About 100 protestors, some of them dressed as sardines, rode the subway from Queen’s Park to Transportation Minister Glen Murray’s Parliament Street constituency office Friday to present him with TTCriders’ first annual Sardine Award.
The new more accessible longer more reliable street cars are great, but did you know there will be less street cars overall on downtown lines once these new street cars are up and running? That means we'll be waiting even longer for our ride.
Guest host Piya Chattopadhyay spoke with TTC Riders' co-chair Jessica Bell about the group's new TTC Sardines photo contest on Monday February 27. Listen to the interview.
This was published on Feb. 26 in Inside Toronto. Thanks Rahul Gupta.
With TTC congestion worsening, transit riders might be forgiven if they’re feeling like a bunch of sardines these days as they attempt to squeeze onto already-packed subway trains, streetcars and buses.
Brenda Thompson is a member of TTCriders and Scarborough Transit Action.
Privatizing TTC is not the answer, Letter Feb. 24
There has been a lot of discussion in the Star about the pros and cons of privatizing the TTC as if it is something we might decide to do in the future. In reality, the selling off of our public transit system has already begun.
The letter to the editor is outlined below. Read the letter to the editor on the Toronto Star's website.
Re: Privatization is looking like the Better Way, Feb. 14
Privatization is looking like the Better Way, Feb. 14
TTCriders was on CP24 today (Feb 27 2014) to talk about our campaign called #TTCsardines. The TTCsardines campaign encourages people to take photos of their overcrowded commute and send it to www.ttcriders.ca. TTCriders is going to take the best photo, turn it into a TTC Sardines Award, and deliver it to a decision maker who has failed us on transit. Watch the video.
Another great article covering TTCriders rally, by John Bonnar, for rabble.ca - January 29, 2014.
Toronto transit riders’ group pushes for more funding, lower fares
More funding for public transit in Toronto.
Thank you to Rahul from Inside Toronto for writing this article about our rally today at City Hall calling for more funding to the TTC.
Protesters at city hall demand more money for TTC from city, province