Transit
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Residents propose a fix to Queen streetcar route
As Transit City pushes forward — the Finch LRT was approved yesterday at city council — with the goal of providing reliable public transport to the...
By Marcus Bowman -
Short-turning towards Gomorrah
“Keep it clean,” says the advisory at the top of Trash Talk the TTC. “Harassment or discrimination is not tolerated.” Well...
By Jonathan Goldsbie -
JOHN LORINC: You snooze, you lose
For the TTC, it’s been a perfect storm. In under a month, we’ve seen the fare hike, Richard Soberman’s post mortem, Rocco Rossi’s call for a Transit City...
By John Lorinc -
Did we find the TTC trip planner?
A little late-night sleuthing by Spacing editors has landed us the domain name of the TTC’s new web-based trip planner. As we revealed earlier this...
By Matthew Blackett -
JOHN LORINC: Rossi cold to Transit City, bike lanes
In a lunchtime speech to the Empire Club at the Royal York today, mayoral hopeful Rocco Rossi laid out some of the key planks of his platform —...
By John Lorinc -
TTC trip planner ready to be launched
Spacing and our friends at Torontoist have learned that the TTC is finally set to launch their trip planner within the next two weeks, and possibly as...
By Matthew Blackett -
The TTC and Toronto’s anti-idling bylaw
Spacing recently received complaints of TTC vehicles idling for long periods of time in the bus loop of Wellesley station. Most irksome about the incident...
By Marcus Bowman -
STREET SCENE: 505
graceful and on track. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
STREET SCENE: 505 and a Gold Fish
Someone has a nice sculpture of a fish in their store front window. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Public and private infrastructure in action (imagined and real)
The Twitterverse recently led me to an interesting blog post that pointed out how, in the Bourne movies, the Jason Bourne character “uses public...
By Dylan Reid -
STEVE MUNRO: A 1952 view of Toronto’s streetcars
cross-posted from Steve Munro’s blog Back in 1952, the TTC was about to open its first subway line and was contemplating the future of the streetcar...
By Matthew Blackett -
STREET SCENE: Tracks in the Snow
new lines in fresh snow. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese