Kimia Afshar Mehrabi of the Daily Hive covers the announcement of new federal funding for the TTC. The the funding will be used for badly needed Line 2 trains, as the current models approach the end of their design life.
The federal government announced funding for new Line 2 subway trains. The CBC's Rochelle Raveendran covers the announcement which comes just in time - the current Line 2 trains will start reaching the end of their design lives in 2026.
The TTC is continuing its plans to end free public Wi-Fi on subway stations, but has agreed to consider a pilot project to implement free internet on bus and street platforms and bays at stations.
A push is underway to keep free Wi-Fi service in place at TTC stations. CityNews reporter Brandon Rowe with why some insist the service can't be taken offline.
The TTC board voted Tuesday to continue with its plan to end free public Wi-Fi at subway stations, although it did agree to study the possibility of putting internet zones into bus bays in the future.
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Board members, transit and women's safety advocates are among those calling for the continuation and expansion of free public Wi-Fi on the TTC, after the transit network announced the service will be ending this year.
Shelagh Pizey-Allen of TTCriders joins twelve prognosticators on what a Pierre Poilievre government could mean for the city in this Toronto Life article.
"If we don’t want slow subways to become our new normal, both transit leadership and transit funding arrangements need to change."
Read the op-ed by TTCriders member Mackenzie Bartlett in the Toronto Star.
Transit advocacy group TTCriders is disappointed that the federal budget does not contain funding for new subway trains for Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth).
TTCriders told CBC: "We want clarity that force is not acceptable when someone doesn't pay their fare. We do not want force to be the response when someone does not pay $3.30."
