Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.
Greater Toronto Area
- Beach Metro News article, “TTC streetcars to quit Sunday stops and combine close stops on Queen”, here.
- Beach Metro News article, “Imagining the possibilities on the Danforth”, here.
- Bloomberg Business post, “Wynne’s Ontario Transit Spending No Bogeyman for Bonds”, here.
- CBC News Toronto report, “Replica gun seized at Bay Street bus station “, here.
- CP24 report, “Suspect sought following sex assault on TTC bus”, here.
- CP24 report, “Police take two into custody after person spotted with gun in GO bus terminal”, here.
- CTV News Toronto report, “Streetcar delays due to downed wires in west end”, here.
- CTV News Toronto report, “Woman sexually assaulted on TTC bus”, here.
- Daily Commercial News article, “P3s could have alleviated Spadina subway woes?”, here.
- Daily Commercial News article, “Second phase of Eglinton Crosstown LRT project to be unveiled”, here.
- Daily Commercial News article, “Eglinton Crosstown TBMs roll to a new project destination”, here.
- Digital Journal post, “Bombardier loses one executive plus 1750 workers”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “Residents frustrated over Union Pearson express construction noise”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Toronto councillors suggest tolls for Gardiner Expressway”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “Delay of Scarborough LRT leaves residents ‘neglected’ again, says councillor”, here.
- InsideToronto.com column, “TOinTRANSIT: Vintage streetcars to stay off the tracks this summer”, here.
- InsideToronto.com article, “Woman reports sex assault on board York Mills bus”, here.
- King Weekly Sentinel article, “Parking woes at GO lot lead to altercation”, here.
- King Weekly Sentinel article, “Improving access for passengers with disabilities”, here.
- Metro Toronto’s Tory’s Toronto post,
- Newstalk 1010 report, “GO Train delays following death at Longbranch GO Station”, here.
- Talk Radio AM640 report, “TTC Inviting Performers to Apply for Subway Musicians Program”, here.
- Talk Radio AM640 report, “Charges laid after imitation gun seized”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Could the Finch LRT rebreathe life into Sheppard transit debate?”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “New Metrolinx trip planner eight years in the making”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “The GO train: a commuter’s idyll by a jealous downtowner”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Gardiner toll urged for non-Torontonians”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Public artwork breathes life into Toronto transit”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Applications open to audition for TTC subway performances”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “A streetcar named Toronto - in Frankfurt, Germany”, here.
- YorkRegion.com article, “Little fanfare for demise of Stouffville elevator”, here.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
- 900 CHML News commentary, “Hamilton left standing at the station”, here.
- Bay Observer post, “2016 will be a pivotal year for transit in Hamilton”, here.
- BlackburnNews.com post, “VIA adds more trains running between London and Toronto”, here.
- CBC News Hamilton report, “Mayor confident minister will announce LRT at Hamilton visit”, here.
- Guelph Mercury commentary, “It’s Guelph’s GO-to moment”, here.
- Guelph Mercury commentary, “Folly in provincial investment on the ‘Highway of Zeroes’”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator column, “The $1 billion waiting game”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Province set to unveil LRT game-changer for Hamilton”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Toronto-Niagara GO service will bypass Hamilton”, here.
- News Talk 610 CKTB report, “Regional Chair worried about MPP comments made about Niagara getting GO”, here.
- News Talk 610 CKTB commentary, “Time to take a tough look at regional transit”, here.
- St. Catharines Standard article, “Chair says MPP should have done ‘homework’ on GO”, here.
- St. Catharines Standard article, “Regional transit: Council takes foot off the gas”, here.
- St. Catharines Standard commentary, “Transit decision makes no sense”, here.
- St. Thomas Times-Journal, “Regional transportation forum to be held in St. Thomas, May 27”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Bombardier quality problems won’t derail LRT project, region says”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Waterloo retailers ‘begging’ for no LRT work at Christmas”, here.