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Access Hub on Victoria Park
*FEATURED NEWS 

Heated, spacious transit shelters installed

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 Rodger Burnside Access Hubs, Don Mills Road, Overlea Boulevard, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Victoria Park Avenue

The TTC has installed large, heated Access Hubs in neighbourhoods across Toronto, including in Thorncliffe Park, Don Mills and Upper Beaches.

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March 26: Transit town hall in Toronto-Danforth

March 12, 2019March 20, 2019 Streeter staff Donlands Avenue, Paula Fletcher, Peter Tabuns, subway, town hall, transit

Toronto-Danforth councillor Paul Fletcher is holding a town hall on transit on Mar. 26, getting underway at 7 p.m. at 49 Donlands Ave.

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John Sewell promoting his book
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Former mayor Sewell talks building ‘city that worked’

October 30, 2017December 5, 2017 Joseph Burrell David Crombie, development, housing, John Sewell, Regent Park, S. Walter Stewart Library, transit

Former mayor John Sewell didn’t pull punches when chastising the city’s current leadership in an impassioned talk to East York residents on Oct. 11.

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Editorial VIEWS 

Still the best mode of transit

April 7, 2016May 4, 2017 Town Crier staff transit, walking

It’s called walking. And it’s not only convenient, inexpensive and good for our cities — but it’s also great for our health. As even our phones are telling us now.

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NEWS 

A City in Transit

March 1, 2016October 16, 2019 Shawn Star crossword, transit

Crossword for March 2016 (Answers with April puzzle)

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NEWS 

MATLOW: Looking for relief from overcrowding on transit system

May 12, 2014June 17, 2014 Josh Matlow Josh Matlow, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

As anyone who rides the subway knows, it’s already overcrowded.

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NEWS 

EDITORIAL: Don’t give up on transit

May 6, 2014June 20, 2014 Eric McMillan Editorial, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Have we “transited ourselves to death,” as one journalist has put it?

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NEWS 

EDITORIAL: The best kind of transit

April 25, 2014June 20, 2014 Eric McMillan LRT, transit, walking

Midtown Toronto has grown into a wonderful part of the city where single-family homes, highrise and lowrise apartments, and commercial enterprises co-exist in cohesive communities.

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NEWS 

Why we need new cash for transit

May 15, 2013 Town Crier staff Eric Hoskins, Kathleen Wynne, Metrolinx, taxes, The Big Move, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Transit Funding

Minister Eric Hoskins explains the case for dedicated funding streams

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NEWS 

Restoring faith in transit system key

February 8, 2013 Town Crier staff Chris Upfold, Customer Service, Customer Service Panel, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

If the TTC wants to improve customer service, it must start doing the little things right, says Chris Upfold

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NEWS 

LRT change means fewer stations

December 14, 2012May 4, 2017 Tristan Carter Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Ferrand Station, Geoff Kettel, Leslie Street Station, Metrolinx, Toronto Transit Commission, transit, Tunnel, West Don River

Move would see more of the Eglinton line underground

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NEWS 

How can we pay for it?

October 23, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, funding, Josh Matlow, LRT, Metrolinx, Paul Bedford, Steve Munro, subway, taxes, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Options for sustainable revenue for transit expansion and operation discussed at town hall meeting

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NEWS 

It'll be the TTC after all

October 3, 2012 Town Crier staff Andy Byford, Bob Chiarelli, Bruce McCuaig, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Private Operator, Provincial Government, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Metrolinx’s original plan to have new LRT lines run by a private operator nixed after negotiations

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NEWS 

Midtown rep drops motion against private TTC operation

October 1, 2012 Town Crier staff city hall, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Joe Mihevc, Metrolinx, Private Operator, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Negotiations between Metrolinx and TTC ‘positive sign’ running of new lines may be handed to TTC, Mihevc says

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NEWS 

What commuters think about LRT

October 1, 2012 Town Crier staff Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Karen Stintz, Metrolinx, Private Operator, streeter, Toronto Transit Commission, transit

Will having a private operator make difference for riders?

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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