Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.
Greater Toronto Area
- BlogTO post, “Film student makes time-lapse love letter to the TTC”, here.
- CTV News Toronto report, “TTC streetcars out of service due to cold”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “Pedestrian struck by train on Richmond Hill GO line”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “Aging TTC streetcars struggling in frigid temperatures”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Cold knocks out 25 streetcars ahead of rush-hour commute”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Poll: How would you deal with a ‘manspreader’ on public transit?”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Toronto committee paves the way for 24/7 construction work”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Commuting hell is when 58 minutes is record time”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “Councillor De Baermaeker says he will continue campaign for fourth stop on Scarborough subway”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “5 ways the TTC plans to improve service in 2015”, here.
- Metro Toronto’s Tory’s Toronto post, “Scarborough councillors lay track for ill-advised ideas in 2015”, here.
- National Post article, “Man jailed for a year after anti-Islam speech spurs an emergency alarm on Toronto subway train”, here.
- National Post article, “Drunken brawl on New Year’s GO train leaves revellers stranded half-way home (video)”, here.
- Spacing Toronto post, “The great Toronto bridge swap of 1928”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “TTC streetcars slowly coming back on line”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “Express train or gravy train?: Only the mayor knows”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “Cold weather knocks old streetcars out of service”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “City closer to 24/7 construction on major roads”, here.
- Urban Toronto post, “Years of Work Revealed as Union Station Gets Unwrapped”, here.
- Urban Toronto post, “Photo of the day: Museum Station”, here.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
- CBC News Hamilton report, “Why is HSR still not on social media?”, here.
- CHCH News report, “Hamilton staff say keep King bus lane”, here.
- CHCH News report, “Councillor says comments not out of line”, here.
- Newstalk 610 report, “Forster calls on local politicians to give free bus passes for low-income residents”, here.
- NiagaraThisWeek.com article, “Expect big things for city in 2015: Diodati”, here.
- St. Catharines Standard column, “Time for councils to set priorities”, here.
- St. Catharines Standard article, “Elliott focuses on jobs, debt, inclusion”, here.