by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 22, 2008 | Canada, GTA Issues, GTA News, LRT, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Technology, Toronto, World
The possibility of converting the Scarborough RT to true LRT when its current fleet reaches the end of its life, instead of conversion to ICTS Mark-II, is still being considered by the TTC. In the supplementary agendafor the October 23 TTC meeting, the status update...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 24, 2008 | College, GTA Issues, GTA News, Markham, Newmarket, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Students, Toronto, Unions, University, Vaughan, Viva, YRT
680News staff | Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 7:42 pm Thirty-five-thousand commuters in York Region will have to find another way to work or school come Thursday morning. That’s because Viva bus drivers will go on strike starting at 4 a.m. Union members...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 18, 2008 | Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
A couple of weeks ago, City State posted a comparison of the TTC’s logo with transit logos from other cities around the world. The conclusion: the TTC’s art deco identifier, while distinctive, lacks simplicity and ease of recognition. Meanwhile, in an unrelated yet...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 3, 2008 | Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto
But only paperwork in the way of Spadina extension, Mayor says By: Natalie Alcoba National Post Published: Saturday, July 26, 2008 Government officials signalled yesterday that construction will soon start on the anticipated Spadina subway extension, even as the Mayor...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Aug 25, 2008 | Canada, GTA Development, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Public Transit, Technology, Toronto
By Christina Blizzard It’s a contract worth $3 billion in tax dollars and thousands of jobs for the provincial economy. The TTC’s bid to buy 204 low-floor streetcars is the largest public transit contract in the world right now. Yet it’s hard to...