New Metrics for a New TTC
https://stevemunro.ca/2023/09/11/new-metrics-for-a-new-ttc/

With the changing of the guard in the Mayor’s Office and a shift in the political balance of the TTC Board, it is time to blow the dust off of the metrics in the TTC CEO’s Report and elsewhere. I have written about aspects of this before, and will not belabour earlier arguments. However, in […]
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Metro Morning June 27/23
https://stevemunro.ca/2023/06/27/metro-morning-june-27-23/

On June 27, I was one of several guests on CBC’s Metro Morning doing “where do we go from here” pieces about newly elected Olivia Chow’s challenges as Mayor of Toronto. The item was not posted on the show’s website, and so here for those who missed it is my own recording.
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Tunnels And Track But No Trains
https://stevemunro.ca/2023/06/16/tunnels-and-track-but-no-trains/

At the TTC Board meeting on June 12, 2023, key reports presented the current and future challenges our transit system faces: This article reviews the Major Projects Update and more generally the TTC’s Capital Program and funding shortfall. In future articles, I will turn to the Operating Budget, subsidies and the changing environment for transit […]
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A Transit Platform For Toronto
https://stevemunro.ca/2023/04/26/a-transit-platform-for-toronto/

Two months from now, on June 26, Toronto will elect a new Mayor thanks to John Tory’s unexpected departure. There will be at least fifty candidates on the ballot, although most of them will garner only a handful of votes. I am not one of them, and have no ambitions to high office. That said, […]
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