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

Greater Toronto Area

• Beach Metro News article, “East Toronto residents seek solution to rail corridor noise concerns”, here.
• Canadian Press article (from the 680 All News Radio website), “Metrolinx abandons court appeal, but won’t let Bombardier bid to operate GO trains”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Metrolinx bows out of legal battle with Bombardier, but won’t let it bid to operate GO trains”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Construction shuts down section of Dundas Street downtown”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Old Mill bridge transformed into canvas for indigenous art”, here.
• CP24 report, “12 now charged in $5M benefits fraud involving TTC workers”, here.
• CP24 report, “Police say woman sexually assaulted after falling asleep on GO bus, suspect sought”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Future Clarington GO train neighbourhoods should bring new places to live, work, play”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Oshawa man throws concrete blocks off downtown GO bus station”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “12 facing criminal charges in alleged $5M TTC benefits fraud investigation”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Toronto woman, 71, dies after being struck by TTC bus in Scarborough”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Metrolinx drops appeal of court decision over Bombardier contract”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “How a 73-year-old is hoping to link the GTA through water-based transportation”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “TRANSIT REVIEW: How expensive are Toronto’s taxis?”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “TOinTRANSIT: Farewell to time-based transfers”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Beach Hill residents want say in GO Transit line expansion”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Suspect arrested after boy sexually assaulted at Ossington TTC station”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Photos of suspect released after woman sexually assaulted on TTC bus”, here.
• Metro Toronto article, “”, here.
• Mississauga News article, “Pearson airport operators seeking bidders for regional transit mega hub”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Oshawa GO throwing some serious shade at Burlington GO”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “You ready to pay more for this come September? It’s bad enough we got coaches without functioning A/C, now this”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Automated announcements survey? No, what I want is schedules… “, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “GO took away schedules (train and bus) and replaced them with fluff (Note the word: ‘information’)”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “So many passenger charter violations!”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Oh, look! Some kind of confirmation that I’ll be riding the GO train out of Courtice in 2024”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Service Changes, Effective Sunday July 30, 2017”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Dundas and Victoria Reconstruction”, here.
• Torontoist post, “It’s Not Me, It’s You, Metrolinx”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Metrolinx drops appeal of Bombardier court decision”, here.
• Toronto Star commentary, “Region and travellers best served if airport a public asset”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “10 TTC workers charged in alleged multi-million-dollar insurance scam”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC worker compensated for lost wages after being arrested, suspended”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Tory to provincial parties: Show me the money”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “GO Transit probing claim of erratic bus driver on Highway 401”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “10 TTC workers face charges in alleged $5-million benefits scam”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Senior killed by TTC bus in Scarborough”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Wider Dufferin Overpass Opens, Ready for Rail Path, GO RER”, here.

Elsewhere in Southern Ontario

• 570 News report, “Conestoga College wants LRT trains to pull into main campus”, here.
• CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo report, “Cambridge City Council opposes LRT route through part of city”, here.
• CTV News Kitchener report, “Region considering other options for running LRT into Cambridge”, here.
• Kingston Whig-Standard article, “Via confirms proposed rail route”, here.
• Kitchener Post column, “You get what you pay for when it comes to trains”, here.
• Peterborough Examiner article, “Via Rail would bring economic benefits, Peterborough County warden says”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Where should LRT run in Cambridge?”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Derail switches installed to protect ION infrastructure from oversized freight trains”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record column, “Heated LRT stations are not wasteful, they’re a brilliant idea”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “GRT to upgrade up to 70 bus stops in Waterloo Region”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “All GRT buses to be fitted with device to control traffic lights”, here.