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Toronto needs a ‘plate of spaghetti’ transit system but costs are skyrocketing: reportA new report from the Toronto Region Board of Trade found the current cost of new transit in the city averages more than $700 million per kilometre.CanadaSep 4
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Toronto transit agency names temporary new bossToronto Transit Commission Chair Jamaal Myers said the agency's deputy CEO Bruce Macgregor would be promoted to acting CEO on Friday as the search for a full-time CEO begins.CanadaAug 28
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Toronto transit service to change next month. What you can expectThe TTC is increasing and revising its service schedule next month as ridership nears levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.PoliticsAug 27
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Toronto fare evasion: How some are exploiting a TTC station’s ‘hot spot’TTC passengers have been cheating the system for years, but the problem is getting worse, costing the system $128.8 million in 2023, up from $60.7 million in 2018.CanadaJul 31
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Broke and broken: Canada’s public transit in critical funding state, report saysThe analysis looked at the budgets, revenue sources and long-term plans for transit in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.ConsumerAug 16
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Toronto transit workers vote in favour of ratifying new contract with TTCMembers of the union representing nearly 12,000 public transit workers in Toronto have voted to ratify their new contract.CanadaJun 19
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TTC ending free public Wi-Fi service in subway stations at end of the yearThe decision comes as Rogers continues its installation of 5G cellular service throughout the subway network, enabling passengers to call, text or use their data.CanadaSep 12
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2 teens arrested in stabbing on Toronto transit bus: policeToronto police say two 15-year-old boys have been arrested after an argument on a city transit bus escalated into a stabbing.CrimeJun 13
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Ottawa, facing financial crisis, pleads for ‘fairness’ from province and feds: mayorIn a press conference Thursday, Sutcliffe called it an issue of "fairness, pure and simple," saying Ottawa has received a fraction of the GTA's transit support.CanadaAug 8
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Ontario wanted ‘massive density’ around its transit projects. Then the plan vanishedA raft of internal government plans show Ontario considered imposing minimum building heights for buildings around transit stations but ultimately scrapped the plan.CanadaSep 11
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Toronto flooding a ‘significant event,’ need to step up climate change fight: TrudeauThe storm, which knocked out power for tens of thousands of people, flooded a major highway and a key transit hub in Toronto on Tuesday.WeatherJul 17
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Man who set woman ablaze on Toronto bus was ‘actively psychotic’, deemed not criminally responsibleTenzin Norbu, the man who killed a woman by setting her on fire onboard a Toronto transit bus, has been found not criminally responsible.CanadaJun 11
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Ontario transportation minister has ‘100% confidence’ in Eglinton Crosstown LRT buildersAsked if he could officially rule out a 2024 opening date for the Eglinton LRT and accept it wouldn’t be open until 2025, the Minister of Transportation was non-committal.CanadaSep 18
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Transit workers say ‘framework’ deal reached to put TTC strike on holdThe transit workers union says it has reached a "framework" deal with the Toronto Transit Commission to avoid a strike and near-total service shutdown.CanadaJun 7
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A TTC strike is looming. Will Ontario step in to provide trains or force workers back?Toronto's transit network could grind to a halt on Friday as a potential TTC bus, streetcar and subway strike looms. Provincial politicians have been coy on how they might step in.CanadaJun 4
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The ‘era’ of shorter commutes is officially over, StatCan saysThe amount of time it's taking commuters to get into work is growing longer, with the average reaching 26 minutes, and for those who take public transit, it's even longer.CanadaAug 28
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July flash floods in Toronto, southern Ontario caused over $940M in insured damageInitial estimates put the total insured damage caused by flash flooding in Toronto and other parts of southern Ontario in July at more than $940 million.WeatherAug 20
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Ontario commuters to face disruptions if unprecedented rail work stoppage goes aheadThousands of Ontario commuters are looking at possible travel disruption as the clock ticks down on a work stoppage at one of Canada's largest railways.CanadaAug 21
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Service resumes on Montreal commuter train lines after rail stoppage disruptionsExo said that service on its Candiac, Saint-Jérôme and Vaudreuil/Hudson lines will return to their regular schedule after coming to an abrupt halt last week.CanadaAug 26
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More layoffs coming for employees who worked at Ontario Science CentreMore workers at the Ontario Science Centre are set to lose their jobs as the abruptly shuttered Toronto attraction contemplates a move to a temporary home.CanadaSep 12