We also awarded a Transit Champion award to Councillor Joe Mihevc for his
years of hard work towards building a world class affordable public transit
system. You two rock!
These awards were given out at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday,
May 7.
Our AGM started with a keynote presentation from Hilary Holden, Toronto's
first Director of Transit & Sustainable Transportation. Hilary talked
about the city's very ambitious plans to expand the transit network.
TTCriders also shared our plans for 2016. The coming year is set to be a huge
for transit in Toronto. Next month, the city will begin debating whether to
lower fares for riders in need, including people on social assistance and low
income workers. In June, the city will decide which transit projects to
prioritize and how they plan to pay for them. With the arrival of Presto in
2017, Metrolinx is considering dropping an unfairness bomb onto the TTC’s fare
structure by bringing in fare-by-distance, as well as higher fares for the
subway and other fast transit services. This will mean low income riders in
Toronto’s outer neighbourhoods will pay more for unreliable and slower
service.
Thank you so much to everyone who attended our AGM. Thank you to our amazing
volunteers, including Jessie, Cindy, Adam, Jane, Kingsley, Brenda, Kamilla,
Shaun, Alex, Josh, Suhail, Morghain, Nirmalan, Karin, Milan, Herman, Mike,
Diana, Jenn, David, and more.
Thank you also to Via Rail, Naomi Klein, Margaret Atwood, and Cheri Di Novo
for contributing fantastic raffle prizes.
Read about the year that was in our
2016 Annual Report.
Listen to Helen Liu's acceptance speech:
TTCriders AGM 2016 from
Toronto 2014 on
Vimeo.
Check out the photos. Thanks Nirmalan for taking them.
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Conspiring Co-Chairs Milan and Brenda.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6961"
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Marco and Corey showing off our snazzy 2016 Annual Report.[/caption] [caption
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Diana and Shaun announce the raffle prize winners.[/caption] [caption
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Winner of our community activist Hall of Fame award, Helen Liu, with her friend
and TTCriders member, Jennifer Huang.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6964"
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Our AGM has begun.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6965" align="alignnone"
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Hall of Fame winner, Helen Liu.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6966"
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Alex and Shaun at the TTCriders table! Thanks guys![/caption] [caption
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Shaun, once again, being forced to re-tell our year, even though he spends half
of each year in Zambia.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6969"
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Keynote speaker, Hillary Holden, sharing the city's transit vision.[/caption]
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Looking good, Herman![/caption] [caption id="attachment_6971" align="alignnone"
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Kamilla and Melissa in conversation.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6972"
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College buddies Herman and Bill reminiscing about their younger years.[/caption]
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Milan and Ritika auditioning for a toothpaste commercial.[/caption] [caption
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Moya and Bill taking a break.[/caption]