Read the article in the Globe and Mail.
By Oliver Moore and Elizabeth Church
Toronto Mayor John Tory is abandoning his campaign pledge to freeze transit fares, pushing the price of a monthly pass above $140 as riders are asked to shoulder about half the cost of a long list of service improvements.
By Luke Simcoe
Torstar News ServiceMayor John Tory speaks to media with TTC Chair Josh Colle (L) and TTC CEO Andy Byford, during a media event at Joyce Public School in North York, January 19, 2015. For his efforts to improve transit service in Toronto, TTC CEO Andy Byford has been crowned this year’s transit champion by the TTCRiders advocacy group.
“We launched these awards because we want to recognize the leaders in our city who have worked tirelessly to ensure service is improved and transit becomes more affordable,” said TTCRiders chair Brenda Thompson.
“I could walk faster than this train.”
TORONTO – Are you tired of bad transit service in Toronto? If so, why not snap a “grumpy” selfie, send it to Kathleen Wynne, John Tory, and City Hall and demand better service?
That’s exactly what a transit advocacy group is encouraging commuters to do when they encounter delays and poor service from the Toronto Transit Commission.
TORONTO - Save your selfie TTC riders: John Tory already knows you’re grumpy.
The transit advocacy group TTCriders is encouraging people to send a selfie via Twitter with the hashtag #grumpyrider to elected officials the next time they feel “grumpy” while taking the TTC.
TORONTO – Are you tired of bad transit service in Toronto? If so, why not snap a “grumpy” selfie, send it to Kathleen Wynne, John Tory, and City Hall and demand better service?
That’s exactly what a transit advocacy group is encouraging commuters to do when they encounter delays and poor service from the Toronto Transit Commission.
Transit advocacy group TTCriders wants Torontonians to weigh in on who’s been naughty and nice this year in transit: voting is now open for its 2014 Transit Troll and Transit Champion Awards. Nominees for the former are Doug Ford; Prime Minister Stephen Harper; Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (Ward 7, York West); and Premier Kathleen Wynne. Those up for the latter are TTC CEO Andy Byford; the Fair Fare Coalition’s Sheryl Lindsay; Councillor Joe Mihevc (Ward 21, St. Paul’s West); and writer, transit activist, and Torontoist contributor Steve Munro. Troll and champion will be announced December 4.