By James Bow
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TTC Operating Normally
There were no picket lines and all workers reported to work as scheduled. TTC service is operating normally this morning, and should continue to operate...
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It’s a Strike! (Update – Strike Over)
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. A wildcat strike has shut down TTC services this morning. Workers have walked off the job in an action linked to concerns...
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TTC Union Threatens Wildcat Strike (Updated)
The photograph on the left is courtesy of the photographer 416 Style and is used in accordance to its Creative Commons license. Toronto area commuters...
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Toronto’s Next Generation of Subway Cars: Preview to Appear in June; Public to Name Vehicles?
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The general public will have an opportunity to preview the proposed configuration of the next generation of...
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Federal Budget Introduces Transit Tax Credit
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The first budget of the newly-elected Conservative government, introduced yesterday, contained enough spending measures...
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Feds Open Funding Floodgates for Transit
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. A much higher than expected surplus (as high as $13 billion, by some estimates) has allowed the Conservative government of...
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Three Choices for Scarborough
Photo by Calum Tsang. Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Scarborough residents won’t receive the full presentation until later tonight, but the Toronto...
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New Streetcars More Likely in TTC’s Future
This past Wednesday, TTC Commissioners decided to rebuild only 100 CLRVs of its fleet of 196. The rebuilds would begin in 2007 and ramp up to 30 cars per...
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Spadina Streetcar Operating Below Full Potential?
In discussing the TTC’s proposal for multiple-unit operation, transit activist Steve Munro notes that coupling two streetcars together as a means of...
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Public Meetings Ahead and Behind
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The public will have a chance to discuss what to do about the Scarborough RT at a meeting to be held in the Scarborough...
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Save Otter Loop II: Opponents Speak; You Should Too
(Otter Loop photograph by Richard Leitch) Janice Etter, Chair of the Etobicoke-York Community Preservation Panel, offers this update on the drive to...
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Save Otter Loop?
(Otter loop photograph by Richard Leitch) Adam Sobolak of the Toronto Architecture Conservancy sent me this press release about the group’s desire...