Toronto’s electronic eyes keep traffic flowing
Entering the dimly lit room at Toronto’s Traffic Management Centre, the first thing that pops out are the television monitors.
Toronto Transit Commission
TTC chair set for rough ride in mayoralty race
Small business owners mixed with various other protesters Monday to demonstrate against Toronto city councillor Adam Giambrone’s run for mayor.
Pan Am Games could provide the spark for GO Transit electrification
Electrifying the entire GO Transit system would not completed by the time the 2015 Pan Am Games roll into Toronto, according to the project manager of a $2-million feasabilty study being conducted by Metrolinx.
Man not guilty of attempted murder
A 23-year-old man was found not guilty of attempted murder in the October 2005 shooting of a TTC bus driver.
Transit fares set to rise
Fare increases approved Tuesday by the TTC were necessary to prevent more drastic cuts, the transit body’s chair says. As expected, Adam Giambrone and the rest of the board voted to raise fares for 2010 to address a sizeable shortfall in the TTC’s operating budget.
Threat of TTC fare hike prompts online backlash
Public transit riders may be asked to dig deeper in their pockets if a proposed fare hike is approved by a city committee on November 17, 2009. Riders could face fare increases of 25 cents, raising the total cost of the cash fare to $3.00. Tokens would increase similarly, up from $2.25 to $2.50 and the adult Metropass could increase to $126 per month, an increase of $17.
Pan Am facilities to boost Toronto socially
Byron MacDonald’s eight-year wait has paid off.
PanAm Games: the face of Toronto will change
When the winning candidate for the 2015 Pan-American Games is announced Friday afternoon, there will be more at stake for Toronto then just sports glory. Improvements to the city’s infrastructure also hang in the balance.
Pan Am venues will bring opportunities to next generation
When Canadian Olympic hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was growing up, Toronto had a severe lack of sporting infrastructure. That situation has changed now that Toronto has won the bid to host the 2015 Pan American Games….
York subway extension just a numbers game
A project geared at reducing travel time during rush hour has cost the city $40 million. The time saved: seven minutes.