{"id":69297,"date":"2024-09-12T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=69297"},"modified":"2024-09-11T21:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:28:59","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-081-talking-transit-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2024\/09\/12\/podcast-spacing-radio-081-talking-transit-24\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 081, Talking Transit &#8217;24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we had a good, old-fashioned transit talk with friends of the show <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/patriciaburkewood\/\">Tricia Wood<\/a> (York University urban geography professor and <em>Spacing<\/em> contributor) and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GraphicMatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Matt Elliott<\/a> (<em>Toronto Star<\/em> columnist and publisher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatcher.com\/\">City Hall Watcher newsletter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>We talk about returning TTC service levels to pre-pandemic levels, what we should look for in the next TTC CEO, what is even happening with the Eglinton Crosstown, and Doug Ford&#8217;s transit expansion plans.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/spacing-radio\/id1124077274\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7j3L15Vo36v6MJGXask9HG\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen#\/ps\/Ix2fkh233gvpmmbgtby7exujgt4\">Google Play<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\">SoundCloud<\/a>, or follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:233628346\/sounds.rss\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1914943691&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Spacing Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacing Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Episode 81: Talking Transit '24\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\/episode-81-talking-transit-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 81: Talking Transit &#8217;24<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we had a good, old-fashioned transit talk with friends of the show Tricia Wood (York University urban geography professor and Spacing contributor) and Matt Elliott (Toronto Star columnist and publisher of the City Hall Watcher newsletter). 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