Transit
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A tried and true alternate bus technology
In Saturday’s Headlines, Monica Warzecha posted a link to a Toronto Star article on the TTC’s problems with its hybrid diesel-electric bus...
By Sean Marshall -
Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan consultation
Metrolinx, the provincial agency charged with sorting out the Greater Toronto Area’s transportation woes, has come out with a draft Regional...
By Dylan Reid -
TTC and union come to 3-year agreement
This little piece of news just came screaming across Spacing’s desk: the TTC and union workers have reached a deal, five full months after transit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Your walls can look like a subway platform
Toronto keeps producing interesting homages to our public transit heritage despite the TTC’s total lack of appreciation (or attention)...
By Matthew Blackett -
Changchun: China’s Detroit
Culture Square I recently spent a few weeks in China, but unlike most western tourists, I skipped Beijing and Shanghai and went straight to the...
By Sean Marshall -
Yonge subway closure
Since late Thursday afternoon, the Yonge subway line has been closed between Bloor and Lawrence stations, with riders being shuttled on buses. As of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway trains become office space
If you find yourself in London, England anytime soon, you may want to check out the work of the Village Underground in the Shoreditch neighbourhood. They...
By Matthew Blackett -
Viva on Strike at 4AM
Our York Region readers will have a sunny day to take a long bike ride or gridlocked drive around the GTA as Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 will go...
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Giambrone sounds Metrolinx privatization alarm
TTC chair Adam Giambrone is sounding the alarm on the potential for provincially-mandated privatization of public transit just hours after the launch of...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Metrolinx releases long-term GTA transit plans
Metrolinx has released its report on transit funding in the GTA region. The Star has a good article outlining the plans: A $50 billion plan to build new...
By Matthew Blackett -
Red Rockets: I love to love you but sometimes it ain’t easy
The following piece was published yesterday in the National Post. It’s a bit of a love letter to Toronto’s iconic streetcars, but was born out...
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P Diddy weighs in on transportation issues
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yh1NHRP3NA[/youtube] It’s unclear if this video is a joke or not, but the AP and CNN seem to be taking it...
By Shawn Micallef