Funding the transit system we want today… with 2006’s tax rate
For a generation of Torontonians, it’s been the question no one wanted to contemplate: How do we pay for transit? Since the 1990s, we’ve been starving...;
Snapshot: Union Station’s revitalization project rolls on
The $640 million project will turn the area below Toronto's biggest transit hub into an expansive retail centre, while adding greater capacity for passengers...;
Vandalize this
For the past few weeks, the biggest graffiti mural in Canadian history has been taking shape on a concrete sound barrier in the west end. Between Joe...;
Trending: July 10
1. Metrolinx has released the nifty video above depicting the tunnel-digging process for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which won't affect buildings above...;
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...;
Trending: April 24
1. Metrolinx has approved a light-rail plan that would see four lines built by 2020 (Sheppard East, Finch West, Scarborough, and the Eglinton Crosstown...;
Derelict Delights: Kodak Building #9
If you’re heading down Black Creek Drive south of Eglinton Avenue West, hang a right at Photography Drive. If you need to stock up on trail mix or Pizza...;
How Rob Ford lost the biggest fight of his mayoralty
It’s around midnight on a Wednesday, and Rob Ford is riding the Scarborough RT. When one of his communications staffers, Isaac Ransom, tweets a picture...;
Power shift
The local group of activists calling themselves Code Red, who are dedicated to overturning the mayor’s transit policy, got a morale boost on Jan. 17...;
Come back, Transit City, all is forgiven
Holy crap, it's been an insanely enraging week (or month, or year) of news from the world of Toronto transit. Right now, as I type this, apparently 70...;







