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Toronto Transit Commission meets, November 18



The Toronto Transit Commission meets tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23 at 1 p.m. in Committee Room 2, Second Floor, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West.

The Commission is the TTC’s board of directors. It oversees matters of policy and planning, building, maintaining and operating the TTC system and expanding its services and facilities.

Its members include City of Toronto Councillors and members of the public.


During the meeting, the commissioners will discuss staff reports:

  • recommending that the TTC continue to close the 1 Yonge - University - Spadina subway line north of Eglinton Station after midnight through 2014 and 2015. (You can view the staff presentation [here]. (http://bit.ly/1bRFJkA). (.pdf))
  • reviewing early design concepts for interchange stations between the future Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line and the TTC’s 1 Yonge - University - Spadina subway line at Eglinton West and Eglinton Stations. (You can read the report here](http://bit.ly/IaboUI). (.pdf))
  • recommending that the TTC build a temporary bus terminal at Islington Station. (This report also reviews the status of the proposal to build a regional bus terminal at Kipling Station.) (You can read the report here. (.pdf))
  • reviewing a number of requests for TTC fare discounts. (The Commmission deferred considering this report from the last meeting. You can read the report here. (.pdf)).
  • approve free fares for support persons traveling with passengers with disabilities. (You can read the report here. (.pdf))
  • approving a contract to build a second exit from Woodbine Station on the northwest corner of Woodbine Avenue and Strathmore Boulevard. (You can read the report here. (.pdf))

The Commission will also discuss:

  • the TTC’s 2014 - 2023 capital budget. (You can read the report here. (.pdf))
  • the TTC and WheelTrans 2014 operating budget. (You can read the report here. (.pdf))
  • the Chief Executive Officer’s report for November 2014. (You can read the report here. (.pdf))
  • a report updating the commissioners on the TTC and Metrolinx pilot project to integrate TTC and GO Transit fares at three GO stations. (You can read th report here. (.pdf))

You can view the agenda for the meeting here. You can view the supplementary agenda here.


Toronto Transit Commission meetings are public meetings — anyone may attend. Unfortunately, you’re too late if you wish to speak to the commission about an item on its agenda during this meeting. Usually, e-mail the Co-ordinator — Secretariat Services at: gso@ttc.ca before noon on the business day before the meeting, which, in this case, was Friday.

You can find out more about making a deputation — or presentation — to the commission here.