Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.
Greater Toronto Area
- All Fired Up In The Big Smoke post, “The Winning Formula”, here.
- BlogTO post, “Photo of the Day: Ossington”, here.
- CBC News Toronto report, “Woman hurt in collision with TTC bus on Royal York Road”, here.
- CityNews Toronto report, “Bail hearing [today] for man accused of subway knife attack”, here.
- CityNews Toronto report, “Woman seriously hurt in crash with TTC bus”, here.
- CityNews Toronto report, “Woman hit by TTC streetcar”, here.
- CP24 report, “Accused in subway stabbing remanded into custody”, here.
- CP24 report, “Driver rushed to hospital after crashing into TTC bus”, here.
- CP24 report, “Woman struck by streetcar on Queen Street West”, here.
- Brampton Guardian article, “Bramptonians share their ideas on cutting their commute”, here.
- DurhamRegion.com editorial, “Gridlock hurting local businesses, municipalities”, here.
- Globe and Mail article, “Why Toronto transit is tragic and what Canadians can learn from Colombia”, here.
- InsideHalton.com article, “[Burlington] Budget committee approves 4.46% tax increase”, here.
- Mississauga.com article, “McCallion blames poor planning for transit woes”, here.
- Mississauga.com article, “MiWay apologizes for not letting girl board bus”, here.
- Newstalk 1010 report, “Accused subway stabber appears in court [today]”, here.
- Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Announces a Customer Charter”, here.
- Toronto Star column, “Toronto public transit suffers while car is king”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Ford’s ties to PM, finance minister yield little for Toronto”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Commuting and transit: 66% would pay more to cut their commute to work or school, new poll finds”, here.
- Toronto Star editorial, “Toronto and surrounding regions need new tolls and taxes for transit”, here.
- Toronto Star commentary, “Solving the problem of governance gridlock in the GTA”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Highway 7 gets its own sign of urbanity: a transit fight”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Driver crashes into TTC bus in Etobicoke”, here.
- Toronto Star article, “Woman struck by Queen St. streetcar”, here.
- Toronto Star’s The Fixer blog post, “TTC stops are no place to pile snow”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “TTC crime stats hard to land”, here.
- Toronto Sun article, “Motorist injured when she slams bus”, here.
- TTCriders.ca post, “TTCriders’ response to the TTC Customer Charter”, here.
- YorkRegion.com article, “Region staff gives infrastructure passing grades”, here.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
- Hamilton Spectator column, “Metrolinx says local funding counts”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Council whittles tax increase to average $75”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator article, “Rubber stamp meeting at City Hall”, here.
- Hamilton Spectator column, “‘New Hamilton’ should understand that downtown belongs to everyone”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Grand River Transit budget cuts will affect service”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Central transit hub in Kitchener set to become ‘signature landmark’”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “Rundown Kitchener block has a chance for a brighter future”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article, “SNC Lavalin won’t discuss LRT bid”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Do not forbid SNC Lavalin bid”, here.
- Waterloo Region Record article “Sturdy growth’ forecast for Waterloo Region economy”, here.

