Transit
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Old TTC tickets
With the weather making it feel like spring, I decided to start clearing out some of my clutter. In doing so, I discovered two old TTC tickets in an...
By Matthew Blackett -
A subway washroom worth discovering
While my multiple jobs at Spacing keeps me almost entirely focused on public spaces outside, I do have a fascination with indoor spaces and how they are...
By Matthew Blackett -
POLL: What should be the name of Toronto’s proposed Downtown Relief Line?
photo by Kevin Steele Last week, Spacing readers (and many Torontonians) became rather excited by the prospect of a downtown relief subway line (DRL)...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC Tales: What’s she wearing?
Enough of my friends have enjoyed this story that I thought Spacing‘s readers might like it too, as a weekend diversion. I was recently on the 504...
By Dylan Reid -
City Council boards the DRL bandwagon
Map courtesy of C. Livett; adapted and based upon 1980s Network 2011 DRL plan. Yesterday at the meeting of city council, the Yonge North subway extension...
By Sean Marshall -
Harper ignores needs of Toronto’s most vulnerable
When word started leaking out last night through Mayor David Miller via Twitter that Transit City wasn’t funded in the budget brought down by the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Twitter, Toronto, the TTC, & Me (and you)
The first topic in my rebooted biweekly column at Eye Weekly is about Twittering in Toronto. I’ve written a few times about Twitter here, mostly...
By Shawn Micallef -
Trash bins on subway platforms
What’s wrong with this photo? I took the above photo on Spadina’s subway platform back in early December with the hope of making a post about...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC to announce e-alert service Wednesday
After eight years, it seems the TTC is finally entering the 21st century. On Wednesday, the transit authority will announce the launch of an email alert...
By Matthew Blackett -
Assorted transportation articles: transit drunk tent, Japan demotorizing, dangerous Indian roads, pedlock, dangerous sidewalks, and talking CCTV
I’ve been doing a New Year’s file clearing, and I came across various articles that I had set aside because I thought they might be of...
By Dylan Reid -
2008 success story: the TTC
As much as I might not have believed it, the TTC has been one of Toronto greatest success stories of 2008, and it’s all about the little things...
By Sean Marshall -
GO Transit’s new bike shelters
On a recent visit to my hometown of Brampton, I noticed a new GO Transit bike shelter freshly installed in front of the downtown Brampton station. The...
By Sean Marshall