Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.
Greater Toronto Area
- Brampton Guardian article, “REPORT CARD: Linda Jeffrey’s first 100 days as mayor of Brampton”, here.
- CP24 report, “Five things that have defined Mayor Tory’s first 100 days in office”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Toronto’s Union-Pearson express rail link makes its media debut”, here.
- Globe and Mail column, “Governments need to deliver big infrastructure projects honestly”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “Media take a ride on new Union-Pearson express line”, here.
- Metro Toronto’s Your Ride: Toronto post, “Give Toronto city staff the power to stop shenanigans and watch the wastefulness stop”, here.
- Metro Toronto article, “Transit riders’ group seeks seat on TTC board”, here.
- National Post article, “Union Pearson Express test ride: A first look at Toronto’s downtown-airport train”, here.
- Newstalk 1010 report, “Tory’s 100th day as Mayor spent debating budget with council”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “How safe is this at highway speed? How safe is it at any speed?”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “I see this on social media a lot — a driver who is annoyed that he / she has to stop to let a thousand of us go by (think real hard about that)”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “90A ran the paddle on time this morning”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “Our fare dollars at work. I’m pretty sure we pay for schedules. Because ads trump passenger needs”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “But what if I’m blind?”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “Shouldn’t that get fixed? Because safety?”, here.
- Toronto Star editorial, “Mayor John Tory should guard against future subway fiascos”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “UPX offers ‘clean train’ ride with a view”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Bigger challenges lie ahead as council prepares to pass 2015 budget”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “John Tory’s first 100 days: Calm descends on Toronto”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “It’s time to face reality on raising property taxes”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “Could this one cool trick solve Toronto’s budget woes: Keenan”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “Inside the new Union-Pearson Express”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “Budget tax rate up for debate at council”, here.
- Varsity article, “Petition calls on TTC to eliminate post-secondary student ID card”, here.
- Yahoo Canada News post, “Public transit predators all to often go unreported: transit police”, here.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
- Bullet News Niagara article, “Pieces of the puzzle being put together, says Diodati”, here.
- NiagaraThisWeek.com article, “Niagara to rally for GO train”, here.
- NiagaraThisWeek.com article, “St. Catharines council struggles to find budget cuts”, here.
- Peterborough Examiner article, “Council all aboard for Shining Waters Railway insurance”, here.
- St. Catharines Standard column, “New rail study needs to erase earlier one”, here.