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Business owners in Leslieville would like the province’s transit agency to better coordinate how it reduces traffic in the area, noting poor signage and congestion from infrastructure upgrades are scaring congestion-weary customers away. Metrolinx has been making upgrades to several bridges over consecutive months to strengthen them from the incoming …
Read More »Bad press prompted Metrolinx CEO to complain about government control
As the Ford government faces questions about the muzzling of Metrolinx, Global News can reveal how escalating internal concerns over public perception drove the agency’s CEO to vent his frustrations with top staffers at Queen’s Park. As Global News first reported, the provincial government has a firm grip on how …
Read More »‘A sense of anxiousness’: Queen Street braces for years-long closure – Toronto
Residents and businesses in the heart of downtown Toronto are bracing for disruption as a years-long road closure begins. Starting on Monday, May 1, a major portion of Queen Street will be closed to all traffic while construction takes place on a new subway station. “It’s definitely a sense of …
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 …
Read More »‘People don’t look’: Motorists breaking rules on Toronto King Street transit corridor – Toronto
The signs may be clear as day, but dozens of motorists are not steering clear of a portion of King Street dedicated to transit riders, cyclists and pedestrians. Launched initially as a pilot project in 2017, the King Street Transit Priority Corridor is now a permanent fixture downtown, blocking through traffic …
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