Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.

Greater Toronto Area

• All Fired Up In The Big Smoke post, “A View From Along Eglinton Ave West”, here.
• All Fired Up In The Big Smoke post, “Car2GO To Hell”, here.
• BlogTO post, “What was the first TTC bus route in Toronto?”, here.
• BlogTO post, “What’s the meaning behind TTC route numbers?”, here.
• BlogTO post, “This is what the new TTC streetcar barn looks like”, here.
• BlogTO post, “College Station renovations reveal original TTC tiles”, here.
• BlogTO post, “TTC wants out of deplorable Davisville headquarters”, here.
• BlogTO post, “Bombardier refuses to explain TTC streetcar delays”, here.
• Brampton Guardian article, “Councillors move on HMLRT alternatives”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC votes on whether to retain surveillance video longer”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “GO train delays caused by switch problems”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC boosts service on busier routes, including 504 King streetcar”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC ups security patrols in wake of Paris attacks”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Toronto says #IllRideWithYou to Muslims after racist attacks”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Muslim women accosted on TTC, racist graffiti scrawled on GO train”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Slow go on the GO: Trains were delayed, canceled due to broken switch”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “TTC opens new streetcar facility at Leslie Barns”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Women wearing hijabs called terrorists, one shoved on TTC”, here.
• CP24 report, “TTC should move out of its ‘grim’ headquarters and into bigger space: CEO”, here.
• CP24 report, “TTC commission to debate possible fare hike today”, here.
• CP24 report, “Bombardier executives will not attend TTC meeting to explain streetcar delays”, here.
• CP24 report, “Select streetcar stops to be removed, relocated, starting today”, here.
• CP24 report, “Police investigating after racist comments allegedly hurled at Muslim women riding the TTC”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Broken switch, not weather the cause of GO train delays: Metrolinx”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “TTC increasing security after Paris attacks”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Police release photo of suspect after Muslim women harassed on train”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Provinical transit funding a means to an end in Durham”, here.
• Financial Post article, “Bombardier Inc. rejects Toronto Transit Commission request for public explanation of streetcar delays”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “TTC board could implement fare increase to meet $58 million shortfall”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “TTC service improvements start Sunday”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “2 women wearing hijabs allegedly verbally, physically assaulted on Toronto subway”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “TTC board’s fare debate challenged by economically diverse ridership”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “TTC chair looks to boost parking revenue”, here.
• InsideHalton.com article, “Oakville getting $2.5 million in Ontario gas tax funds for public transit”, here.
• InsideHalton.com article, “Milton gets transit funding boost, thanks to Province’s Gas Tax Program”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “THE CITY: Is Tory’s SmartTrack a case of over-promising?”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Metrolinx may look at other options to replace the Davenport Diamond”, here.
• Marshall’s Musings post, Not so fair by distance: GO Transit’s problematic fare system”“, here.
• Marshall’s Musings post, “GO Transit and the high cost of ‘free’ parking”, here.
• Marshall’s Musings post, “On Brampton’s short-sighted Hurontario-Main LRT decision”, here.
• Metro Toronto article, “Apple Pay coming to the TTC”, here.
• Metro Toronto’s Tory’s Toronto post, “Can we ditch SmartTrack West and build the Eglinton LRT already?”, here.
• Mississauga News article, “MiWay five-year plan omits service to city’s north-west”, here.
• Mississauga News article, “Gas tax to fuel local transit plans”, here.
• MobileSyrup.com post, “Apple Pay is coming to the TTC, but not until 2017”, here.
• National Post commentary, “Like the Liberals’ refugee plan, SmartTrack makes for better politics than policy”, here.
• National Post article, “Police say teenage boy is a suspect in anti-Muslim assault on Toronto subway train”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “Bombardier refusing to speak with TTC publicly about delayed streetcars”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “TTC to ponder fare hike”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “TTC ramping up visibility in the wake of Paris attacks”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “Toronto Police identify suspect in harassment of Muslim women”, here.
• OR-Politics.com post, “TTC headquarters is a ‘hellhole’: Byford”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “The broken switch that caught everyone off guard”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Someone at GO Transit doesn’t know what a properly cooked turkey looks like. Coz this one is burnt”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Putting your feet on the seat now carries a $75 fine”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Man robbed at Pickering GO Station bridge”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Them dirty Double Ds”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC 2016 Operating Budget”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Port Lands Planning Update”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Metrolinx Fare Integration Survey”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 commentary, “TTC Wants to Get Out of Headquarters”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 commentary, “NYC Running Drills, Why Isn’t Toronto?”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “Update: Faulty Track Switch Causes Delays, Cancellations on GO Trains”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “Suspect In Harassment Of Muslim Women on TTC ID’d As A Minor”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Toronto slowly learns more about SmartTrack”, here.
• Toronto Observer article, “Coxwell station improvements leave commuters in the cold”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Doubts grow about western stretch of Mayor John Tory’s transit plan”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Ontario government wants railways to make room for GO Transit”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Metrolinx to move ahead with giant Davenport rail bridge”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC wants to get out of ‘hellhole’ headquarters”, here.
• Toronto Star editorial, “TTC needs a new headquarters”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “When will subway escalators be fixed? It’s a big secret: The Fixer”, here.
• Toronto Star commentary, “TTC making progress like its vehicles do - slowly”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Ten encouraging signs for Toronto”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Youth among suspects in TTC assault on Muslim women”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Quebec pension fund buys $1.5B stake in Bombardier rail”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Tory doesn’t rule out SmartTrack changes”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC needs to license its image for revenue: Colle”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC service improvements [started] Sunday”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Two women in hijabs assaulted on TTC”, here.
• TTCriders.ca post, “Memo to all three levels of government: Work together and get our transit system back on track”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Construction Progresses on Six New GTA Subway Stations”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Vaughan Centre: A New Downtown for the Suburbs”, here.
• Wall Street Journal article, “Bombardier to Sell 30% of its Train Unit to CDPQ”, here.
• YorkRegion.com article, “North-south bus links needed, Markham councillors say”, here.
• YorkRegion.com article, “No pot of gold to help mute train whistles, Markham councillor warns”, here.
• YorkRegion.com article, “York Regional Police launch Lock It or Lose It campaign”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo report, “MPP agrees Kitchener GO trains ‘need to go faster’”, here.
• CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo report, “More GO trains ‘not a real solution’: Thalmic CEO Stephen Lake”, here.
• CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo report, “Two-way Kitchener GO train service thwarted by 30 km of track”, here.
• Northumberland Today article, “Port Hope mayor offers update on possible GO expansion”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “Staff Recommend Purchasing 18 Replacement, 14 New HSR Buses”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “Metrolinx 2015 GO Transit survey seeking Hamiltonians”, here.
• Simcoe.com article, “Innisfil council eyes Uber-like transit over bus system”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Work begins on $16M Kitchener facility to add GO trains”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Transit hub: Options taking shape for Kitchener train - bus complex”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Treat Conestoga students fairly”, here.