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Sep 29, 2022 · Transit advocacy group TTCriders launched their “Mayoral Transit Promises Tracker” on Sep. 29, 2022, ranking the mayoral candidates’ transit pledges. Candidate Gil Penalosa scored a perfect...
May 19, 2022 · Cut all public transit (including GO Transit and Ontario Northland) fares in half for at least 3 months. Restore 50-per-cent provincial funding for transit operations. Electrify Ontario’s...
Jun 1, 2022 · Find out what changes each provincial party would make to Scarborough public transit like GO and the TTC in the upcoming election.
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In its budget released late last month, the Progressive Conservatives pledged to spend $61.6 billion over 10 years for public transit, including on the Ontario Linein Toronto, expanding GO Transit from Oshawa to Bowmanville, the London GO Rail Service, which will provide weekday GO train trips between London and Union Station in Toronto. There are ...
The New Democrats are pledging to spend $3.6 billion over four years on transit operations — they've earmarked $898 million per year to cover half of municipalities' transit operations. However, there would be strings attached to this funding. Chandra Pasma is running for the NDP in Ottawa West-Nepean. She says an NDP government would expect that t...
One of the earliest campaign promises the Liberals have made is their buck-a-ride pledge: any public transit ride, including on the GO Transit system, will cost $1 from September 2022 to January 2024. Monthly passes would be capped at $40 a month. They say it will cost $710 million in 2022-23 and almost $1.2 billion in 2023-24. According to party o...
Not surprisingly, the Green Party is promising to spend the most on transit operations and to "prioritize public transit in all transportation planning decisions." Like the New Democrats, the Greens would also fund half of municipalities' operating costs, but would spend $1 billion a year, which is more than the NDP is estimating. The Green Party i...
Although transit is a huge cost of municipalities, and fares can be a barrier to some who rely on it, it's not breaking through as an election issue, according to David Coletto, CEO of polling firm Abacus Data. When giving a long list of issues, only 6 per cent of respondents put public transit or reducing congestion into the top three issues that ...
Oct 5, 2022 · Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, Toronto’s local politicians had ambitions for local transit. The topic was debated, often intensively and at length. Plans were bruited, consultants were consulted, arms were twisted, and deals got done, or (often) not, as the case may be.
May 2, 2022 · The Ontario Liberals say that if they form government after the June 2 election they would make all transit fares $1 until 2024. Fare cut would apply to all public transit networks in the...
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Oct 27, 2022 · Toronto City Clerk, John D. Elvidge, has declared the official results for Toronto’s 2022 municipal election. Election day was Monday, October 24. The official declaration of results is available on the Toronto Elections Results webpage.
