Transit

LORINC: Breaking down Doug Ford’s impossible, ridiculous, scandalous subway to Pickering

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Because we here in Spacing’s bustling newsroom like to provide informative and constructive analysis to politicians of all stripes, we... Read More

LORINC: What Toronto should learn from Hamburg’s self-driving shuttle pilot

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HAMBURG, GERMANY — At some point in 2019, the first of three curiously upright shuttle vehicles will begin tooling around a 3.6km loop... Read More

Athletic traffic planning: Moving thousands of fans on game day

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When the Leafs or Blue Jays play a home game, Doug Tuira doesn’t watch to see if Auston Matthews will score an overtime winner or... Read More

What a Doug Ford government will do about (or to) transit

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In the next few days, work crews will begin tearing up the intersection of Finch Ave. West and Martin Grove — deep in the heart of... Read More

Gord Perks’ Twitter thread on Toronto transit

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On Tuesday, city councillor Gord Perks posted a Twitter thread that our editors thought would be both insightful and entertaining for... Read More

LORINC: Why a TTC commuter will get killed at Yonge-Bloor station

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There is, in this city, a person going about their business today who will die after being accidentally shoved in front of a moving... Read More

LORINC: New subway extension overshadows other important transit news

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All the hype and posturing that accompanied this weekend’s subway opening effectively obliterated a bit of news about a small transit... Read More

LORINC: Board of Trade pitches myth of free transit

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Among all the forms of magical thinking that infect the region’s political culture, none are as pernicious — or persistent — as the... Read More

LORINC: Understanding how the TTC won North America’s top transit prize

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When the TTC announced on Monday that it had won the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) award for outstanding... Read More