Transit
-
Weekend round-up
A list of articles from the weekend newspapers: Tall buildings and shadows: Spacing associate editor Dylan Reid posted on the Spacing Wire back in...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By James Bow -
Will the GTTA really help?
From the Star today: “Will the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority soar like an eagle, or will it be a turkey? That question was posed by Glen...
By Matthew Blackett -
New mobility hub launched today!
The New Mobility HUB Launch at Exhibition Place Tuesday, April 25, 8:30 – 10 am From the Bike Toronto website: The City of Toronto will be getting...
By Spacing -
SPACING: new issue release party May 2nd
Spacing Release Party When: Tuesday, May 2nd, doors 8pm Where: Gladstone Hotel • 1214 Queen Street West Who: DJ Chris Thinn How much: $10 includes...
By Spacing -
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...
By James Bow -
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...
By James Bow -
TTC promotions
Ed Drass of the Metro daily transit paper has a column today on the TTC’s promotional ideas. The column includes a nod to Spacing‘s...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By James Bow -
T.O.’s Expo bid, the Metropass, the suburbs
A few links to articles in the Toronto Star today: With the city set to decide late next month whether to back a bid for the Expo 2015 world’s fair...
By Matthew Blackett -
A Toronto “What If?”
Today’s Toronto Star has a great section called “What If?” It is very much like our “History of our Future” issue from last...
By Matthew Blackett -
Connect the streetcars
The TTC is considering turning two or three streetcars into one long “coupled” vehicle along the King Street streetcar route. The...
By Matthew Blackett