Transit Funding

Councillor Mihevc Opposes TTC Service Cuts

Check out the excellent message we got from Councillor Joe Mihevc in response to our letter:

Hi,

Thank you for your letter stating your desire for a strong and healthy TTC.

I oppose cutting TTC services and I will advocate increasing services during this time of increasing ridership.

Transit Commission Approved Misguided Service Cuts

At their special budget meeting this morning, the Transit Commission ignored the pleas of transit riders and approved an Operating Budget that will reduce TTC service throughout the city in 2012.

At a time of record ridership, it is even more of a major step backward to reduce TTC service.  The budget adopted by the Commission means riders can look forward to even more crowding on TTC vehicles, reductions in the frequency of buses, and less transit vehicles operating during rush hour on some of the TTC’s busiest routes.

Mayor Ford’s Transit Cuts Are Bad for Business

Mayor Rob Ford is forcing the TTC to make bad business decisions by imposing an absolute 10% cut to TTC funding. With more riders than at any time in the TTC’s 90 year history, cuts to TTC service are completely unjustifiable!

City Manager Refers TTC Cuts to Commission

Please call or email TTC Commissioners right now & ask them to say no to TTC cuts!

Toronto's City Manager hasn't ruled out any of the following transit cuts suggested by KPMG:

• Privatizing some TTC services. This has been a disaster in other cities around the world,

City Council calls on all Ontario Political Parties to Commit to Fund the TTC

At their July 2011 meeting Toronto City Council voted 41 - 1  to adopt the following motion:

City Council call on all three Ontario Political Parties to make public commitments to reinstate the "fair share" funding arrangement for the Toronto Transit Commission.

Consultants Suggest Major Transit Cuts

Attention all TTCriders! Mayor Ford's Executive Committee needs to hear from you! We need to speak out against these cuts at the Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, July 28th!

The latest report written by external consultant’s hired by the City to conduct a review of City services suggests the City could save money by implementing major service cuts aimed directly at TTC riders. (Scroll down to page 80 and page 161 to review the suggested TTC cuts.)

A Preview of the TTC's June 8th Meeting

The Toronto Transit Commission meets on June 8th at 1:00 pm with a packed agenda.  Here are some of the big items before the Commission on Wednesday:

• A preliminary 2012 Operating Budget showing a shortfall of at least $39 million. This shortfall doesn't include the added costs of collective bargaining after the TTC has been declared an essential service. This new reality could add another $20 or $30 million in expenses to the operating budget.

Warning - TTC Bus Service Cuts Start May 8th

Mayor's Transit Plan Forgets Finch, Snubs Scarborough and Risks Taxpayers Money

On the morning of March 31st, Mayor Ford finally revealed the plan he wants to replace Transit City with. There are lots of pretty lines on the map. But reading the fine print shows suburban Torontonians are the big losers.

The Pembina Institute writes about what to look for in a new Toronto transit plan

Our friends at the Pembina Institute have been preparing for the unveiling of

On Wednesday February 2nd TTCriders made Toronto Transit Commission history!

Call or Email your City Councillor today and tell them we need more, better transit, not less!

TTCriders from across Toronto braved 2011’s first official “Snow Day” on February 2nd to address their concerns about transit service to the TTC. So many transit riders attended that an overflow room had to be opened. The meeting started just after 1:00pm and didn’t wrap up until after 10:00pm -- by all accounts the longest and most-attended meeting in the Toronto Transit Commission’s history!

Tell your Councillor to support Transit City

Email your Councillor and ask them to support Transit City now.

Work is under way to bring light rail transit to the neighbourhoods across the City that surround Sheppard Ave, Eglinton Ave, and Finch Ave, but Mayor Ford has ordered the TTC to stop this work.