Transit

LORINC: Why a Patrick Brown government will target Greenbelt and Metrolinx

By

At this stage of the game, it would be foolish to depict Raymond Cho’s by-election victory for the Tories last week as a harbinger of... Read More

LORINC: Tory tries to position himself for 2018 election

By

When John Tory launched a pointed broadside against the TTC two weeks ago over the agency’s reluctance to make deep cuts to its... Read More

LORINC: Why transit has become Toronto’s moral hazard

By

If I have to be brutally candid about my gut reaction to last week’s transit decision, I’ll confess that part of me felt the people of... Read More

How to prioritize the safety of women on the TTC

By

This week, city council approved a motion by Kristyn Wong-Tam to review city services “to eliminate any existing bias against womenâ€... Read More

LORINC: The Scarborough subway and the climate change agenda

By

What will future residents of Scarborough think, 30 or 40 years hence, when they cast their minds back to the craven transit decisions... Read More

Why did John Tory play the race card in transit politics?

By

In a moment of complete candor, Mayor John Tory implied in a Toronto Star op-ed on Monday that critics of the Scarborough subway are... Read More

LORINC: A city that doesn’t learn from transit mistakes

By

How many times do we have to bang our heads against the wall before we finally get the message? Apparently, based on Friday’s little... Read More

Who will save Toronto’s old streetcars?

By

Toronto’s outgoing fleet of streetcars could be the first not to get a second life in another city. Perhaps due to advanced... Read More

THE ARTFUL CITY: Art in Transit

By

By Laura Berazadi In Canada, the first integrated public art program was established in 1961 when the Province of Quebec introduced... Read More

The Don Mills Safety Village taught kids to drive

By

1962 was a rough year for kids. In the 12 months between January and December, 20 young people under the age of 14 were killed on... Read More