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My latest for @thestar.com. Increasing surveillance and extending police powers doesn’t solve homelessness or drug use on transit — it merely opens up the broader public to arbitrary punishment, including the potential for jail time and $10,000 fines. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Have you noticed longer waits for your streetcar? While some streetcar routes are seeing recent improvements as part of the promised 6-minute service standard, slower service and unreversed service cuts on other routes have meant wait times have gone up + ridership down over the decade. Read more ⬇️
Back in 2013, the TTC had a plan for the rollout of its proposed new streetcar fleet that would have increased capacity across the system. Instead what we got over time was service cuts and lost ridership. stevemunro.ca/2026/03/06/t... (1)
Measures like adding more Toronto Community Crisis Workers, increasing reliability so your bus, streetcar or subway come when it’s supposed to, those are the things that make people feel safer. Not cops wandering around with assault rifles.
Councillor Bradford plans to introduce a motion at the next council meeting to add cops to every transit station.
This ain’t it, man.
The TTC has been getting safer over the past few years, and public perception is catching up.
Olivia Chow announced that phase reordering has been installed on Line 6. How does the line perform with the retimed signals? I rode it again eastbound off-peak and completed the trip in 39 mins, 2 mins quicker than before the new signal timing. Not a huge improvement, but still something.
For those of you who hope the #TTC cares about having the world’s slowest streetcars using outdated single-blade switches. They were literally displaying them at the Canadian industry conference TRACCS Rail Day 2025 last May. Are they proud of slow zones on streetcars?
@fasttracktoronto.bsky.social
Do you know why this is dangerous? Because this law states that you can be jailed for six months, fined $10K, or both if you are merely *suspected* of having or using drugs. People will absolutely be profiled — and not just homeless people. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...
We're calling on the federal government to restore + double the Canada Public Transit Fund, and provide stable recurring funding for transit operations, to prevent service cuts and fare hikes.
Want to see the federal government pitch in their fair share?Take action: www.ttcriders.ca/federaltrans...
The Canada Public Transit Fund was eliminated in the federal budget, with funds moved to a new generalized fund. $5 billion in dedicated transit funding had been lost as well.
Toronto transit can't keep working into the future without reliable funding from all levels of government.
photo of a Line 2 train, which reads "Line 2 turns 60 years old!". The train is wearing a little birthday hat, and an arrow points away from the train with the caption "Opened February 26, 1966"
red graphic, with a rendering of a new subway train at the bottom. reads: "Slated for 2030, new subway trains will keep Line 2 running for decades more. But the federal government has cut the program that helped fund these trains!"
Line 2 turns 60 years old as of today 🎉🥳 Toronto's most important east-west link (sorry, Line 5!) has shuttled millions of riders for decades.
Slated for 2030, new subway trains will keep Line 2 running reliably for decades more. But the federal program that helped fund them has been cut 😒
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TTCriders says the city doesn't need more enforcement on transit. “We’ve called for, multiple times, more staff presence, things like station ambassadors and Toronto Community Crisis Service Workers.”
Read advocates' pushback to the province's move to grant more powers to transit cops ⬇️
I spoke to CBC about proposed regulations on Bill 6. Bluntly put, I am vehemently opposed to criminalizing people on the TTC suspected of using drugs. While the law is aimed at homeless people, what does someone who uses drugs look like? This is a recipe for profiling. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Équiterre and several 🇨🇦 organizations denounce the federal government's $5 billion cut to public transit:
"By cutting solutions that help people save on their travel, the government isn't helping households reduce their transportation costs"
Press release: www.equiterre.org/en/articles/...
Threads post from mayoroliviachow dated February 23, 2026 -- Hello Threads! Transit update: we're taking action to speed up Finch West LRT and save you time. As of today, enhanced signal priority has started to roll out on the Finch West LRT, with new intersections being installed every day. Rapid deployment of new signal priority technology is the result of my plan to speed up streetcars and LRTs across our city. The Eglinton Crosstown is up next, and coming soon!
Per Mayor Olivia Chow's Threads post earlier today, transit signal priority is starting to be rolled out on the Finch West LRT with implementation on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT to follow! 🚋🎉 #TTC #TOpoli CC @ttcriders.bsky.social @toenviro.bsky.social www.threads.com/@mayorolivia...
The worst thing about the Metrolinx structure (and it’s no small list) is the total lack of transparency over: what’s been spent, what will still be spent, what improvements are actually being delivered, which projects have been cancelled.
Toronto deserves a real explanation, post haste.
Say no to policing of our transit system, and urge the provincial government to invest in safe RGI housing, social supports, mental health supports!
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The provincial solicitor general's office is accepting feedback on this proposal until March 1st. Make your voice heard for a more compassionate and safe Toronto:
www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/53233
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The provincial government has already passed legislation to empower cities to clear encampments and have defunded health and social supports. Amid the ongoing housing crisis, many people in the city lack safe spaces and support. After being pushed off transit, where are people supposed to go?
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For the provincial government, this isn’t about truly safer transit - this is about pushing unhoused people and people experiencing mental illness out of public spaces.
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A 2023 TTC staff report found zero evidence that people who are unhoused or using substances are responsible for violence on the TTC. Regardless, policing does not address the root causes of violence on the TTC. It is not preventative.
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There’s a clear track record of enforcement discriminating against Black and Indigenous transit riders, confirmed by the TTC’s own reporting. This is not just true in Toronto, but in many other cities as well
Policing of our transit system leads to conflict and helps no one.
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This would lead to more profiling of transit users and more conflict on transit. In past years, we have seen several instances of TTC special constables and police officers on transit exerting force on transit users right here in Toronto.
People are left traumatized and shaken.
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Under the Act, special constables can arrest/remove individuals from transit “where they have reasonable grounds to believe someone is consuming illegal substances in a public place”. This means special constables could confront & even detain just about anyone, depending on how they look or act
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Provincial legislation that gives police power to clear encampments & displace unhoused Torontonians could be expanded to TTC's special constables. Bill 6 opens the path for special constables to detain anyone on transit they deem “suspicious” & lead to profiling of riders. Here's how ⬇️
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Eglinton East LRT re-design? Toronto’s 2026 budget quietly includes a direction to explore grade separation and underground segments for this at-grade-only planned project. It seems like the Line 6 Finch West LRT experience is an influencing factor here. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
photo of a transit stop with a pole, shelter, and litter bin. The Toronto skyline is in the background, behind some trees
Have thoughts on how to improve your bus/streetcar stop? Do you find that TTC stops often lack benches or shelters?
The City is running a survey about transit shelters, benches, trash bins and more. Let them know what you think! ⬇️
ca.mar.medallia.com/StreetFurnit...
all of the feedback questions are optional, so feel free to only answer the questions that are applicable to your trips.
that being said, do let us know if we're missing any questions that you feel should be on there!
"The potential for faster LRT trips through transit signal priority lies in the 2-4 minute range, an improvement of 10-20%, depending on how aggressively this is implemented."
Stronger transit signal priority is a must for the >100k riders who use the Eglinton LRT!