Transit Toronto

Image 1 - Artistic Rendering of SkyPod Experience, showing basket-like gondolas on a cable above a small body of water.

A map of a potential lcation for the gondola ride at the zoo, starting near the entrance and rising above the tree canopy.

Seems like everyone’s gone gaga for gondolas these days. Report on the Toronto Zoo Board agenda recommends making a deal with EcoTrek Adventure Group to install a “SkyPod” gondola ride at the zoo. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Fun Fact: Ever heard of the GO Transit Hamilton-Guelph Line? This line was proposed in 1989 by the Think Rail Group, as part of a larger proposal for transit in Ontario.

This line would've travelled from the City of Hamilton to Guelph, linking 3 cities together in the western half of the GTHA.

Rodney Chan

Transportation Summit Poster

From concerned rider to transit champion! 🏆

Hear from Rodney Chan @chanface.bsky.social of @tritag.ca at the #Guelph Transportation Summit on October 18. Learn how to (re)build advocacy movements & run successful campaigns.

Info & Register www.taaguelph.com/summit

#TransitAdvocacy #UrbanPlanning

Everything in every city needs repair work at some point. Just like roads, construction workers have to rip up and replace streetcar tracks as they get old. This work may be disruptive, but it's necessary to keep the city in a state of good repair. Fifty years ago, Richard Glaze went out to film co TT Film - Track Works!

Fifty years ago, Richard Glaze went out to film construction workers repairing Toronto's tracks. This video is the result of his efforts.

#TTC #TakeTheTTC #TransitToronto

A long train of VIA Rail's freshly refurbished Budd stainless steel passenger cars approaches the east end of Toronto Union Station on October 2, 1990, in preparation for an exhibit that weekend to show off the upgrades to the cars. Photo by Dick Loek, Toronto Star Archives, Toronto Public Library.

Oct 6, 1990: VIA Rail begins a two-day display of its refurbished stainless steel passenger car equipment at Toronto Union Station. VIA's marketing department named the exhibition "Of Style & Steel" and the Toronto stop was part of a month long transcontinental tour. 1/3

TTC and Metrolinx planning service adjustments as data show commuting office workers face more gridlock Both the TTC and Metrolinx say they are planning service adjustments to account for the fact that many workers are being required to comply with more stringent in-office policies, as the latest data s...

Regardless if they are moving or parked, single occupancy vehicles are in the way of the city’s ability to move people efficiently. “This is a moment for the TTC to reintroduce itself to people,” Siemiatycki says. “But it has to be top notch.” h/t @iiutoronto.bsky.social www.cp24.com/local/toront...

TTC air-electric PCC #4173 turns out of Vincent Loop.

⏰ August 1963 📸 Unknown

#TTC #TransitToronto #Streetcar #PCC #OldTTC #TorontoHistory #TorontoLife #Toronto

We’re at the TTC board meeting to speak in favour of their wayfinding strategy! Signage on transit isn’t the best and we are thrilled to see a complete overhaul of the system being considered. Follow along here for updates.

RapidTO Bathurst starting installation this month!!

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i made a rare city hall appearance today to talk about the value of wayfinding and to shine light on the lacking state of TTC bus stop signs.

a group of us successfully pushed the TTC board to advance the agency's first-ever wayfinding strategy! 🚏

shoutout to all the talented designers (including fern) who made these cool little signs back in april, and brought them today - this sparked the convo about wayfinding in the first place!

really exciting win fully owed to @ttcriders.bsky.social volunteers passionate about wayfinding 😊

12 days until the Transportation Summit #Guelph on October 18! Presentations from @chanface.bsky.social, @ttcriders.bsky.social, @transportaction.ca, @cyclewr.ca, @cgreysongaito.bsky.social, @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social, @samhersh01.bsky.social & more!

Free Event! Register @ taaguelph.com/summit

TTC air-electric PCC #4007 lays over in front of Russell Carhouse.

⏰ June 1, 1953 📸 Richard Glaze

Stage 2 ION The Region of Waterloo is proposing to extend the ION LRT system

The Region is doing one last virtual info session / webinar about Stage 2 ION tonight from 7 to 8:30pm. Join online to see their presentation and ask questions:

HSR Trolley buses in the yard.

📷Unknown
⌚November 1967

Can you guess where this yard was located?

#HSR #Hamilton #HamiltonHistory #TrolleyBus #Bus #ElectricBus

By 1975, it was clear the original equipment purchased by GO Transit for use on its commuter train services were inadequate to the system's needs. But as there was only so much longer the trains could be, GO decided they needed to go taller. To test double-decker operation, GO borrowed two-level "Ga TT Film - GO's Chicago Gallery Cars

In 1976 GO Transit decided to test double-decker operation, GO borrowed two-level "Gallery" cars from Chicago & North Western Railroad and tested them in 1976.

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#PublicTransit #GOTransit #TransitToronto #Metrolinx

On August 18, 2025, Transit Toronto editor James Bow paid a visit to Edmonton to check out the city's transit options. A highlight of his visit was a ride on the Edmonton Radial Railway Society's High Level Bridge heritage streetcar operation. Arriving in time for the Fringe Festival, he was treated TT Abroad - Edmonton High Level Bridge Streetcar Ride Along

On August 18, 2025, Transit Toronto editor James Bow paid a visit to Edmonton.

A highlight of his visit was a ride on the Edmonton Radial Railway Society's High Level Bridge heritage streetcar operation.

This video is the result.

First GO Train to the TH&B Train Station in Downtown Hamilton which was then renamed to the Hamilton GO Centre.

📷Unknown
⌚April 29, 1996.

#GOTrain #GOTransit #Metrolinx #Trains #Railways #RailwaysCanada #Railfan #Hamilton

501 Streetcar passing underneath the Eaton Centre/The Bay bridge.

📷Richard Glaze
⌚July 1980

#TTC #TransitToronto #Streetcar #DowntownToronto #EatonCentre #TheBay #OldTTC #TakeTheTTC

A PCC on the recently opened 604 Harbourfront LRT passing by the (also recently opened) Skydome.

📷R.McMann
⌚July 2, 1990

#TTC #TransitToronto #TakeTheTTC #Streetcars #PCC #LRT #OldTTC #TorontoHistory #Skydome

Did some bus fanning on Sherbourne Street last weekend where I went by a house that once owned by artists and later the site of one of most insane reality TV shows ever created.

Can you guess the name of the show that filmed here?

#TTC #TakeTheTTC #TransitToronto #Toronto #TorontoHistory

In May 2019, Transit Toronto editor James Bow went down to the Eglinton Maintenance & Storage Facility during Doors Open to explore where the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT vehicles would be stored and maintained. The crowds turned out for this event, and all got a special preview of what was to come. This TT News Archive - Eglinton Maintenance & Storage Facility Doors Open Tour 2019

In May 2019, Transit Toronto editor James Bow went down to the Eglinton Maintenance & Storage Facility during Doors Open to explore where the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT vehicles would be stored and maintained.

Barrie has a new transit terminal! 🚌

The Barrie Allandale Transit Terminal provides regional transit connections between Simcoe County, Northern Ontario, and the GTA. It has 10 bus bays, indoor waiting areas and improved accessibility features.

Peter Witt Streetcar inside McCaul loop during a private charter.

📷R. McMann
⌚June 10, 1979

#TTC #TakeTheTTC #OldTTC #TransitToronto #Streectar #PeterWitt #OldToronto #TorontoLife #1970s

Greenwood shops was open to the public today with a free shuttle from Coxwell Station.

Did you check it out? What did you find most interesting?

#TTC #TransitToronto #Toronto #Subway #TorontoSubway #TakeTheTTC #TorontoTransport #Metro #TorontoEvents

A TTC GM New Look bus #7716, in service on 109 RANEE, is passed by Flyer Industries D800A bus #7968, in service on 52 LAWRENCE at Lawrence West station.

⏰ February 8, 1978 📸 Patrick Semple/courtesy the Pete Coulman.

#TTC #Toronto #TransitToronto #TakeTheTTC #OldTTC #TorontoHistory

This is how we fix the terminally slow Spadina streetcar We don't have to spend billions to fix one of Toronto's most important transit routes.

"If European cities can ban left turns on tram routes entirely, surely Toronto can do without a few."

Ideas on how to get #Toronto's molasses-slow Spadina streetcar running at respectable clip.

(Co-signed by @rmtransit.bsky.social )

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Back in 2021, we launched a successful Kickstarter to raise funds to digitize Richard Glaze's extensive collection of 16mm film stock covering transit operations across Canada during the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Thanks to generous supporters like you, we successfully digitized the first third of the colle TT Productions - The Films of Richard Glaze

Back in 2021, we launched a successful Kickstarter to raise funds to digitize Richard Glaze's collection of 16mm film.

As we move to our new channel, I am re-releasing this video as a teaser for all of the Richard Glaze videos we'll be posting in the weeks to come.

(NOTE: This has been corrected and cleaned up slightly compared to the original version on the old Channel. The credits have been updated as well with our latest Patreons (as of September 13). This video originally appeared on August 18, 2022) On Saturday, October 9, 2021, Transit Toronto editor Ja TT Ride Along - Sudbury to Metagama, VIA Rail

We're slowly reposting our old content onto the new YouTube channel.

For example here is James Bow's coverage of the Sudbury-White River VIA Rail Train from 2021.

Again, please subscribe to the new channel so we can reacquire monetization.

Fare-capping is a fantastic policy that we need in Toronto.