37 h. ago Chris Selley: Toronto’s latest transit triumph is $3.7B for a train slower than a bus

The mind-numbingly slow Finch West LRT is a reason why people don’t trust Canadian governments

Economics

63 h. ago Here's what Toronto's transit map could look like in the next century

A new fantasy transit map created by a University of Waterloo student imagines what the TTC's network could look like in the next few decades. The map, created by local mathematics student Cori, includes extensions and new lines outside of current TTC plans, which are based on Toronto population density figures, as well as frequent bus routes that are not serviced by rail. The map encompasses the City of Toronto, plus a growing number of stops outside city limits, including Clark, Royal Orchard, and Convair. New lines on the map include a Lawrence-Dixon LRT, St. Clair-Jane South LRT, as well as stops for neighbourhoods like Parkdale, Little Italy, Kensington Market, and The Junction.Cori grew up in London, Ont., where they say transit is lacking and people mostly rely on cars to get from place to place. All that changed when they went on a Grade 10 trip to Taipei, Taiwan, where they "experienced the efficiency of a functional and reliable public transit system,&qu...

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4 d. ago BLIZZARD: Toronto’s two useless TTC transit lines should have been subways

The Eglinton Crosstown and the Finch LRT have been a costly mistake fraught with delays and malfunctions

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7 d. ago Chris Selley: Liberals’ misleading ‘femicide’ bill is cynical even for them

Bill C-16 establishes no new provision with respect to killing women specifically. It just pretends to

Economics

8 d. ago Chris Selley: When Jean Chrétien doesn’t want to talk about himself, eyebrows should rise

Former immigration minister Sergio Marchi admits Chrétien pressured him to fast-track naturalizations in hopes the new citizens would vote No in the 1995 Quebec referendum

Economics

8 d. ago ‘Hearing the feedback’: Chow planning motion to speed up Finch West LRT trains

The new transit line, Toronto's first since 2002, opened on Sunday, taking passengers from Finch West Station on Line 1 to Humber College Station in northern Etobicoke. 

Transport

8 d. ago Toronto mayor planning motion to speed up Finch West LRT trains

The new transit line, Toronto's first since 2002, opened on Sunday, taking passengers from Finch West Station on Line 1 to Humber College Station in northern Etobicoke. 

Transport

8 d. ago Group of friends walked entire length of Finch West LRT on opening day

Toronto celebrated a monumental transit expansion on Dec. 7 with the opening of the Finch West LRT, and a group of friends known for their long-haul walks marked the occasion in their trademark style.The Walkers, a group of five friends who have taken the internet by storm with their walking escapades throughout the Greater Toronto Area, knew the opening of the TTC's Line 6 Finch West was a landmark event they couldn't miss."We met up at 6 a.m. so that we could get to Finch West for the opening ceremony starting at 7 a.m.," Katie Wang tells blogTO. Naturally, there was a motive for arriving bright and early: the commemorative coin the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) gave out to the first 100 people in line. And, apparently, The Walkers weren't the only ones with their eyes on the prize."I saw online that the first 100 customers at Finch West could get a special commemorative coin, and we thought there were only going to be 20 or so people there....

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8 d. ago City and TTC rushing for fix after Toronto's new LRT slammed with complaints

Toronto's Finch West LRT hasn't been able to shake its first-day jitters as more commuter complaints trickle in.On top of the annoying delays – which began mere minutes into its launch – its speed, or lack thereof, is taking some heat online. At a City Hall press conference Tuesday afternoon, Toronto mayor Olivia Chow agreed the train isn't moving fast enough, saying, "I rode the train, and I know it can be faster."The rush to speed up the TTC's new Line 6 Finch West comes amid early reports that the route debuted with travel times 16 minutes slower than the 36C Finch West bus it replaced.Overall, the public is disappointed that the $2.5 billion investment delivered such "underwhelming results," as one X user states. People are rightfully extremely upset that Line 6 moves so painfully slow. The combination of effectively no signal priority, and the TTC operating it at speeds about 50 per cent slo...

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8 d. ago TTC customer satisfaction reached brutally low levels in 2025

The TTC's latest customer satisfaction scores mirror a year filled with negative transit-related headlines – from major delays to countless shutdowns and everything in between.TTC CEO Mandeep Lali, appointed to the transit agency's top job in June 2025, issued his latest monthly CEO report, which appears to bury the lede. The report mainly highlights Wheel-Trans's strong operational performance. For four pages, Lali boasts a 89 per cent customer satisfaction rate and an 18.8 per cent year-to-date increase in ridership. However, the broader TTC performance metrics are much more alarming than the stats above, and, compared to the much more prominent Wheel-Trans statistics, seem buried in the nine-page report.Taking a big hit this year is overall satisfaction with safety, which declined by 6 per cent year-over-year,CEO's Report Toronto Transit Commission December 2025Safety satisfaction typically drops by only 2-3 per cent this t...

Economics

9 d. ago Toronto transit to offer free rides next year under new fare

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow announced a new "fare-capping" program that will let TTC riders travel for free after making 47 paid trips in a month. The program launches in September.

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1 week ago TTC’s Finch West Line opens to public two years late, $1.2B overbudget

10-km LRT system Toronto's first new transit line since 2002, services 18 stops between Humber College, Finch West Station

Economics

1 week ago Here's what it's like to ride the TTC's new Line 6 Finch West LRT

Toronto got its first new transit line in over two decades with the Dec. 7, 2025, opening of the Finch West LRT, now officially in service as the TTC's Line 6 Finch West.The 18-stop, 10.3-kilometre light rail line kicked off with an opening-day celebration on Sunday, and thousands of passengers showed up to get a free first ride on the LRT after years of construction delays and traffic headaches.blogTO was on the scene to be among the first riders on the route, which serves Finch Avenue West from Keele Street to Highway 27, before turning south to the Humber College north campus.Check out what it's like to ride the new Line 6 Finch West in this photo gallery.

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1 week ago Eglinton Crosstown LRT finishes testing, will open in ‘coming weeks’

The province said the 25-stop light-rail line had successfully graduated from its final testing phase and was being handed over from Metrolinx to the Toronto Transit Commission. 

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1 week ago Air Transit strike vote: What to know after pilots are in favour of job action

Union said fatigue, schedule instability, and poor work-life balance are at issue during contract talks.

Transport

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Upset about the state of Canada? Why not pretend it’s better?

When you're as bad at solving problems as the Liberal federal government, pretending problems don't exist becomes a remarkably compelling option

Economics

2 w. ago Eglinton Crosstown LRT wraps final testing phase, will soon be handed to TTC

The Ministry of Transportation said the line had completed its revenue service demonstration testing and would shortly be handed over to Toronto's transit agency.

Sport

2 w. ago Toronto engineer turns commuter frustration into site that exposes TTC delay data

Ever wondered why your TTC bus was inexplicably delayed by 15 minutes, or a train had to bypass your local subway stop? Well, an interactive website called TTC Delay Insights, developed by a Toronto-based engineer, seeks to bridge the gap between the transit agency's data and commuters by exploring patterns, station statistics, hotspots, and even offering a buffer calculator. Asha Asvathaman is an Applied AI and Computer Vision Engineer from Singapore and holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of British Columbia and a Master's in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto.As a regular TTC commuter, Asvathaman was once heading out to a writing workshop she'd been looking forward to for weeks, when mid-journey, TTC subway service was halted and replaced with shuttle buses. "I waited and waited for the bus, then had to battle everyone else to get on, only to end up missing my workshop entirely. I re...

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2 w. ago WARMINGTON: Man charged with GO train sex assault wasn’t suppose to be on board

Halton cops say a court order for the accused to not be on the system was not followed and a woman was allegedly victimized

Events

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Quebec’s war on religion goes to a whole new level

When Quebec politicians talk about 'religion' in this context, roughly 97 per cent of the time, they mean Muslims

Economics