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  “A TTC streetcar *looks* big, but its total space footprint in traffic replaces just 5 stopped cars or ~2 moving ones. A street car can be nearly empty and still be more efficient than cars.” Image and text posted by @cbkemp.bsky.social #TTC #Toronto #TOPoli #Transit

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  Public Transit Is Not “Coming Back” @humantransit asks "When are we going to stop describing our ridership as a percentage of pre-COVID? Because as long as that’s below 100%, which I expect it to be for a long time, we are playing into a narrative of relative failure, instead of talking about our real success." https://humantransit.org/2026/06/transit-is-not-coming-back-its-doing-something-better.html #Transit #PublicTransit

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  TTC News Release: "The TTC is on track to open the Scarborough Busway on September 30, more than six months ahead of the originally projected date, bringing faster, more reliable transit to Scarborough residents. This morning, Mayor Olivia Chow, TTC Chair Jamaal Myers and TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali provided an update on the construction of the four-kilometre Busway, which will operate between Kennedy and Ellesmere stations." “Scarborough residents are getting faster, more afford...

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  TTC News Release: (1/2) TTC is inviting members of the public to share feedback on its 2027 Annual Network Plan, which outlines proposed service and routing changes to improve connectivity and accessibility across the transit network in 2027. TTC is seeking feedback on: - Express Bus Network Review - Changes to bus routes across the city Customers can share their input by completing a survey, available until September 13, at https://ttc.ca/annualnetworkplan #Toronto #TTC #Transit

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  Via Rail has delayed removal of Guildwood station from service. Scarborough is equivalent to the tenth-largest city in Canada. Losing its Via station would significantly impact Scarborough residents’ mobility options. https://media.viarail.ca/en/news/2026/rails-guildwood-notice #ViaRail #ScarbTO

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  Considering attending the 8th Annual Zero Emission Transit & Mobility (ZETM) Conference in Burlington, presented by Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC)? CodeRedTO has a 77% discount available for transit advocates and volunteers - please reach out! https://cutric-crituc.org/zero-emission-transit-mobility-conference-2026/ #Transit #Toronto #GTA

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  The TTC held a surprise rider feedback pop-up at Mount Dennis station on Line 5 today, with cookies and commemorative pins. Per the single station pin design, expect more pop-ups and pin designs in future. Photos courtesy @transit, alt text added. #TTC #Transit

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  We are all out of pins and magnets for today - if you got one we hope you enjoy it! (There will be more when we greet Line 5!)

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  TTC announced that the hours of operation for Line 5 are now extended, and in addition the trains are now running at a full 80kph top speed in the tunnels, and the underground station speed limits were also increased from 30kph to 45kph. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-extending-hours-adding-trains-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-9.7153737 #TTC #Metrolinx #TOPoli #Transit

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  Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening Feb 8, TTC reportedly tells Premier Doug Ford https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/26/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-opening-february-8/ #TTC #Metrolinx #Toronto #TOPoli #Line5

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  New trains for Line 2 - early design concepts unveiled https://globalnews.ca/news/11615156/toronto-red-rocket-design-unveiled/

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  "Off the rails: The inside story of how the Eglinton Crosstown LRT went from transit dream to cautionary tale" - Toronto Star An epic review of the choices made over the last 20 years. #GiftLink #TTC #Metrolinx #TOPoli #ONPoli #Transit #Line5 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/off-the-rails-the-inside-story-of-how-the-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-went-from-transit/article_6460dcff-22af-4006-82bf-9ef7280129f9.html?gift=1&gift_token=4dee6171-87f9-4ab9-8426-c10eb22f4cc9&amp...

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  Interesting slides on transit signal priority from Narayan Donaldson, to be presented at TTC Board meeting today. You can follow much of the story by paging through. TTC Agenda item: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.TTC13.4 PDF: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-264729.pdf #TTC #TOPoli #Transit

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  Jonathan English's slides to be presented at TTC Board today on surface transit revitalization are worth a review, with some interesting suggestions. Agenda item: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.TTC13.5 PDF: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-284274.pdf #TTC #TOPoli #Transit

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  Experts weigh in on how the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT can avoid the issues seen on Finch West. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/eglinton-line-5-how-to-avoid-line-6-repeat-9.7067119

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  Steve Munro has reviewed the schedules: Line 5 schedule contains a significant reduction in travel time compared to bus, as little as half the time during evening rush, and a significant increase in consistency. Details: https://stevemunro.ca/2026/02/04/how-fast-will-line-5-be-compared-to-the-32-34-bus/ #TTC #Line5 #TOPoli

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  Free online panel: "What is ‘public’ about public transportation? The question of accessibility" Speakers - Ron Buliung, Geography, University of Toronto - Mahtot Gebresselassie, EUC, York University - Aimi Hamraie, Social Science, York University - Commentary from James Perttula, Director of Transportation Planning, City of Toronto 27 February 2026, 10:00 - 11:30 am EST https://www.yorku.ca/research/robarts/events/what-is-public-about-public-transportation-the-question-of-...

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  Keep your eyes peeled today for CodeRedTO volunteers along #Line5 to get a button or magnet! #TTC #Metrolinx

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  With the World Cup looming, new upgrades are needed to ensure smooth and frequent streetcar service to Exhibition Place. https://globalnews.ca/news/11661819/toronto-world-cup-streetcar-plan/

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  Interview with Steve Munro regarding his decades of activism and the issues with Toronto's current transit environment: https://torontolife.com/city/steve-munro-has-been-calling-out-torontos-transit-problems-for-20-years/

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  TTC News Release: 510 Spadina streetcars will return to Spadina Ave. as of 5 a.m. tomorrow, Sat. Feb. 28. TTC crews are currently working to complete final testing today and overnight and confirm that the infrastructure is safe for streetcar operations. On Mon., Feb. 23, the damage was identified with reports of a cable chamber fire, and repair work began overnight and continued around the clock. Six hundred and forty metres of damaged underground electrical cables were replaced from Adelaide...

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  A very strong argument from @moretransitso that any westward extension of Line 4 should cross Downsview before development to save money and to create more transit ridership and enable future GO connections too: https://open.substack.com/pub/moretransitso/p/the-sheppard-subway-must-serve-the #TOPoli #ONPoli #TTC #Metrolinx

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  Toronto transit researcher, advocate, activist, and archivist Steve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social posts on twenty years of blogging, the history before the blog, and where Toronto is continuing to lose ground. https://stevemunro.ca/2026/01/31/twenty/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPq1ltleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeworS8UjQsMyxknSp2IglJo-qyfcN5IL9Jhrv-Xzm-y_8OqwzlQRKVW9xQxs_aem_g31Zdo3Rwc3sQfttYmLvKw #TOPoli #ONPoli #TTC #Metrolinx #Transit