TTCriders in the News

By: Marco Covi, TTCriders

Last Tuesday September 23rd, members of Scarborough Transit Action and CodeRedTO attended a transit talk at Agincourt Collegiate Institute. Also in attendance were Scarborough MPPs Bas Balkissoon, Soo Wong, Minister of Transportation, Steven Del Duca and Ward 38 council candidate, Kevin Winson . LRV prototype image -  AARON HARRIS - FOR THE TORONTO STAR

Thanks Ben Spurr for your article on the city agreeing to come up with a plan to come up with a low-income TTC pass.

Here's the article below, and you can also read it on NOW's site.

It often seems like there’s no shortage of complaints when it comes to the TTC: overcrowded trips, frequently dicey service, and ever-increasing fares. But at least most of us are able to afford a ride.

Omni TV news covered our rally where we gave MPP Glen Murray an award for failing to properly fund the TTC.  We gave the award to the Liberal Government because they have failed to give fair funding to the TTC even though they have had the power to do so.  This video shows the visuals!

Glen Murray gets sardined Liberal minister’s Twitter response to joke TTCriders award raises transit stink

By NOW NEWS

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.

Transportation Minister Wins TTC Sardine Award

Why a transit advocacy group singled Glen Murray out for failing to fund transit, and who he thinks really deserves the blame.

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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.

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