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

Greater Toronto Area

• CBC News Toronto report, “Scarborough subway’s price tag now $3.35B, but Mayor John Tory vows to forge ahead”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “As Scarborough subway price rises, Mayor John Tory looks for cost-saving measures”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Person fatally struck on Barrie GO train line”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC ad for WeedMaps app showing pot shot listings lights up controversy”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “GO Transit rail safety campaign aims to provoke”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “No streetcar service on Queen this summer: TTC”, here
• CP24 report, “Number of children riding TTC has doubled since fares waived for those 12 and under”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “No streetcar service on Queen Street this summer”, here.
• Daily Commercial News article, “Metrolinx, IO issue RFQ for Union Station enhancement”, here.
• Eyeopener article, “TTC student fare is inherently flawed”, here.
• Eyeopener article, “Mayor Tory addresses [transit], housing, weed, hate crimes and Uber at Ryerson talk”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “TTC ridership among kids doubles after introduction of free fares”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Toronto transit officials express outrage at satirical article poking fun at suicide”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Scarborough subway will cost more, but attract fewer people, reports find”, here.
• Globe and Mail editorial, “Scarborough subway: a boondoggle on rails”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Metrolinx seeks another transit car maker for Toronto project”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “After rare bus fatality, GO looks at safety of downtown terminal”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator commentary, “Ontario government’s plan: Let Toronto traffic get worse”, here.
• Huffington Post Canada post, “Toronto Needs to Become North America’s Next Airport Mega-Hub”, here.
• InsideHalton.com article, “Rural Milton transit pilot unanimously approved”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Mayor Tory defends increased costs for Scarborough subway extension”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Brad Duguid says Eglinton East LRT has merit, won’t get more funds”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “THE CITY: A bad Scarborough subway idea’s only getting worse”, here.
• Marshall’s Musings post, “A better Hurontario Street - An LRT update”, here.
• Metro Toronto article, “Pedestrian group criticizes complete streets delay”, here.
• Mortgage Broker News commentary, “Improved Toronto transit a potent affordability solution”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Respect (P.S. Transit Driver Appreciation Day is March 18)”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “There’s something awfully familiar in this opening scene of ‘Taken’. I can’t seem to put my finger on it”, here.
• South Bayview Bulldog post, “Uh, oh. What’s up with the barricades at Bayview and Eglinton?”, here.
• Spacing Toronto post, “The Scarborough subway extension’s escape hatches”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Buses vs. Streetcars on 501 Lake Shore Service”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Service Changes Effective March 26, 2017”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Scarborough Subway Cost Rises Again”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Scarborough Subway Cost Rises Again II”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Bad transit politics is a Toronto tradition”, here.
• Torontoist post, “In Toronto, Driving is Often a Deliberately Unhealthy Choice”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Cost of Scarborough subway extension increases to $3.35 billion as numbers of new riders fall”, here.
• Toronto Star editorial, “More evidence the Scarborough subway extension makes no sense”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Has the Scarborough subway already gone over its available funding?”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “At what point is the Scarborough subway plan too much money for too few riders?”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC confident that Bombardier can achieve its latest streetcar delivery schedule”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Metrolinx in talks with another company to replace Bombardier vehicles, as fears mount over $500,000 a day late fees”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC taking all streetcars off Queen St. for the summer”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Mixed reviews for plan to replace Queen streetcars with buses”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Streetcars are Toronto’s civic treasure and the King St. plan gives them their due”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC’s ‘kids ride free’ program doubles child ridership”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Acquittal overturned in impaired driving case involving TTC streetcar tunnel”, here.
• Toronto Sun report, “Cost for one-stop Scarborough subway extension hits $3.346 billion”, here.
• Toronto Sun editorial, “Time to build the Scarborough subway”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “Pols have botched the Scarborough subway”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Little media attention on the cost savings of the Scarborough subway: Tory”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Community group wants a voice in Scarborough subway debate”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Man with serious head injuries after struck by TTC train”, here.
• Toronto Sun commentary, “The politics of transportation”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “Fraser Institute wrong to support road tolls”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “Despite union pushback, random drug testing of TTC employees just makes sense”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Scarborough subway: New report outlines $3.35 billion project”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Fare integration: The Balancing Act - Keeping Fares Attractive”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Bay Observer post, “Sobering view of public transit system in Hamilton”, here.
• Bay Observer post, “Rumble in the jungle - LRT jungle, that is”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator editorial, “Traffic, traffic everywhere”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Proposed route for Cambridge LRT unveiled”, here.