David Shum of Global News reports on Doug Ford wanting the province to take over transit in Toronto. TTCriders calls on the mayor to launch an informative campaign and public consultations about this decision.
Last Thursday our City Council voted on this year’s budget, including how much
funding to give to the TTC. Two motions were moved by Mike Layton to dedicate
new funding to the TTC: 1) raise property taxes to cancel fare increase 2)
Veronica Appia reports on the Ontario government's plan to upload the TTC.
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.
CBC News features TTCriders executive director, Shelagh Pizey-Allen, as she speaks about volunteers doing outreach to get transit riders to help stop the upload of the subway to the provincial government.
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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.
Lauren O'Neil of BlogTO reports on an ad appearing on the Toronto subway. Was TTCriders behind this?
The TTC and Metrolinx held a public forum on the transition to Presto on December 11, 2018, thanks to the advocacy of the Fair Fare Coalition.
The TTC and Metrolinx will be introducing a paper Presto ticket to replace tokens. But concerns remain, including:
This opinion piece written by TTCriders executive director Shelagh Pizey-Allen published in The Star discusses the risk of seeking private sector partners to build a three-stop Scarborough subway.