The TTC began its nine-month Community Bus pilot program along two routes this month. The program is designed to connect senior citizens and Wheel-Trans customers along the Lawrence Manor 400 and East York 404 routes by offering door-to-door service to shopping centres, community centres, hospitals and seniors’ centres.
On Sept. 17 of this year, Diana Maxted attended a Toronto Transit Commission public forum on accessible transit. Remarkably, in order to reach that forum Maxted (who uses a scooter to get around) could not travel from her condo in Leslieville on regular TTC vehicles. The 501 Queen and 505 Dundas streetcars are inaccessible. Consequently, Maxted must call upon the TTC Wheel-trans service by planning days in advance. “Wheel-trans is marvelous,” she said, “but they are very inconsistent. Sometimes they arrive very late or when you call, the dispatcher tells you to call another time.”
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) voted on Sept. 27 to end service for ambulatory dialysis patients starting in 2013. About 250 patients will be affected by the service reduction.
An urban health manager in Toronto fears that city service cuts will hurt the most vulnerable of his clients. The South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) serves vulnerable Torontonians, including those with mental illness and…
A public transit commuter from Scarborough challenged Toronto’s mayoral candidates to come up with a better way during a public debate at the University of Toronto Tuesday night. Sarah Thomson, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman, Joe…