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Explainer: How will the One Fare program work for my trip?
Fare integration is coming to Toronto and surrounding area on February 26th! Are you confused about how it will work? Here is our quick explainer. Q: Are you taking the GO and the TTC? A: The TTC fare will be deducted from your GO Transit fare. The trip must occur within a 3 hour period.…
Letter to City of Toronto Budget Subcommittee – January 22, 2024
BW4.1 – Public Presentations on the 2024 Capital and Operating Budgets North York Civic Centre, January 23, 2024 – 6:00 p.m. Dear Budget Committee, We are a transit advocacy group focussed on equity, delays and crowding on transit in Toronto. In particular, we are interested in Toronto’s suburbs being well-served by transit. Our comments reference…
Safety, service and homelessness concerns for Toronto transit riders in mayoral by-election
A Voice for Transit is not endorsing, supporting, opposing or promoting any candidate in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election. By: A Voice for Transit June 24, 2023 Transit ridership has decreased 31% during the pandemic, but trains, streetcars, and especially, busses are relied on by many Torontonians daily. A highly-publicized rise of safety and violent…
It ain’t lit out here
By Jean-François Obregón March 26, 2023 Imagine finally being able to get off work at 6 pm sharp on a weekday and being able to catch the overcrowded rush hour subway back uptown. The news articles of recent stabbings, pushing, and unruly behaviour have flooded your mind. The last thing you need is an over-suspicious…
Letter to City of Toronto Budget Committee – Jan. 16, 2023
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“Oh, wait! It’s the doors!” Toronto Teen Advocates For Platform Safety Doors
Note: The TTC provides the Crisis Link program through a poster and payphone at every subway station. Phone calls are free and confidential. Callers will be connected to counsellors at Distress Centres of Toronto. If you or someone you know are struggling with their mental health, help is available. Call Talk Suicide Canada 1-833-456-4566 and…
GO-ing Beneath The Surface: The November 2022 Transit Strike
By: Sherwin Sze-Wai Lau Edited by: Jean-François Obregón A strike was called on November 6, 2022 by ATU 1587. It was intended to have Metrolinx reach an agreement to end the outsourcing of GO Transit operators and staff work to third-party subcontractors. With the possibility of a recession on the horizon, this measure has been…
Look at These Cities with Safety Barrier Doors! Why Doesn’t Toronto Have Them?
By: Sherwin Sze-Wai Lau Edited by: Jean-François Obregón August 29, 2022 Warning: This article deals with a serious issue that may disturb some readers. There may be details of a graphic nature. If you or someone you love is dealing with a mental health crisis, please get the help that you or they need. Help…
The TTC Isn’t Invited to Ontario’s Fare Integration Party
Would integrating the TTC just be too expensive? By: Sherwin Sze-Wai Lau Edited by: Jean-François Obregón May 2, 2022 On March 14th of 2022, GO Transit announced fare integration for many local regional transits transferring to and from GO service vehicles. This would apply to Durham Region Transit, Milton Transit, Grand River Transit, Guelph Transit,…
Response from Metrolinx’s board to our Dec. 2 Letter
The Chair of Metrolinx’s Board of Directors responded to our letter asking for the of a co-fare between TTC and GO Transit. Check out the letter below.
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