Monthly Archives: August 2018

How YRT service cuts at York University demonstrate a failure of regional transit

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

York University Subway Station, opening day On Sunday, December 17, 2017, the TTC opened the long-awaited $3.2 billion Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension to York University and the City of Vaughan. The extension of Line 1, which included six new stations, … Continue reading →

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Subways don’t always last 100 years

Posted on August 15, 2018 by

Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford liked to claim that subways would last one hundred years, while other “inferior” forms of transit, like light rail systems, would last only thirty. At the time, Ford was pushing for a subway extension to … Continue reading →

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Why Doug Ford’s plan for 25 Toronto wards is an attack on local democracy

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

Map of Doug Ford’s proposed 25 wards and the City Council-approved 47 ward boundaries Late last week, the newly elected Ontario Progressive Conservative government announced that they would be imposing a new electoral map on the City of Toronto, a … Continue reading →

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