Transit
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A compendium of links
Lightning loves the tower [Toronto Star]: Keraunophobes, don’t look up. The CN Tower is struck by lightning more frequently than any other structure...
By Matthew Blackett -
Automatic Train Control: What’s the Catch?
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Image by David Cooper, courtesy the Toronto Star. TTC Chairman Howard Moscoe waxes on about the benefits of automatic...
By James Bow -
Wednesday’s links
Suburbs focus hard on Miller [Toronto Star]: Toronto Mayor David Miller earned a strong mandate from the former city suburbs in last week’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Tuesday’s links
Rookies arrive in Hall of power [Toronto Star]: Beginning at 1 p.m. [Chin Lee] and the six others — Adam Vaughan, Anthony Perruzza, John Parker...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC to introduce two-colour token to combat counterfeits
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. This coming Monday, the TTC will unveil a new token designed to combat the counterfeits that have flooded the system...
By James Bow -
Sexy public transit, part I
Which proposal looks sexier: a Toronto-wide network of BRTs and LRTs (first map) or the Spadina subway extension (second map)? POTENTIAL FUTURE BRT/LRT...
By Craig Cal -
What’s the difference between a BRT and BLT?
Cross-posted from Spacing Votes With all of the recent discussion surrounding transit policies, subway extensions and streetcar rights-of-way, a brief...
By Spacing -
Public, Professionals, Gather this Weekend for GTA Transit Summit
Crossposted to Transit Toronto The Rocket Riders, the Sierra Club of Canada and the Ontario chapter of Transport 2000 have organized a summit on public...
By James Bow -
American Rules
I was recently given this 1967 NYC subway rules guide by a friend leaving Toronto for Paris who needed to purge some old stuff before leaving (I counseled...
By Shawn Micallef -
E-signs to let riders know when next bus is coming?
A platform sign in London, England indicates when next subway train will arrive. The TTC wants to install electronic signs that will tell riders when the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Traffic Tales movie night
The Streets to Screens movie series will feature two movies about sustainable transportation on Thursday, October 26, at the Bloor Cinema at 7pm. The...
By Dylan Reid -
Star’s new transportation column
The Toronto Star has a new transportation columnist, David Bruser, and in today’s column he asks readers to tell him about their problems with...
By Dylan Reid