Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.
Greater Toronto Area
- CBC News Toronto report, “2 TTC stations robbed at gunpoint”, here.
- CBC News Toronto report, “John Tory, Stephen Del Duca to make ‘an important’ transit announcement”, here.
- CP24 report, “College - Spadina intersection reopens after three-week closure”, here.
- CP24 report, “Police investigate armed robberies at two subway stations”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “Safety on the TTC: How to respond in an emergency”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “John Tory to join provincial leaders for Toronto transit announcement”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “Federal infrastructure funds ‘too little, too late’: Vancouver, Calgary mayors”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Union Station users in for ‘a pleasant surprise’ with York Concourse opening”, here.
- Globe and Mail commentary, “Public transit and the rush-hour commute now federal issues”, here.
- Huffington Post Canada post, “Tories’ Public Transit Fund Has Some Mayors Scratching Their Heads”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “5 art projects beautifying the TTC”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “Scarborough Liberal MPPs questioned over transit, local hospital plans at provincial budget breakfast”, here.
- Metro Toronto’s Tory’s Toronto post, “They may be clear to John Tory, but both budgets mystify me”, here.
- Mississauga News article, “MiWay fares set to increase Monday”, here.
- National Post commentary, “Hold politicians accountable for cost overruns”, here.
- National Post commentary, “The cities have power and they’re using it”, here.
- National Post article, “‘A once-in-a-lifetime project’: A sneak peak at Union Station’s new concourse before it opens [today]”, here.
- Newstalk 1010 report, “Two TTC stations robbed, one suspect”, here.
- Rabble.ca post, “Ontario Budget 2015: Throwing everything but infrastructure under the bus”, here.
- Rapid News Network post, “Wynne says transit, infrastructure will be cornerstone of Ontario budget”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “GO’s new Union Station concourse makes for a more comfortable commute”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Waiting for a bus that takes forever: welcome to Toronto’s transit desert”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “Building a better Toronto for less”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “Selling hunk of Hydro no long-term fix”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Battle shaping up over East Gardiner options”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Ontario residents couldn’t afford tax hikes, Wynne says”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “How the premier won a mandate to privatize”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “When I take the GO train, I relax completely”, here.
- Toronto Sun column, “The College and Spadina intersection”, here.
- Toronto Sun column, “Subway push not random” (at end of main article), here.
- Toronto Sun article, “Tory talks Toronto traffic”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “City wants employers to help cut traffic during the PanAm games”, here.
- YorkRegion.com article, “York Region bus riders welcome new transit funding in provincial budget”, here.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
- Hamilton Spectator column, “Libs have lots of excuses to delay LRT”, here.
- Niagara Falls Review article, “Read business case ‘primer’ for GO in Niagara”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Shortchanged on rapid transit”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Municipal politicians praise federal budget, despite transit concerns”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record commentary, “Room for improvement in federal, provincial budgets”, here.