Transit
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TTC Today: no firm funding, bad mojo at helm, future of the RT
The federal Conservatives has said that funding for subway expansion is not firm. From the Toronto Star: Federal funding to help extend the Spadina subway...
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We tear down the good to erect the bad
Toronto skyline, 1931 Christopher Hume had an excellent piece in the Star yesterday. His opening three paragraphs are a reminder of what we’ve let...
By Matthew Blackett -
Nothing Sacred
We’ve already seen subways, streetcars, and subway stations wrapped in advertising, but we can now add another part of our infrastructure to the...
By Ian Malczewski -
Getting Oriented
A helpful stencil artist is making it easier for you to get your bearings after leaving the subway — someone has been spray painting directional...
By Laura Hatcher -
Ride a Peter Witt streetcar, September 3
The Toronto Transportation Society will be offering Torontonians one of the few opportunities to travel Toronto’s streets in a vintage Peter Witt...
By James Bow -
Cool Mist in Qatar
As gas prices rise Toronto’s transit and cycling infrastructure is under attack. First it was the bike rings now it is the transit shelters...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Weekend headlines
• Bike sculpture built for 300 [ Toronto Star ] • HUME: Glorious kick in the asphalt [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto’s east-west divide ...
By Matthew Blackett -
Royson James Calls For Subway 401
Royson James, columnist for the Toronto Star, and potentially a decent candidate to be mayor one day, has taken the city, the GTA and the province to task...
By James Bow -
Turning turnstiles into energy
From our soon-to-be transit correspondent Craig Cal – – – – – – – – – This is the type of...
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Pirates of the Streetcar party
Pirates of the Streetcar Party: A fundraiser for Newmindspace Friday, August 4th 2006, Bathurst & Wolseley @ 7:30p Our friendly, freaky friends over...
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Things That Move: streetcar doc on HistoryTV
Back in the winter, I was interviewed about Toronto’s streetcars for an episode in a documentary series called Things That Move for History...
By Matthew Blackett -
Name calling on the TTC
Craig Cal, Spacing’s new transit beat writer starting in the fall, sent along this TTC anecdote. – – – – – –...
By Spacing