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Part 1 -- In the news: Wednesday, October 26, 2016



Greater Toronto area media report on public transit issues today.

  • 680 All News Radio report, “Dupont Station evacuated due to fire on TTC train”, here.
  • BlogTO post, “TTC to remove collectors from fare booths”, here.
  • BlogTO post, “PRESTO rollout on TTC already way over budget”, here.
  • BlogTO post, “This is how the PRESTO card should actually work”, here.
  • BlogTO post, “Eglinton Station bus terminal finally being torn down”, here.
  • Bulletin post, “Consult on elimination of TTC subway guards: TTC union”, here.
  • Canadian Manufacturing post, “Mississauga - Brampton LRT on track; province issues RFQ fo $1.6B project”, here.
  • Canadian Press article (from the CTV News Toronto website), “Man facing charges after woman allegedly assaulted for closing TTC bus window”, here.
  • Caledon Enterprise article, “Bolton Residential Expansion Study pits north against south”, here.
  • CBC News Thunder Bay report, “Bombardier Thunder Bay plant still expecting 2nd TTC assembly line in wake of job cuts”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “TTC starts running single-operator trains in cost-cutting measure”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “Subway fire caused by train hitting equipment left on track by workers, TTC says”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “TTC bus driver alerts police after man stabbed in Etobicoke”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “TTC buskers get new underground ‘stage’ to show off their talents”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “Presto card problems on TTC ‘not acceptable’, head of Metrolinx says”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “TTC disciplines driver filmed eating chips with foot on dash”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “Bed bugs cause TTC to close its lost and found office”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “Residents group says Etobicoke MP James Maloney backing developer, not residents”, here.
  • CBC News Toronto report, “Etobicoke MP denies backing developer, instead of residents”, here.
  • CodeRedTO.com post, “#TOCore and future changes to Toronto’s transit”, here.
  • CodeRedTO.com post, “Montreal Metro turns 50!”, here.
  • CP24 report, “Man threatened fellow passenger on TTC bus with pellet gun: police”, here.
  • CP24 report, “TTC disciplines driver seen resting foot on dashboard and eating chips”, here.
  • CTV News Toronto report, “Subway train evacuated near Dupont Station after small fire at track level”, here.
  • CTV News Toronto report, “Police release photo of suspect in sexual assault of girl on TTC bus”, here.
  • Daily Commercial News article, “IO and Metrolinx issue RFQ for Hurontario LRT”, here.
  • Daily Commercial News article, “Corridor needs more transit to survive, City Age told”, here.
  • Downsview Advocate, “Subways and Art in Toronto”, here.
  • DurhamRegion.com article, “Pedestrian bridge over Hwy. 401 in Pickering still not complete”, here.
  • Futurism post, “A New Kind of Hyperloop: Canadian Train Could Travel Over 1,200 Km/h”, here.
  • Global News Toronto report, “6ix Secrets: The unseen TTC streetcar platform under Queen subway station”, here.
  • Global News Toronto report, “Man charged after alleged sexual assault at TTC subway station”, here.
  • Globe and Mail article, “Bombardier cutting another 7500 jobs; rail unit to be hardest hit”, here.
  • Globe and Mail article, “Metrolinx shows willingness to replace Bombardier on Toronto transit project”, here.
  • Huffington Post article, “Torontonians Don’t Know How Good They Have It”, here.
  • insauga post, “What You Might Not Know About the LRT in Mississauga”, here.
  • InsideHalton.com, “New Oakville, Burlington QEW signs will make switching to transit easier”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com article, “Scarborough subway champions want TTC’s likely route changed”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com article, “Work on the Scarborough subway extension has begun, TTC tells residents”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com column, “TOinTRANSIT: TTC union discontent over one-person subway system”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com column, “TOINTRANSIT: Vindication for the Scarborough LRT”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com column, “TOinTRANSIT: New appointee to TTC board”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com article, “Junction residents frustrated by inaction on Metrolinx noise wall grafitti”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com article, “Metrolinx, StreetArt to unveil mural at Weston GO Station”, here.
  • InsideToronto.com article, “Coxwell Laneway Mosaic Mural Unveiled”, here.
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