We've prepared a report card on the federal party transit platforms. The results are underwhelming.

How do the parties rank on fixing public transit during this election? We've prepared a report card on the federal parties' transit platforms, and the results are underwhelming.

Read our full report card with links to supplementary information here.

On October 19, vote for candidates who have the strongest plan to fix public transit.

The VoteTogether campaign has polling data for swing ridings across Canada and is a great resource if you want to make a difference in the home stretch of the campaign. If you live in Etobicoke, check out the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Vote Together campaign. If you live in North Toronto, find out more here. ThreeHundredEight has very useful projections of how various parties are likely to do in different ridings, which they update as new polling data comes in. Social Planning Toronto has put together an excellent primer on how this election could affect transit, as well as questions to ask you local candidates.

Latest posts

Letter: TTCriders calls for Bus-only lanes on the Waterfront East

Read our letter in support of bus-only lanes and other transit priority measures on Queens Quay East, Parliament Street and Front Street West to ensure thousands of residents along growing waterfront communities and students attending George Brown College have reliable bus service.

Canadian transit groups celebrate Frank Baylis commitment to increase federal transit funding

(Toronto, Ontario) – Transit and environmental groups across Canada are celebrating a commitment by Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis to increase the Canada Public Transit Fund. Federal Liberal Party leadership candidates were surveyed about their transit commitments by Environmental Defence, TTCriders, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, Trajectoire Québec, Activate Transit Windsor Essex, and Équiterre.

📸 Rally to Open the Crosstown

On February 19, 2025, TTCriders held the Rally to Open the Crosstown at Yonge and Eglinton to call for answers about the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRT projects. Promised opening dates for the LRTs have come and gone, while transit costs have skyrocketed under Metrolinx. Transit riders are looking for answers and credible opening dates for the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRTs.

TTCriders asked every party to invest in running TTC service and new LRTs with a 50% operating subsidy for local transit systems, and to give the TTC back control over running Toronto transit, to keep costs down and increase accountability.