Transit
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Tuesday’s Headlines
• HUME: Toronto is a metaphor of a country in decline [ Toronto Star ] • City service cuts stupid, Lastman says [ Toronto Star ] • Plan for...
By Sean Marshall -
Friday’s Headlines
• Green licence plates under fire [ Toronto Star ] • Facing reality comes at a high cost in T.O. [ Toronto Star ] • City staff fall short...
By Julie Yamin -
Guelph: How urban sprawl affects transit
Spacing Wire reader Denis Agar alerted us to changes to Guelph Transit in September that will inconvenience most transit riders. For years, Guelph Transit...
By Sean Marshall -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Councillors feud over roadwork [ Toronto Star ] • Locals chase Councillor out of neighbouring ward [ National Post ] • Council blunders...
By Julie Yamin -
A Simcoe Day Treat from the TTC
The TTC gave residents and waterfront tourists a rare treat today — they ran both remaining restored Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC...
By Sean Marshall -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• It’s time to drop the gloves and fight back [ Toronto Star ] • Group vows to squeeze cash from Queen’s Park [ National Post ...
By Sean Marshall -
Monday’s Headlines
• ‘Sustainable’ parking: a 21st century oxymoron? [ Toronto Star ] • Broadview station work is finally nearing an end [ Toronto Star...
By Julie Yamin -
Where have our streetcars gone? (Part II)
My first post on the Wire discussed Kenosha, Wisconsin’s re-use of five ex-TTC PCC streetcars. Other disused streetcars that escaped the wreckers...
By Sean Marshall -
Next stop display on streetcars
Miles Storey, a Spacing contributor (that’s his photo on the cover of the of our current issue) and one of the city’s best photobloggers, sent...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
• MILLER: What kind of city do you want? [ National Post ] • Miller ally wavering on tax plan [ Toronto Star ] • Same fight for Toronto...
By Matthew Blackett -
Happy Birthday Spadina Streetcar
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Spadina Streetcar. Steve Munro provides a fine tribute and look back at how it came about on his website (with...
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Friday’s Headlines
• Bus stops here for TTC [ Toronto Star ] • TTC ordered to call out all streetcars, bus stops [ Globe and Mail ] • TTC told to announce...
By Julie Yamin