Here's what we think about SmartTrack

This position will be updated as new information becomes available.

We support bringing new rapid transit to Toronto.

Toronto badly needs more rapid transit to relieve congestion and give people more transit choices.

SmartTrack should be operated at TTC-level fares.

Riders should be able to switch between different transit systems at no additional cost.

SmartTrack should be funded through progressive taxation, not by the sale of public assets.

SmartTrack should also have:

Many stops in our neighbourhoods
Five minute service
An alignment that benefits the most number of Torontonians
Complementary services

SmartTrack should be publicly built, operated, and maintained.

We also support the Crosstown West LRT extension.

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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.

What are federal Liberal leadership candidates promising on transit?

Investing in transit means good, green Canadian jobs. See how federal Liberal Party leadership candidates answered a survey about public transit.