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The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will remain closed until the province is confident that it’s “100 per cent safe,” Premier Doug Ford said as his government battles a private construction consortium over a definitive completion date. On Thursday, the Ford government and provincial-transit agency Metrolinx, revealed that the much-maligned project has …
Read More »‘Almost no notice at all’: GO Transit changes frustrate southern Ontario commuters
TORONTO — It took one GO Transit scheduling change to turn Siddhartha Batra from a regular commuter to a full-time remote worker. A direct bus operated by the regional transit provider used to provide an easy way for the 31-year-old civil engineer to travel from his home in downtown Toronto …
Read More »Ford government promises fare integration between Toronto, surrounding regions by end of 2023
The Ford government has committed to integrating transit services and fares across the Greater Toronto Area by the end of 2023. Ontario’s associate minister of transportation Stan Cho said on Thursday afternoon that fare and service integration is “happening this year and will include Toronto.” He said that the province …
Read More »Officials bury rising costs of Ontario Line, cite concern about ‘further public discussion’
As work begins to build the Ford government’s signature Ontario Line through Toronto, government officials appear to be burying the escalating cost of the subway project to avoid a public debate about the money. Government documents obtained by Global News show that information about the project’s rising costs was labelled …
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