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:
Take action for safe buses by calling your MPP and City Councillor! Scroll down for a phone script and numbers to call.
TTCriders is calling on the TTC and all three levels of government to:
Add more bus service on crowded TTC routes
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
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The TTC has released a report recommending that the Scarborough RT (“Line 3”) be shut down in 2023. But a rapid transit replacement won't be built until 2029 at the very earliest. People travelling between Scarborough Town Centre and Kennedy Station will be taking buses for at least six years. Click here to read the staff report (PDF).
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.
The provincial government will soon be voting on Bill 107, legislation that will give the Minister of Transportation new powers to decide what transit gets built (or doesn't get built) in Toronto. The provincial transit takeover means more delays, less accountability, and opens the TTC up to privatization. To improve transit, the province needs to reverse its $1.1 billion cuts to TTC funding, not break apart and take over the system. Please send a message to Premier Ford now and sign up to volunteer with us to oppose the TTC cuts and takeover!