Posts tagged transit
299BloorStore Now Open with TTC Rollsigns!
Apparently, being a transit geek super chic now, at least according to Apartment Therapy, which describes it as “the new ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’”. Well, here’s your chance to get some Toronto rollsigns onto your walls. I have made up two featuring vintage subway rollsigns, and one featuring the current streetcar routes. You can check them out, and pick them up, here:
Today, Toronto Mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi announced his “Transit City Plus” plan, where he would scrap existing plans to build over 170km of LRT across the City of Toronto in favour of a sustained subway construction program. The program would build 2 kilometres of subway annually.
This video compares how Toronto’s rapid transit system will grow over the next 10 years under the existing, approved Transit City program versus a new, unplanned subway extension program.
The Toronto Board of Trade released “Toronto as a Global City”, its annual scorecard on prosperity and the city’s competitive position compared to various cities/city-regions around the world. Of particular interest, especially in light of the Ontario government’s move to slash delay funding for rapid transit, are these two indicators: the proportion of commuters by non-auto modes and average commuting time. These are not surprising results, but highlights how our mobility challenges are hurting the economy and our quality of life.
Thanks @MKofsky for forwarding me the link to the report
Time to edit these bus ads from last year and put them back up, dontcha think?
How are we supposed to plan and build a sustainable public transit system when funding comes and goes at the whim of each provincial budget? It seems easy enough if you are in the business of building highways, on the other hand.
data source: Ontario Budgets 2005-2010
