Transit advocate and TTCriders Accessibility Committee member Terri-Lynn Langdon says it's 'not surprising' TTC won't meet its accessibility goals by 2025, calls to stop the implementation of the TTC's "Family of Services" model that will shift Wheel-Trans users on to the conventional transit system.
Cell service in the subway is finally coming to all riders, by October 3 - "it's not just a convenience issue, it's a safety issue - it's about being able to see what's going on, if there's a delay...it's long overdue!", says TTCriders spokesperson Shelagh Pizey-Allen
Mayor Olivia Chow has kept her promises and listened to transit riders by beginning to restore TTC cuts - good news! But TTCriders spokesperson August Puranauth says more needs to be done to ensure the TTC has a sustainable, reliable source of funding to increase service further and prevent future cuts to transit
Zain Khurram of TTCriders: "Line 3 been with us through thick and thin. It's run for 35 years, but a few weeks ago it derailed unexpectedly and now we have this vigil going on because we want to launch an investigation into why this happened. It shouldn't have happened in the first place."
(CTV) “Toronto residents who earn minimum wage or less should already be receiving a low-income TTC discount,” TTCriders said in a statement, pointing to an estimate by city staff in a report that only 8,000 to 12,000 new people would access the expanded discount this year.
(CityNews) TTCriders spokesperson Zain Khurram speaks to CityNews on the frustrations of taking transit in Scarborough after the SRT derailment, where the shutdown has forced riders to take alternatives 4 months earlier than the planned decommissioning of the Scarborough RT.
(DailyHive) TTCriders calls for a thorough investigation of the incident, seeking a report on unfunded gaps in the TTC’s State of Good Repair program “and what the TTC will do to ensure a derailment never occurs again.”
(Toronto Star) The derailment that sent 5 people to hospital on Monday has thrown the future of the beleaguered rail line into doubt, causing headaches for commuters and raising alarms about the TTC’s ability to maintain and replace its aging infrastructure.
(CityNews) "There have been reliability issues for years. It’s been under-invested in. But this is still completely unacceptable. A shock that an accident like this could happen,” says TTCriders.