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Orange County’s very own SOS
Found this post by accident but I thought it was an interesting comparison to Toronto’s own Save Our St. Clair group. It seems back in 2003...
By Matthew Blackett -
Get deals with your Metropass
Tomorrow may bring another TTC fare hike, but you can win some of that money back by using your Metropass to bring you discounts. How? Just show your...
By Matthew Blackett -
Waterfront, GTTA news, Mississauga BRT, trees in Oakville
The Toronto Star has a number of articles today that may be of interest to you: Christopher Hume from the Toronto Star, on the city’s waterfront...
By Matthew Blackett -
Newmindspace subway party tonight
Just in from the HQ of newmindspace SUBWAY PARTY TONIGHT The theme: “Oh, the places you’ll go!” by Dr. Seuss. Think bubbles and...
By Matthew Blackett -
Developing Vaughan
Today’s development story is not about the waterfront. Its about “downtown” Vaughan. It seems developers like the idea of the Spadina...
By Matthew Blackett -
Google and transit
We had this recent post about the TTC and Google getting together to make a trip planner map called Google Transit. Portland is the only city currently...
By Matthew Blackett -
Congestion Inflation
The Toronto Star reports that congestion is costing us $2.3B-$3.7B a year and that the new provincial budget is planning to spend $1.2B to invest in...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Province Complicates York University Extension With Money
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Despite the highlights of Ontario’s recently announced budget, and despite earlier indications that the York...
By James Bow -
How to take the zazz out of Pizzazz
On a day when transit advocates like myself should be cheering (see money influx from Ontario budget announced today), I want to highlight a transit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Is Thunder Bay Worth $180 Million?
It may be before the starter’s gun, but Siemens has brought forward a bid to build 232 subway cars to replace old cars on the TTC’s fleet. The...
By James Bow -
Canadians believe subway likely terrosist target
Canadians believe a terrorist attack on their country is unlikely but feel if one did happen, the Toronto subway is the most probable target, CTV is...
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Province Rolls Out Greater Toronto Transit Authority
CARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STAR TTC and Mississauga buses share space at Islington station. Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The Toronto Star is reporting that...
By James Bow