The betterer way

Andy Byford has been many things since he joined the TTC: successor to ousted Chief General Manager Gary Webster, customer-service maven, and doppleganger...;

Mute commute

On Monday, GO Transit announced a “quiet zone” for trains heading to and from Barrie. Starting Feb. 11, riders in the top levels will be asked to...;

TTC: Toronto’s terrible commuters

Ask any habitual TTC rider about the comportment of fellow passengers and they’ll tell you, with the conquered resignation of a mother of twins negotiating...;

Trending: July 4

1. Toronto police unveiled a new Crime Stoppers app today, which they're hoping will encourage people to tip off police without worrying about revealing...;

Six ways to improve the Allen

Allen Road needs work, and the City is soliciting ideas from the public on what improvements to implement. A public meeting was held last night at the...;

Can Toronto become a public-transit beacon for the world again?

In Taras Grescoe’s new book, Straphanger, he explores the quality of public transit in various countries around the world. “I always planned to end...;

In the market for… A house near the GO train

The draw: This detached bungalow on a 45-by-120-foot lot is three-and-a-half kilometres from Etobicoke North station and close to the Humber River. Three...;

Fact check: Team Ford’s LRT email campaign

There have been a lot of transit facts and figures floating around in the past couple of weeks, and yesterday we took a look at the value of the Forum...;

The TTC responds to our diagonal bus-route idea

Last week, I floated the idea of the TTC introducing diagonally oriented (or, more accurately, step-like) crosstown bus routes (like those that exist...;

A Better Way… diagonally?

When it comes to improving public transit in Toronto, there appears to be little light at the end of the tunnel. New subway lines are prohibitively expensive...;