TTCriders was interviewed today on CP24 during Live at Noon! Watch us talk about the report card we've created on the promises the major parties have put out on transit! Then make sure to share our transit report card with your friends!
The Globe and Mail has picked up the story about near-empty UPX trains, brought to the media's attention by TTCriders when the Metrolinx board received its second quarter report. “When the TTC is overcrowded and breaking down and fares are going up again, we have got to get our priorities straight,” said Mary Breen, a spokeswoman for the group.
Metro News just wrote an article about how Google Maps transit planner recommends you take the outrageously expensive UPX if you're starting basically anywhere in the western part of Toronto. Google maps EVEN doesn't recommend you take the much cheaper TTC, even if you're standing at Dufferin subway station, which is on the way to the airport.
Rahul Gupta from Inside Toronto wrote an article about our plan to ramp up our canvassing, recruit canvass leaders, and engage riders in the upcoming federal election.
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Debunking the Myth of Underused HOV lanes[/caption]
This post is written by Shaun Cleaver, a TTCriders Campaigns Committee member. It does not reflect an approved position of TTCriders.
The Metro's Luke Simco wrote an article on the possibility of continuing early TTC service on Sundays. The TTC is open at 6.00am on Sunday during the PAN AM Games. We are supportive of this idea.
The Toronto Star wrote an article about our study on the low ridership levels on the UP Express.
Marco, Shaun, and I (Jess) went up to Pearson Airport and counted ridership levels to verify Metrolinx's official ridership statistics. We found the trains were practically empty.
Mike Adler of Inside Toronto, covered the public meeting in Scarborough discussing the alignment for the Scarborough Subway. The City is asking residents to choose between Midland, McCowan or Bellamy.
Watch the CBC TV clip here. It's critical that you contact your councillor at 311 and tell them to stop the 2% cut to the TTC's budget. We need more funding, not less, to stop crises like these.
Oliver Moore from the Globe and Mail wrote about the equipment failure yesterday shut down Toronto’s entire subway system during the morning rush hour, laying bare the city’s reliance on transit and raising questions about priorities as council prepares to debate the future of the Gardiner Expressway.