Thank you to all of the volunteers, leaders, and organizations who joined the February 22nd #OURSubway Day of Action to oppose the province's plan to steal our subway.
Fanned out across 35 subway and RT stations across the city from 8am until 9am, volunteers handed out tens of thousands of flyers to riders that explained why the plan to take ownership of the system should not go ahead. We sent a message to our MPPs loud and clear: Don't Steal Our Subway! Fund it instead.
*UPDATE* --> Council has delayed the motion to March 21st
Council voted 12-14 to delay this urgent item to Executive Committee on March 21st. The province’s plan to steal our subway is not a done deal! Join transit riders
at subway stops across Toronto on February 22nd to send a message to Premier
Ford: Don't Steal #OURsubway! Breaking apart the TTC and
Read our latest column for Toronto.com
This week, the provincial government took another step towards taking over the TTC subway system. But it’s not a done deal! Join TTCriders and our allies at the February 22nd Day of Action to build the momentum we need to stop the subway upload.
On February 7th and 11th the City Budget Committee visited four locations around the city to hear members of the public speak about their priorities for the 2019 budget. Dozens of residents and TTCriders members made powerful deputations about the need to invest in better transit that is affordable for everyone. The Budget Committee also heard from many others who supported our call to action for a fairly funded TTC in order to build an equitable and thriving city that takes real climate action.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday January 24 the TTC Board met to vote on the TTC's 2019 operating
and capital budgets and the 15-Year Capital Plan. On the very same day, transit
riders across Toronto experienced major delays of up to 3 hours due to signal