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

Greater Toronto Area

• BlogTO post, “Toronto is getting a fancy new pedestrian bridge”, here.
• BlogTO post, “TTC station gets a retro Honest Ed’s makeover”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Toronto proposes 2 per cent tax hike to pay for SmartTrack, other transit”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Executive Committee approves transit-funding deal between City, province”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “‘Other revenue streams’ beyond property-tax hike possible for SmartTrack”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Coun. Gord Perks called the SmartTrack plan a failure. Here’s why”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “New TTC sexual assault numbers reveal “disconcerting’ reality, but don’t tell the whole story, some say”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC warns suicide attempts on subway system driving employee absenteeism numbers”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC suspects adult riders using student Metropasses to scam system”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “SmartTrack station north of King Street? No thanks, these Liberty Village residents say”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “‘Been there, Dundas’: New TTC slogans pay tribute to Honest Ed’s”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “‘A musician is a person, period’: TTC buskers say new stage creates equal platform”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Pedestrian dead after being struck by Brampton Transit bus”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “City’s share of transit plan costs equivalent to 2 per cent tax hike”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Executive Committee approves cost-sharing transit plan with province”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Woman struck and killed by Brampton transit bus”, here.
• CP24 report, “Protestors gather at City Hall to demand cheaper transit”, here.
• CP24 report, “Suspect sought after woman allegedly assaulted on TTC bus”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Report suggests 2.1 per cent tax hike may be necessary to fund early stages of SmartTrack”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Tory says he is open to introducing new revenue tools as a way to fund SmartTrack project”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Protestors at City Hall say they want TTC fares to be lower, more accessible”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Suspect sought after TTC subway operator grabbed by neck at Wilson Station”, here.
• Daily Commercial News article, “PHOTO: Workin’ on the Railway”, here.
• Excalibur article, “Riders are left in the dust of missed busses while TTC prices rise”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Some Toronto Wheel-Trans passengers say they’ve been left at the curb due to new bike lane”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “John Tory’s SmartTrack plan can’t be funded, built as promised: report”, here.
• Globe and Mail column, “John Tory should come clean about the cost of SmartTrack transit plan”, here.
• insauga post, “Mississauga might owe Toronto millions”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Agreement to fund Toronto transit projects will cost the city billions”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Mayor John Tory’s Executive Committee gives unanimous approval to transit network funding plan”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Deal on transit funding, ‘not what we were promised’: Councillor Gord Perks”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Scarborough subway champions want TTC’s likely route changed”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “TOinTRANSIT: SmartTrack details a letdown for transit watchers”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Meetings on Metrolinx expansion in Toronto’s east end”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “John Street pedestrian bridge is open in Weston”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Woman sexually assaulted aboard TTC bus in Scarborough’s east end”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Artists sought for public artwork at TTC Leslie Barns”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Man, 55, hit by streetcar at Dundas Street West and Bloor”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Toronto train operator assaulted, suspect image released”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “TTC launches annual Remembrance Day Poppy Campaign”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “City traffic control monitors movements of thousands of vehicles every day”, here.
• Mass Transit post, “Parsons’ West Toronto Diamond Project Wins Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence”, here.
• Media in Canada post, “Spotted! TTC pays tribute to Honest Ed’s”, here.
• Metro Toronto article, “Driverless cars could make GTA congestion worse, says report”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Last night BROUGHT ALL THE ANXIETY”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “I always think it’s better to hold off on these kinds of announcements at this time of year. The optics cause people to cry FARE INCREASE”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Another Scarborough Subway Boondoggle?”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “Tory, Wynne Elaborate on Billon Dollar Toronto Transit Projects”, here.
• Torontoist post, “SmartTrack Plans Unravel”, here.
• Torontoist post, “The Agony of Watching Toronto’s Transit Planning Unfold”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Leading Scarborough Subway Champions Now Want A Different Route, Because Of Course”, here
• Torontoist post, “The Star Made 3700 Pages of Scarborough Subway FOI Documents Public, And You Can Search Through Them”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Remembering the Russell Hill Disaster, Toronto’s Deadliest Subway Crash”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Report reveals new transit lines’ steep cost”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Tory keeps multi-million dollar transit lines on track”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “SmartTrack, GO stations face construction issues ahead of funding vote”, here.
• Toronto Star editorial, “TTC must do more to stop sexual assault and harassment”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Sobering new TTC sex-assault numbers released”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “We need to be able to trust city staff”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Scarborough politicians push the Big Bend for subway route”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Poverty activists say delays to transit initiative due to ‘lack of political will’”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC ballet campaign gets unfavourable review”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Something Ed-citing is happening at Bathurst Station”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Scarborough subway is luxury wrapped in opulence”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Property tax hike to pay for SmartTrack?”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “No tax hike for SmartTrack: Tory”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Tory nixes hydro sale to finance SmartTrack”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC rider trips in 2016 fall short of target”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “After five years, does Andy Byford have the TTC on track?”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Brampton terminal victim killed by ‘accordion’ bus”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Man wanted after TTC operator assaulted”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Veterans and school kids come together for TTC poppy launch”, here.
• Toronto Sun commentary, “Red swans, interrupted”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “City: SmartTrack to bring 2-3% property tax increase?”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Metrolinx, Mississauga firm up plans for Hurontario LRT”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Bathurst Station Unveils Bittersweet Homage to Honest Ed’s”, here.
• YorkRegion.com article, “Metrolinx holds public meetings on GO Train Barrie rail plans”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• 570 News report, “Cambridge residents can weigh in on LRT in 2017”, here.
• AM 900 CHML commentary, “Still support LRT, but can we trust the province?”, here.
• CBC News Hamilton report, “Hamilton at risk of having to pay $70M if it rejects LRT, mayor says”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator column, “City paid $4,000 to lawyer to sit through 12-hour LRT meeting”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator editorial, “LRT is just one piece of the transit puzzle”, here.
• Orangeville Citizen commentary, “A unique opportunity?”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “Hamilton is Somewhere, and Its Citizens Are Worthy of Light Rail”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “[Hamilton] Mayor Eisenberger says city is engaged with business’ LRT concerns”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Cambridge LRT route proposal put off to 2017”, here.