Toronto police are seeking the public’s help in an assault investigation. Police responded to an assault in the Woodbine Avenue and Danforth Avenue area on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. It was reported that a man boarded the TTC subway train and demanded a woman give him her seat. She refused to do and the suspect […]
How will East Enders get downtown in the 2030s? Never mind hyperloops or driverless cars, Toronto transit planners are drawing up something far more familiar – an East End relief line to ease the commuter crush on the Yonge subway downtown. Speaking at a public planning session held on March 5 at Riverdale Collegiate, Tim […]
The plan below, drawn up 100 years ago, was shown this year to several different organizations, including the Board of Trade. There were three people who proposed this idea originally. They were R.C. Harris, works commissioner (and a Beacher, by the way), Toronto Harbour Board engineer E.L. Cousins, and F. A. Gaby, chief engineer for […]
Fare increases are on the way for most TTC riders, though a new pilot program may help some commuters get downtown a bit faster – albeit for a price. TTC Metropass holders hoping to get downtown a bit quicker will soon have another option – the GO train from Danforth station. Ontario Transportation Minister Steven […]
Voters in Ward 36 could be in for a close call. In 2010, Gary Crawford was elected councillor for Scarborough Southwest with just 422 more votes than the runner-up, Robert Spencer. Both are running again this election, alongside six other candidates. But unlike the race in 2010, when 26-year councillor Brian Ashton had just stepped […]
The sole elevator leading from street level to the concourse at Main Street subway station will be out of service until March 23, adding delays to the already complicated process of using the TTC for those with disabilities. While the transit operator is working toward providing accessible service at all stations, the situation for disabled […]
We heard it over and over again in the last municipal election: we need to expand our transit system to get people home from work faster. While this may be true, it is shortsighted and leads to the ongoing transit mediocrity we have been mired in for decades. We don’t need a transit system that […]
