Transit
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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...
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City Council TTC Report Card: Wards 12-22
Cross-posted to Spacing Votes WARD 12 (York/South Weston) – Frank Di Giorgio – D NOW magazine calls him “Frank Who?”. Voted to...
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Links to weekend articles
• Will pick up your crap for $$$ [ BlogTO ] Zach Slootsky, one of our reporters at Spacing Votes, also contributes to BlgoTO and has a neat little...
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Wente takes the TTC
A year ago, Globe columnist Margaret Wente wrote a column glorifying her SUV and dismissing public transit as something you only take when you have to...
By Dylan Reid -
What TTC shwag should look like
I’m jealous Marc Lostracco from Torontoist beat me to this — I’ve been thinking (and sketching) the designs I’d like to see on...
By Matthew Blackett -
Most popular posts of September on Spacing Wire
Today marks the return of our monthly feature: the most popular blog posts of the previous month. Transit, the Gardiner, and the upcoming election...
By Matthew Blackett -
David Topping’s every subway station trip
David Topping of Torontoist has a piece in the National Post today about his summer project 69 Stations — he took a trip every day to one of...
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TTC Ponders 24 Hour Subway Service
TTC Commissioners directed TTC staff yesterday to investigate the possibility of operating subway service overnight instead of shutting service down...
By James Bow -
Bike racks on buses get green light
The expansion of the Rack It and Rocket Program is expected to move forward following a TTC meeting this afternoon. The one-year pilot project was...
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Will the Real Rick Ducharme Please Stand Up?
Speaking with the refreshing candour of a man not interested in sucking up to the boss, former TTC General Manager Rick Ducharme weighed in on the issue...
By James Bow -
Wanted: a transit visionary for GTA
cross-posted from Spacing Votes by Zach Slootsky Why can’t Toronto find someone with the guts to stand up for transit? This is the question that...
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Low floor buses a bust
Both Howard Moscoe and Chief General Manager Gary Webster say the new low-floor buses have been a failure due to their poor seating in the rear of the...
By Matthew Blackett