The Cost of a Scarborough RT Busway

Steve Munro
05/02 Debit cards can now be tapped to get on GTHA transit — except the #TTC | #GovofOnt #Metrolinx | via @StarGTANews https://buff.ly/3NyNs1X
Debit cards can now be tapped to get on GTHA transit — except the TTC

Beginning Tuesday, riders on GO Transit, the UP Express and local 905 transit systems can pay their fare using a debit card on Presto devices.

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‘More convenient’: Transit riders can now use debit cards on #PRESTO devices | #GovofOnt #Metrolinx | via @torontodotcom https://buff.ly/3oXFWDv?
‘More convenient’: Transit riders in Toronto, Brampton, Burlington, Durham, York, Mississauga, Oakville and Hamilton can now use debit cards on PRESTO devices

New option comes after the success of credit card payments on PRESTO last year.

Toronto.com
05/03 #PRESTO system now accepting debit tap payments in many parts of GTA | #GovofOnt #Metrolinx | @CdnPressOntario via @CBCToronto https://buff.ly/3LvtK4w
PRESTO system now accepting debit tap payments in many parts of GTA | CBC News

Transit riders across large parts of the Greater Toronto Area can use debit cards to pay their fare starting today, as the Ontario government looks to expand the payment option to Toronto in the coming months.

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04/27 #Metrolinx CEO sheds light on reasons for #CrosstownLRT delays | #GovofOnt | via @StarGTANews https://buff.ly/3NlHjWY
Metrolinx CEO sheds light on reasons for Eglinton LRT delays

Phil Verster says provincial transit agency is trying to get construction companies to fix hundreds of issues.

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04/28 Federal court finds #BradfordBypass decision was unreasonable | #govofCan #GovofOnt | via @YorkRegion https://buff.ly/3LGCKoI?
04/28 #CityofTO candidates demand #Metrolinx CEO firing, lawsuit over #CrosstownLRT ‘fiasco’ | #GovofOnt | via @globalnewsto https://buff.ly/3NpG9tn
Toronto candidates demand Metrolinx CEO firing, lawsuit over Crosstown ‘fiasco’

After years of traffic headaches, it's still anyone's guess when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will be completed and that's raising the ire of mayoral candidates.

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04/29 50,000 sign petition asking #GovofCan to block #GovofOnt's #Highway413 project | via @CBCToronto https://buff.ly/3AGr2o0
50,000 sign petition asking feds to block Ontario's Highway 413 project | CBC News

The David Suzuki Foundation is calling on the federal government to block Ontario’s controversial Highway 413. The group created a petition — now at 50,000 signatures — asking Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate change to intervene and stop the project.

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04/29 Local MPP questions lack of affordable housing mandate in #Metrolinx sale of land near Danforth #GOTransit Station | #GovofOnt | via @BeachMetroNews https://buff.ly/3LGb4jX
Local MPP questions lack of affordable housing mandate in Metrolinx sale of land near Danforth GO Station – Beach Metro Community News

By AMARACHI AMADIKE, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Ontario government is under the microscope after allowing the sale of public land to a private buyer without assurances of affordable housing components. On March 8, Metrolinx finalized the sale of their property on 8 Dawes Rd., south of Danforth Avenue, to development company Marlin Spring. With […]

Beach Metro Community News
04/27 #CrosstownLRT may be delayed until 2024 and people are furious | #GovofOnt #Metrolinx #FinchWestLRT | via @blogTO https://buff.ly/3n3yera
Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown may be delayed until 2024 and people are furious

More bad news for Toronto's long-overdue Eglinton Crosstown LRT, as a new report claims that the line will not enter service until 2024 at the earl...

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