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Opening Day for Vancouver's Canada Line
I'm seeing quite a bit of excitement about this actually. I know lots of people who are going to go to the opening ceremony today and ride the train free. I heard some grumbling about how it didn't open first... Hypocrisy on Wheels
A recent campaign launched in England to promote atheism has jumped across the pond onto our very doorstep. The program was originally created to counter the religious advertisement and promotion in England. While Calgary and Toronto has accepted the idea, Vancouver will not... New York Subway Gets a Poor Report Card
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) compiles "report cards" on the various subway lines that circulate commuters thought the massive beast that is New York freakin' City, and that beast has circulation...
created by Jordan Yerman | 47 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
854 views | 4 recommendations | 11 comments
854 views | 4 recommendations | 11 comments
TTC staff refuse to co-operate with GO transit users (Letter)
Junk mail, junk mail, spam, spam, porn, oh what's this a letter. Well condensing my massive email account this week I came across an interesting letter from a friend demanding "justice" and perhaps a...
created by mr.zoltanblack | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
808 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
808 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Six billion will die without move to nuclear power
One of the most eminent scientists of our time says that more than 6 billion people will perish by the end of the century due to global warming. James Lovelock was the eminent scientist that convinced Richard...Columbia Station gets Better Lighting.
For the last several weeks Translink has been upgrading the lighting at the Columbia Skytrain station. Both platforms are much brighter to the point where there isn't a huge difference between night and day. The vending concourse and stairs to the east-bound platform are...Commuting to Class on Time at SFU
For a school referenced as the “commuters school” many students who attend classes at SFU have trouble making it to class on time. When students arrive at Production Way SkyTrain station on any given weekday morning, they find themselves in what seems...TTC strike is over, but more trouble could lie ahead
"Transit in Toronto was running normally Tuesday morning, but the prospect of a long, hot summer for commuters still exists as the two sides snipe at each other over what caused a wildcat strike on Monday and what...TTC won't fight fares
"The TTC is free, if you want it. Bus and streetcar drivers are no longer going to make sure you pay your fare as a long-simmering battle between the TTC and its union erupted yesterday with a job action that...Stupid Economist
"Ok this guy misses the whole point of the Fordist arguement of capitalist economics. Gas Prices Should be Even Higher, Canadian Researcher Claims"General Motors Bought Your Transportation Systems & Threw Them Away
Maybe this is old news, I don't know. For example I know Jane Jacobs wrote about this strategy by General Motors to buy and dismantle all the public transit systems in North America in her book about the...Subway line closed after workers fall ill
"A section of the Yonge subway line was temporarily shut down Tuesday morning after eight TTC workers were overcome by fumes at the Eglinton station. In place of trains, the Toronto Transit Commission began the morning rush hour with buses running in place of the subway...
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