TTCriders supports investing public dollars into good jobs - Bombardier

Any investment of public dollars should go towards supporting good green jobs for Ontarians.  Government investments into public transit should offer Ontarians, and Torontonians, the possibility of meaningful, well-paid work.  Good jobs help build a brighter future for our province.

Since July 14, 2014, 900+ workers in Thunder Bay have gone on strike from Bombardier to maintain conditions for new hires.  As riders in the city who use the vehicles that are on GO Transit and the TTC, we have a lot of say in urging a settlement.  The striking Bombardier workers are responsible for building TTC subway cars, bi-level coaches for GO Transit, and the new TTC streetcars that are scheduled to be released on August 31.

At TTCriders, we don't only fight for more service and lower fares for riders on the TTC.  Yes, we want good transit but we want good jobs for workers as well.  Good transit should lead to good green jobs - ones which provide workers dignity and respect well into retirement.

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How are your Don Valley West candidates promising to improve public transit?

We’ve asked candidates whether they’ll invest in more TTC service, protect door-to-door Wheel-Trans service, expand TTC’s low-income discount, approve fare capping and more. View candidates’ detailed answers to our survey, information about their transit platforms, and more.

Letter & Survey: TTC must exchange expired tokens and tickets

Do you still have TTC tokens or paper senior/student tickets or day passes? The TTC has announced that they will stop accepting TTC tokens and paper tickets after December 31, 2024. But the TTC will not be issuing exchanges. This is unfair to people who have saved up tokens and tickets, especially low-income seniors. Gift cards and permanent stamps never expire --  why are transit fares any different?

“Rally to Fix the TTC” calls for investment in repairing subway slow zones during National Transit Week

(Toronto, ON) – Transit advocacy organization TTCriders will hold a rally today at 5:00pm outside Bathurst Subway Station to call on federal Members of Parliament to invest in TTC repairs and new subway trains on Line 2 by accelerating implementation of the Canada Public Transit Fund. The rally is part of a national “Transit Action Week” being organized in 5 Canadian cities. (Cantonese, Mandarin, French spokespeople available.)

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