Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.
Greater Toronto Area
- 680 All News Radio report, “Man charged in sexual assault on TTC streetcar”, here.
- CBC News Toronto report, “GO to experiment with quiet zones”, here.
- CityNews Toronto report, “Barrie GO trains to get ‘quiet zone’ starting Monday”, here.
- CTV News Toronto report, “GO Transit testing phone-free zone on trains”, here.
- DurhamRegion.com article, “Big Move means more transit for Durham”, here.
- Global News Toronto report, “‘Quiet Zones’ will give GO Transit riders peace of ride”, here.
- National Post article, “New ‘Quiet Zones’ on GO trains will offer escape from our noisy, frenetic lives”, here.
- National Post column, “An ‘Idle No More’ I can really get behind: The end of toll roads”, here.
- National Post commentary, “The conservative case for toll roads”, here.
- National Post commentary, “The case for strengthening Canadian mayors”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “GO Transit wants you to shut the hell up (but only those on the Barrie line)”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “This Crazy Train’s Presto Chronicles, Chapter 23: Does it really matter how we get to the station when affected by a GO train delay?”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “Oh GO Transit… I thought safety was a top priority!”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “Early morning throwdown on the LSE”, here.
- Ride This Crazy Train post, “You know it’s Superbowl Sunday on the GO train when…”, here.
- Steve Munro’s post, “Metrolinx Math”, here.
- Torontoist post, “Spotted: Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “Metrolinx transit plan needs a miracle”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Should rush hour commuters pay more to take the TTC?”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “GO launches new Quiet Zones on Barrie trains”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “TTC expects third bidder for newsstands”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Toronto, I didn’t give you enough credit: a tale of a wallet lost and found”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “Man, 60, charged with sex assault of teen on TTC”, here.
- Urban Toronto post, “Toronto Launches ‘Feeling Congested?’ Consultations”, here.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
- Guelph Mercury article, “New Guelph Transit service will mean more calls but hopefully fewer complaints, manager says”, here.
- Guelph Mercury commnetary, “Another year, another slew of Guelph Transit changes”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Police release name of man in HSR threatening”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “HSR passenger charged after threatening to kill driver”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Get moving”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Council kills Our Voice, Our Hamilton contract”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator commentary, “Where is the Ambitious City?”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Train’s left the station, politician says about campaign to stop light rail”, here.

