by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 8, 2018 | Toronto, TTC
The Ford family has become synonymous with the promise of subway construction, so it’s no surprise Doug Ford kicked off his first official day of the provincial election campaign with a familiar topic: the Scarborough subway. The Progressive Conservative leader also...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 27, 2017 | GTA Development, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC
Is it me or am I the only one tired of plan after plan in Toronto? I know, yes downtown Toronto has changed. We need to grow with the change. However I am starting to feel I will be long dead and gone before anything gets done. We to accept two facts. (1) We need...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 10, 2016 | Toronto, TTC
On the hottest days of this sweltering summer, riders on the Bloor-Danforth subway would brace themselves as their train pulled in, hoping that they would not get one of the cars without air conditioning. If they came up unlucky, some would sprint to the next car,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 27, 2014 | Canada, GTA Politics, LRT, Markham, News, Ontario, Pickering, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Toronto, TTC
Well your friendly neighborhood G.T.A Patriot is back online, after a hiatus. Today is Election Day, across the province. However in the G.T.A, specifically Toronto, you have a major choice today to make between 3, maybe even 4 candidates. Being that I love to talk...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 7, 2014 | GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
Found this photo and I think that nothing better shows what we can possibly expect this summer. Toronto I hope you are ready for the traffic apocalypse! You can thank the Pan-Am Games and the lack of investment in transit infrastructure over the past 20 – 30...