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Tag Archives: transit
Talking about the Big Move
Today the region’s business leaders agreed that we’re on the right track. Our region’s economy won’t shrivel up and die because we agreed to pay for transit expansion. What it won’t survive is continuing to do nothing.
Posted in Politics, Toronto
Tagged Big Move, cars, Metrolinx, populism, road tolls, Rob Ford, taxes, Toronto, transit, TRBoT, War on the Car
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On the economics of commuting
In basic economics, the demand for a commodity is a function of the supply of that commodity and the price paid to acquire it. We can use the supply-demand model to compare commuting choices.
Posted in Finance, Living, Toronto
Tagged commuting, congestion charges, driving, gas tax, GO Transit, GTA, Metrolinx, parking tax, road tolls, transit, vehicle registration fees
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Queen East replacement bus: tips from a daily commuter
This summer the City of Toronto is rebuilding Queen Street between Coxwell and Connaught Avenues, doing badly-needed reconstruction of the road, sidewalks and streetcar tracks. Since streetcars won’t be able to get through with the tracks torn up, the iconic …
Posted in Living, Toronto
Tagged Leslieville, Queen Street East, shuttle bus, streetcar, Toronto, transit, TTC
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Open letter to Toronto Council’s “left wing”, re: rapid transit
Dear esteemed councillors, In today’s Globe and Mail, I have read that some of you are being asked to vote against Councillor Stintz’s revised proposal for the Eglinton Light Rail. As you likely know, this plan restores the surface light …
Posted in Politics, Toronto
Tagged Karen Stintz, Toronto, Toronto Council, transit, Transit City, TTC
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Metropass economics: 2012 edition
The Toronto Transit Commission has done a good job of making the Metropass only attractive to people who use transit as their main method of transportation. For the average commuter, tokens are now the better deal.
Posted in Finance, Toronto
Tagged Metropass, metropass discount plan, Presto, Toronto, transit, transit pass tax credit, TTC
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Threes and sevens
With a new year comes a new transit fare hike in Toronto. In four years that I’ve lived here, it’s almost a guarantee. And with each fare hike comes a new set of fare token sales combos. Last year, a …
Harpernomics versus federal transit funding
The federal transit pass credit is designed to make the cost of public transit more affordable for working individuals and families. But with transit costs always rising and cash-strapped municipalities forced to hike fares because the federal government won’t chip in, has the tax credit really saved anyone real money?
Posted in Politics, Toronto
Tagged #elxn41, election, gas tax, Harpernomics, income tax, Metropass, Stephen Harper, tax credit, Toronto, transit, transit pass credit, TTC, urban transit strategy
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Why are all the anti-Rob Fords panning subway construction?
Why does it seem like pundits on the left are always talking up light rail over subways in Toronto? Is there some kind of bizarre pinko conspiracy? Do lefties hate subways? Are we afraid of tunnels? Do we think that only the downtown elite should have effective transit? Or are there partisans among us that will just disagree with anything Rob Ford says, just because he said it?
Posted in Toronto
Tagged bad ideas, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, light rail, Rob Ford, Scarborough RT, Sheppard Stubway, Sheppard Subway, subway, tax increment financing, transit, Transit City, TTC
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Texting TTC drivers: the pictures are not the problem
In 2009, the TTC received over 30,000 complaints, from minor issues like discourteous service and late buses, to staff who are violent and endanger public safety. Through Kinnear’s tirades, the union refuses to deal with it, and the negative image spreads to the entire organization.
Posted in Toronto
Tagged Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU 113, Bob Kinnear, Brad Ross, bus driver, camera phone, subway, texting, transit, TTC, vigilantism
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Flemingdon Park, or why the TTC is allergic to customer service
Flemingdon Park is one of the city’s busiest routes, serving some of the most densely populated areas in Canada. It’s not uncommon at all to have 2 or 3 route 100 buses arriving at Broadview station at nearly the same time. But which bus is next to leave is a total guessing game.
Posted in Toronto
Tagged Broadview, buses, culture of failure, customer service, Flemingdon Park, Toronto, transit, TTC
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