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

Greater Toronto Area

• BlogTO post, “How much TTC fares have increased in the last 25 years”, here.
• BlogTOpost, “Future of Gardiner in doubt as costs climb by $1 billion”, here.
• BlogTOpost, “Toronto plans to introduce $2 discounted TTC fare”, here.
• Canadian Facility Management and Design post, “Ontario to upgrade and expand Don Yard GO train facility”, here.
• Canadian Manufacturing post, “Province investing $17.1 million to expand Toronto rail yard”, here.
• Canadian Press article (from the CTV News website), “Toronto mayor wants tolls on two major highways into city”, here.
• CBC News report, “Toronto Mayor John Tory’s road toll proposal unique in Canada”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Highway tolls needed to ‘tame the traffic beast,’ Toronto mayor says”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Road tolls in Toronto? Reactions range from ‘100% support’ to ‘worse idea’”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Could road tolls boost Toronto transit ridership?”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “$1billion added to Gardiner repair could be fixed by tolls, Tory says”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Tory set to defend tolls against all critics, including Doug Ford”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Drivers will feel pain from road tolls, then relief, experts say”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Highway tolls could turn neighbourhoods into cheap shortcuts, residents warn”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “ANALYSIS: Kathleen Wynne could pay a heavy price for Toronto tolls”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Consider more levies than just road tolls, city staff report recommends”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “2 men sentenced to jail for assaulting TTC employees in separate incidents”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC board ‘reluctantly’ hiked fare, but CEO says there are ‘silver linings’”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “‘Streetcar safety murals’ could be coming to Toronto”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Toronto social agencies urge John Tory to back off on departmental budget cuts”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Man slaps TTC employee on the buttocks, another man puches bus driver in the head”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “What’s the benefit of road tolls? Q&A with an urban transit specialist”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “City of Toronto committees asking mayor to rethink 2.6 per cent budget cuts”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Passengers injured after two buses collide in Richmond Hill”, here.
• Globe and Mail editorial, “Road tolls: It’s time to say goodbye to Toronto’s free ride”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Tory to call for road tolls on DVP, Gardiner Expressway”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Tory will require firm backing to impose tolls”, here.
• Globe and Mail column, “Tory’s road-toll plan bold, risky - and should be applauded by Toronto”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “As Toronto mayor pitches tolls, city report calls for more taxes”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Dynamic tolling could be the key to ease congestion while raising money”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Five places on Toronto’s radar as it mulls road tolls”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Toll roads: One more reason to ditch your car”, here.
• Globe and Mail column, “Toronto road tolls: A wise thing or highway robbery?”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Road tolls: Will they actually reduce congestion?”, here.
• Globe and Mail commentary, “The time for tolls is now, but will Toronto get it right?”, here.
• insauga post, “Mississauga’s Neighbours Unhappy With Its Missing Link”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “TTC drops expropriation plans, moves Scarborough subway work site”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “Tory’s road toll plan is a brave start to funding city building, but is it enough?”, here
• InsideToronto.com article, “10-cent fare increase needed to address 2017 funding pressures: TTC chair”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “GO passengers stranded after train struck and killed pedestrian”, here.
• National Post commentary, “Toll roads make sense, but using them to raise revenue is terrible politics”, here.
• National Post commentary, “Public toll roads are nothing but a tax grab for most of us”, here.
• National Post commentary, “Toll road proposal opens Toronto to a strange new universe of paying for what it wants”, here.
• Spacing Toronto post, “John Tory’s road toll epiphany”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Approves 2017 Fare Increase, Punts Service Decision to Council”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Board Meeting, November 30, 2016”, here.
• TravelWeek post, “‘We’ve already tripled our ridership since launch’: UP Express”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Tory Wants Billions in New Taxes, But Will My Bus Show Up Tomorrow?”, here.
• Torontoist post, “TTC Fare Evasion Just Distracts From the Bigger Picture”, here.
• Torontoist post, “How Public Transit Plays a Role in Traffic Safety”, here.
• Torontoist post, “How Stairs Can Improve Public Health”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Gardiner, DVP tolls ‘an idea whose time has come,’ Councillors say”, here.
• Toronto Star editorial, “Toronto council should back Mayor Tory on tolls”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Mayor Tory’s road toll pitch praised as bold move”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “John Tory takes a stand on tolls - and chooses to lead”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “It’s tolls for thee, Toronto - and it’s years late”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Toronto tolls could ease gridlock in the GTA, but only if done right, experts say”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Here’s how people in the GTA are reacting to the mayor’s proposal for tolls on Gardiner, DVP”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Highway toll plan prompts anger, sense of inevitability in 905 politicians”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “How road tolls can unite left and right”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Province OK with road tolls… if city council approves”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Mystery solved in the case of the missing transit revenue”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Why John Tory’s road-toll plan for Toronto transit could go haywire”, here.
• Toronto Star commentary, “GTHA transit needs a boost from new municipal funding sources”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Mayor Tory’s comments spark debate about TTC fare evasion”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “How many TTC riders actually evade paying their fares?”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Toronto mayor backpedals on shaming transit cheats”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Report details plans for low-income Toronto transit fares”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Missing glass panel leaves gaping hole in transit shelter: The Fixer”, here.
• Toronto Star commentary, “Why P3s are best for infrastructure projects”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “76% hate the 10-cent TTC fare hike: poll”, here.
• Toronto Sun commentary, “Road tolls the fairest way to raise money for transit: Mayor John Tory”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “City’s toll and tax plan explained”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “Mayor John Tory’s poll idea makes sense - and will make money”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “New taxes and tolls just more money for the Gravy Train”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Two sides of the argument on new taxes and tolls”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “No free ride in 905: Oshawa Mayor John Henry”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Not just tolls on executive committee agenda”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Metrolinx slapped with new spending, oversight rules”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Mayor John Tory muses about publicly shaming TTC fare cheats”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “How about catching, rather than shaming, TTC fare cheats?”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Transit: Tory Pitches $2 Road Toll & More As $200M Solution”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Richmond Hill GO Line Getting Longer: Gormley Station to Open”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Ontario, Metrolinx Expanding Rail Yard for Regional Express Rail”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “‘Help Us Build Ontario’ Infrastructure Urges Businesses”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• CBC News Hamilton report, “4 things the City is learning about Toronto’s LRT setup”, here.
• CTV News Barrie report, “Details on expanded GO train service to Barrie expected ‘very soon’”, here.
• Hamilton Community News article, “Hamilton’s LRT project wont’ start until operations agreement signed”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator report, “New push to add LRT stop at Bay Street”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “[Hamilton] LRT project director warns of too many stops”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “Compromise reached on future [Hamilton] LRT debates”, here.
• Waterloo Chronicle article, “Developers won’t pay transit charges in parts of the region until 2019”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Busy university express bus not linked to LRT plaza”, here.