Posts Tagged ‘ ‘TTC ’

TTC supports bus driver decision not to let sick passenger off

May 14, 2013

TTC officials are standing behind a driver who refused to let an ill woman off a packed express bus. Toronto & GTA stories

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Can we start an Andy Byford for mayor movement?

May 14, 2013

He became CEO 14 months ago knowing full well a “more business-like approach” was needed to reinvent the TTC — and he set about doing so with much focus and little drama. Toronto & GTA stories

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Watch Rob Ford and Karen Stintz’s council showdown

May 13, 2013
Watch Rob Ford and Karen Stintz’s council showdown

In what may have been a preview of next year’s mayoral race, Rob Ford and Karen Stintz faced off on the floor of council chambers Thursday over transit taxes. Here is what they said: Karen Stintz: I just want to make sure I understood correctly when you answered Councillor Matlow’s question: did you support Dr. [...]

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Scarborough councillors make another bid to transform RT into a subway as city considers ‘revenue tools’

May 9, 2013
Scarborough councillors make another bid to transform RT into a subway as city considers ‘revenue tools’

A debate that was intended to focus on whether taxes and tolls should be implemented to pay for transit projects was dominated on Wednesday by talk of revising a plan that took years of bickering to establish. A bid by Scarborough city councillors to transform the dilapidated RT into a subway raised the prospect of [...]

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Girl, 14, in hospital after being struck by TTC bus

May 8, 2013
Girl, 14, in hospital after being struck by TTC bus

A 14-year-old girl is in hospital with serious head injuries after being struck Tuesday evening by a TTC bus, say police. CBC | Toronto News

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Stintz wants city to integrate bike-share system into TTC, while Ford calls BIXI an utter ‘failure’

May 6, 2013
Stintz wants city to integrate bike-share system into TTC, while Ford calls BIXI an utter ‘failure’

In what is becoming a recurring theme at city hall, Karen Stintz and Rob Ford assumed diametrically opposite views on Monday, this time around saving or scrapping the BIXI bike-share system. Ms. Stintz, chair of the Toronto Transit Commission and an avid cyclist, wants the agency to assume control of the money-losing outfit, and possibly [...]

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Toronto expects $218M lower surplus this year

May 1, 2013

This year’s surplus will be $ 218 million lower than last year’s, according to a city of Toronto report. Chief financial officer Rob Rossini estimates a $ 14.3-million budget surplus by the end of 2013, down from $ 232 million in 2012 and $ 154 million in 2011. He said overall the city spent $ [...]

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Doug Ford slams Stintz over Cincinnati streetcar trip

May 1, 2013

Councillor Doug Ford came out Tuesday slamming TTC chair Karen Stintz for flying to the defence of streetcars in Cincinnati. Toronto & GTA stories

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Renewed subway push forges unlikely allies: mayor and TTC chair

May 1, 2013

Ford backs Stintz-supported plan to replace Scarborough rapid transit – although how it’s paid for remains a sticking point globeandmail – Toronto

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Police searching for three men suspected of stealing bags of cash, beating employee

May 1, 2013
Police searching for three men suspected of stealing bags of cash, beating employee

Toronto police are on the lookout for three men suspected of robbing bags of cash from a security service and pistol whipping an employee. The robbery, which took place April 14 at INKAS Security Service on Signet Drive, near Finch Avenue West and Highway 400, was caught by surveillance cameras that reveal two men entering [...]

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