — 150 Scarborough transit users and youth leaders rallied this afternoon for better public transit in advance of the provincial election. Eleven provincial election candidates from the NDP, Liberal, and Green parties walked on a "red carpet" bus lane to show their support for public transit improvements in Scarborough, and signed a pledge committing to fund more bus service, integrated fares between TTC and GO, and building the Eglinton East LRT. Two municipal candidates signed a pledge to install more bus lanes by 2023.
Membership-based transit rider organization TTCriders released the following statement in response to the provincial proposal to reduce gas and fuel taxes for a 6-month period.
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Transit group calls for immediate funding of deeper discounts
March 31, 2022 (Toronto, ON) — Transit rider organization TTCriders welcomed the news that the Fair Pass discount is being rolled out today to people living in Rent-Geared-to-Income subsidized housing, but pointed out the discount was meant to be rolled out in March 2019 and is not deep enough.