Update: How you can support bus-only lanes in Toronto

The TTC Board voted on June 17th to take the next step towards bus-only lanes! Staff will come up with a plan for how to implement 5 bus-only lanes and they'll now consider a 6th transit priority corridor on Lawrence East.

The implementation plan will be voted on at the July 14th TTC Board meeting before a final vote at City Council in late July. There may be another vote along the way at a City Committee.

In other words: Bus-only lanes are not a done deal -- yet. We'll need to mobilize transit users and community supporters over the next 3 weeks to push for a strong plan.

Want to get involved? Email info @ ttcriders.ca. Here are a few ways you can help us win a strong bus lanes plan:

Build community support: Contact community and faith organizations, schools, and businesses along the priority corridors and ask them to show their support. We can provide template emails and letters, and advice about how to hold an outreach meeting. Email info @ ttcriders.ca to get started.
Spread the word to more transit riders: Share our email petition on Twitter or Facebook. We're also looking for volunteers to design and put up posters at bus stops, or help design new graphics about bus priority lanes. Email info @ ttcriders.ca to volunteer.
Speak at a City meeting: We need to show our Councillors how many people support transit priority, and tell them why it matters. RSVP to the July 7th training on how to make a speech to a City committee.

And there's even more good news to share from the last TTC Board meeting: After over 1,600 people signed our petition, Councillors voted to provide a rebate to Metropass users for March 18-31 and April 1-30! According to the staff presentation at Wednesday's meeting (p. 38), the pro-rated credit should be applied to Presto accounts by August 21. This will help more riders get back on transit.

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