Cycling activity up 140% TTC ridership up 40% Meanwhile: 10-30% fewer cars, yet 4-20% longer drive times. Giving more space to every car doesn’t make driving any faster. So let’s stop doing it.

We were out on Saturday handing out transit-oriented pride stickers, gathering signatures for better transit, and asking riders what they think would make the TTC slay 🌈 Happy Pride! What would make the TTC ✨slay✨ for you?

Happy Pride weekend! Join us / volunteer with us tomorrow afternoon at Wellesley Station from 3pm to 5pm to pick up one of these transit-oriented pride stickers and help us advocate for better transit 😊🌈 Stickers designed by @fernkhahn.com and @auguststreet.ca

Hate to say we told you so, but we called this from the beginning. Reimbursements should have been offered, everything should have been better communicated, and an equity analysis should have been done. What's next? How can we learn from this and do better? www.torontotoday.ca/local/transp...

We were out last night putting up posters to let people know about our upcoming Riders' Summit for Better Transit happening this Sunday! Will we see you there? www.ttcriders.ca/transit_summ...

We’re very big fans of his!!

It was an honour to be invited to speak at the renaming of Leslie Barns to commemorate former mayor David Miller 😊 TTCriders' Mackenzie shared big transit wins of his time: the 10-minute bus and streetcar network, a 3-year fare freeze, securing transit $$$ from the feds & province, and more!

I'm back in City Hall Watcher. Despite my best attempt at posting it to relevance, I think the housing aspects of Bill 98 have gone unnoticed. I think it's the end of the current Official Plan. Toronto will need to write a new OP next term which means the people we elect this fall are crucial.

There's a municipal election around the corner, which could spell big change for transit. Join us at our Riders' Summit for Better Transit this Sunday at Scarborough Civic Centre to learn how you can get involved in the movement for better transit. RSVP today! www.ttcriders.ca/transit_summ...

Happy Team Canada Soccer day!! May your goals be plentiful, your signals prioritized and your lanes dedicated. People keep asking us “will the TTC actually work during the games?” We hope so! But it’s the legacy they leave behind that’s important to us:

Is the TTC ready to host the World Cup? TTCriders' Wilkie says they'd be a lot more ready with more effective signal priority on more routes, & if dedicated transit lanes on Dufferin & Bathurst went all the way up to Eglinton. He also calls for some temporary service increases to become permanent!

Last weekend, we celebrated the completion of dedicated transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin with a group ride-along, visiting shops along the way! With faster and more reliable transit, it's easier than ever before to visit the local shops that make Bathurst and Dufferin so great 🥰

Riders were at the TTC Board today! We spoke up in favour of real platform edge doors, more compassionate approaches to community safety, and against the deployment of enforcement in subways. Good day to speak up for safer transit ✊😌

A "World Class City" shouldn't have a subway that sleeps in on a Sunday morning! The TTC has plans to open the subway earlier on Sundays. We'll keep up the pressure to fund service improvements necessary for this and other ridership growth priorities.

Get up to no good on this week's new OSG as @scottyhertz.bsky.social and I discuss YouTube pranksters, and K-W's encampment ruling, plus we'll talk to August Pantitlán Puranauth of @ttcriders.bsky.social about Bill 98. Tune in @ 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm or cfru.ca! opensourcesguelph.com/2026/05/28/o...

These new steel barriers are a step in the right direction, but they cannot substitute the safety and reliability benefits of real platform edge doors. Back in October, City Councillors voted to defer a plan to install platform edge doors at TMU station due to costs and insufficient funding.

Is the TTC's fare evasion crackdown working? We don't think so. TTCriders' Nico Nothwehr says “it hasn't been particularly effective and this report from the auditor general pretty much proves that. The $13 million in savings is a very tiny fraction of the amount of money that [the TTC] is losing”

Happy to see it! Faster commutes are quickly coming to Scarborough bus riders, even as the subway extension fails to meet deadlines. When the busway opens, trips between Kennedy and Scarborough Centre will take only 15 minutes!

The former SRT line 3 track bed in active conversion to a busway. The @toronto.ca & @mayoroliviachow.ca have stated that it should be ready come September. With early closure of SRT summer of 2023 & delays in subway extension, lets hope the Sept timeline holds #TTC @ttcriders.bsky.social #Toronto

Hello Canada. We are GO ALTO. Canada has waited long enough for high-speed rail in the Québec–Toronto corridor. We’re here to make support visible and build momentum. Explore the campaign and add your name: go-alto.ca/en/updates/n...

It's increasingly likely YRT will manage to put in bus lanes on Jane well before Toronto does. Despite triple the current ridership and several rounds of consultations in the past six years.

Is transit in Ontario getting less safe, or is it just feeling that way? @jeyantvo.bsky.social talks with Andrew Pulsifer (@ttcriders.bsky.social), David Cooper (Leading Mobility Consulting), and Kelly Aizicowitz (A Better City) about drug use, risk, and constable powers.

All other motions on the Bill 98 item CARRY unanimously, 21-0. Council officially expresses strong concerns about the provincial legislation that'll give Queen's Park more power to direct the TTC and reallocate fare revenue. Will the Ford gov care? TBD.

Back to the Bill 98 item. Matlow moves to request the province restore 50/50 operating funding for the TTC and also make GO Transit fares equal to TTC fares for trips within the city.

On Bill 98, Bravo moves for Council to support the TTC's written submission expressing concerns about the legislation. "This is another example of this provincial government and this premier taking from the people of Toronto — taking the power of decision-making away from the TTC," Bravo says.

"This is another clear example of why Toronto needs to pursue Charter City status, so we do not keep having these kinds of discussions at every single council meeting about the province getting into municipal affairs," adds Myers.

Myers, the TTC chair, says he has "strong opposition" to Bill 98. "I think this is a disastrous overreach by the province." He has deep concerns about what this legislation could mean for TTC and Wheel-Trans service.

Bill 98, Ford's backdoor upload of the TTC, just passed in the legislature 61-31. This is a dark day for transit. We expect fares to go up, routes to be changed and consultations with riders to cease.

@ttcriders.bsky.social and @progresstoronto.bsky.social canvassing outside of Mount Dennis. I believe this is our first canvas at a Line 5 Station.

Date cancelled: They want more fare enforcement.

Yesterday at Wynchwood Barns. @ttcriders.bsky.social dealt with the rain to ask how we can improve public transit. #ttc #takethettc #transittoronto #toronto

“Toronto has one of the lowest fares in the region, so I think it’s inevitable that if this goes through, fares will go up, which will have a disproportionate impact on those who can least afford it.” nowtoronto.com/news/fares-w...

Just over a year ago, volunteers held an action to makeover King Station with new, accessible signage. Then, in October, we convinced the TTC Board to forge ahead with a new standard for signage/information. We're thrilled to see one of our key asks, labelling exits, being implemented at Dufferin!

one year ago @ttcriders.bsky.social advocates did a wayfinding makeover at king station. one of the key components were alphanumerically coded exit signs. it helped kickstart discussion of seriously funding a new TTC wayfinding strategy, and today one of the first signs of that has come to life!

Resharing this thread as per news that Ford is planning on giving special constables enhanced powers. Worth a deep dive.

We were at Queens Park today to speak to MPPs about Ford's proposed takeover of the TTC through Bill 98. Riders & advocates spoke about the lack of explicit affordability guardrails in the bill, lack of consultation with the public, and the need for more provincial funding to run transit!

Ford shut down safe consumption sites and is now turning the TTC into a police state to hide his mistake. The answer isn’t more enforcement, it’s more care. More mental health and addiction support, fund affordable housing, build shelters. That’s the solution. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/05/04/t...

Starting today, candidates can register to run for city council & mayor. Over a million Torontonians take transit everyday - more than Chicago & Washington put together - and that number is growing. Let's remind candidates that transit riders are not a constituency that can be ignored. 1/2

We're hiring! Thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs program, TTCriders is hiring for several community planner positions for 8 weeks. Care about public transit, and social & economic justice? Between 15-30 years old? Click the link in our bio for details (www.ttcriders.ca/workforus)

Amazing, transit lanes & signal priority moves transit vehicles fasters and attracts more riders! @ttcriders.bsky.social

TTC rep Josh Colle says they've seen increases in ridership on Bathurst, Dufferin, the Eglinton LRT and the Finch West LRT following the implementation of transit lanes and signal priority. "If transit is fast and more reliable, we're seeing the shift."

Join us with CILT & @ttcriders.bsky.social It will be a 2-part workshop series about the application process and your rights as a Wheel-Trans user. The first session has passed, but you can still join the second! Apr 29, 1–3 PM | Zoom ASL-English + CART Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Lots of transit issues being discussed at City Council this week! 1. Scarborough East LRT - let's goooo 2. City response to Bill 98 - oh nooo 3. Signal priority as part of the Congestion management plan - about time! 4. Cummer station - yeah, okay! 5. Platform edge doors for all new stations - YES!

The current mayor of Toronto and the TTC chair deserve real credit for being the first pols in a long time to care enough to try to stop the streetcar network from rotting.

Doug Ford is coming for the TTC. Bill 98 proposes massive changes to the transit in Ontario and risks a complete dismantling of the TTC. If this passes the TTC Board and City Council would no longer have control over the system.

The TTC fare inspector is in the wrong! Under the TTC’s rules, you are allowed to complete your trip after your 2-hour window expires if you are on a vehicle or in a station. You are *not* required to tap again unless you board a new vehicle after your 2-hour window is up.

Even without today's outage, there are many non-functioning elevators and escalators. See: stevemunro.ca/2026/04/20/u...

UPDATE: Elevators ARE still working—but a staff member is required to operate them. Hopefully someone is posted at the elevators at all times to avoid unnecessary disruptions.

You can’t spend years trying to force people off door-to-door Wheeltrans service if you don’t have working elevators. This isn’t an “inconvenience,” it’s an affront to everyone with accessibility needs. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/20/a...

The province pitched in to help fund a new LRT on the Downtown Waterfront two weeks ago, in advance of new housing and new residents. Great! So why won't they pitch in for a long-awaited transit line in eastern Scarborough, where tens of thousands of people already live and commute along?