Transit
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Sounds of the TTC
I’ve gotten into the habit, when I’m taking the subway, of sometimes just closing my eyes and listening to all the sounds around me...
By Dylan Reid -
The case for a Downtown Relief Line
photo by Wylie Poon In the last 100 years, there have been many subway proposals that have come and gone. One of the first serious proposals, in 1911...
By Sean Marshall -
Where no streetcar has gone before
Following the delivery of the current Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (CLRVs) and articulated ALRV streetcars in the 1980s, the TTC disposed of most of its...
By Sean Marshall -
No TTC strike this week
The Toronto Star is reporting that there will be no TTC strike this week: The union representing Toronto transit workers said today that its members...
By Matthew Blackett -
Anti-Car Petition
Streets Are For People! are once again engaging the public and the government in an effort to disrupt our car-obsessed society. To celebrate Earth Day...
By Patricia Simoes -
Dispatches from Metronauts
About 100 interested people met on Saturday for the Metronauts “unconference” to discuss ideas for transit in Toronto and the larger Toronto...
By Sean Marshall -
City Council Bits and Bites
Council’s smallest member This morning, Council’s speaker, Councillor Sandra Bussin, ordered Councillor Rob Ford to retract and apologize...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
The City starts to plan for TTC strike
The City of Toronto issued a press release outlining a contingency plan in the case of a TTC strike starting on April 1 (does anyone find any irony of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Let’s build the Bathurst Bridge Toronto deserves
There is going to be a new bridge in town, and Toronto has a rare opportunity to build something great because the Bathurst Street Bridge is about to...
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TTC strike date pushed back
According to the Toronto Star: The union is in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, but Kinnear said a strike now wouldn’t likely happen...
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POLL: Should the TTC be allowed to strike?
As Toronto moves closer to a transit strike next week (or some kind of “job action”), residents who rely on the TTC are holding their breath...
By Matthew Blackett -
Budget 2008: Maybe Next Year
Toronto is mentioned 35 times in the 2008 provincial budget that was tabled this afternoon. Tellingly, however, seven of those 35 Torontos are in the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler