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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Subway Extension to East Mall Proposed
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. This past Wednesday, Etobicoke community council voted to ask city staff to investigate the possibility of extending the...
By James Bow