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Toronto organizations are calling on Mayor Tory to speed up transit priority and better bus service, especially where COVID-19 rates are highest. Read the letter here: https://bit.ly/2IIFkwH Take action by contacting your City Councillor: www.ttcriders.ca/speedupttc

Perfect weather to connect with transit riders in Scarborough. Photos from TTCriders outreach teams this weekend. Join us next time: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer TTCriders is campaigning for lower fares, more bus service, and permanent provincial transit funding. And we want local bus stops to stay on the Eglinton East bus lane corridor.

Summer is back Come join the TTCriders outreach team in Scarborough this weekend! We're taking advantage of the warm weather to reach more transit users about our campaigns. Please RSVP by email to: [email protected]. Can't make it this weekend? Sign up to volunteer: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer ... Our plan is to put up posters and distribute flyers, so we won't stay at our meeting point for more than 20 minutes. If you are running late, text or call the contact number. Please wear a mask! We will provide materials and tokens. Saturday, November 7 (2 locations) Meet at 12:30pm Warden and Finch East Contact: 416-799-0760 Meet at 3:30pm Cedar and Eglinton East Contact: 647-782-7907 Sunday, November 8 Meet at 2:00pm Malvern Town Centre (Neilson & Tapscott) Contact: 416-799-0760

RapidTO isn't living up to the name. "Initially proposed as a cheap and easy way to improve bus service during the pandemic, RapidTO bus lanes and other transit priority measures appear to have stalled..." Transit priority needs to be done right, too. The TTC must keep local bus stops along bus-only lanes and increase service. Removing local stops is a safety issue. ... Send a message to your Councillor: www.ttcriders.ca/speedupttc https://www.thestar.com//rapidto-isnt-living-up-to-the-nam

"We are not statistics, TTC. We're not part of your plan for your so-called efficiencies or cost-savings. You are impacting real people." Watch this important video message about the impact of removing local bus stops on the Eglinton East #RapidTO corridor. You can take action by calling Councillor Paul Ainslie or volunteering to call local residents and put up posters. Learn more: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidTOstops

Did you get a call from us last night? Join our phone team to reach more transit users! Sign up: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer Last night we made phone calls about how to take action to keep local bus stops on Eglinton East and protect the Fair Pass discount program.... Our next event to support the Fair Pass is next Friday Nov. 6th: Keep the Fair Pass! Training: How to speak at a Committee Take action to keep local bus stops on Eglinton East / Kingston / Morningside here: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidTOstops

Do you take the bus on Kipling, Jane, Keele, Dufferin, Steeles, Wilson, Lawrence East, Markham, or Eglinton East? Sign up to speak this Wednesday at the Executive Committee about speeding up transit priority, or share your thoughts about the removal of local bus stops on Eglinton East / Kingston / Morningside. We can't wait 10 years for better bus service.

Save our stops! The TTC is taking away local bus stops on the Eglinton East / Kingston / Morningside RapidTO corridor. Share to spread the word! Or download the poster versions for your local bus stop: https://bit.ly/2G3eTkh Transit riders want to keep our local stops and have more bus service. Removing local stops will make transit less accessible to the people who need it most, especially seniors and people who use TTC to get groceries.... Take action: >>> Share these images! Or download the poster files here: https://bit.ly/2G3eTkh >>> Join the calling event this Wednesday night: Make phone calls to Save our Stops + the Fair Pass >>> Send a message to your Councillor: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidtostops >>> Sign up to volunteer: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer

Register now for "Keep the Fair Pass" training! Sign up here: https://forms.gle/2s6CyE9A5gPisP5AA 1:30pm-2:30pm on Friday Nov. 6 via Zoom. Learn about the latest changes to the Fair Pass TTC discount program and how to speak to Toronto City Councillors about lower fares.... Questions? Email [email protected].

The Toronto Star covers our campaign to keep local bus stops on the Eglinton East bus lanes corridor! You can support by joining our phone action this Wednesday evening: Make phone calls to Save our Stops + the Fair Pass "Advocacy group TTCriders says the stop removals violate the TTC’s service guidelines, which indicate stops on local bus route routes should be no more than 400 metres apart." Some apartment buildings have lost their local stops, and one set of stops is now s...paced 950 metres apart! Our member Beulah Esuk told the Star that taking away local stops will mean more wait times, more delays, or going late to your appointments or arriving late at home." She said she supports the bus-lane plan but we’re not willing to sacrifice the local stops. https://www.thestar.com//eglinton-rapid-bus-plan-comes-at-

The City will resume issuing Fair Pass TTC discounts next month, for people receiving OW, ODSP, and Child Care Fee Subsidy. But other low income residents will be left waiting. Tell Mayor Tory to keep his promise to fully fund lower fares! Sign the open letter: https://forms.gle/z5mzGPpNBThi8NLp8... Attend this Friday's event: Keep the Fair Pass! Training: How to speak at a Committee The Toronto Star covered this issue today: I was given the run-around when trying to renew my Fair Pass discount this summer. It’s good that the program is being reinstated, but people have already fallen through the cracks, said rider Adam Cohoon in a statement released by advocacy group TTCriders. Cohoon called on Mayor Tory to keep his promise to fully fund the Fair Pass in 2021. https://www.thestar.com//toronto-to-resume-issuing-new-fai

Poster team out on Eglinton East last night! Can you put up posters at your stop or in your building? Sign up to volunteer: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer The TTC’s removal of 24 local bus stops along the Eglinton East RapidTO corridor violates its own service standards. Removing local stops will make transit less accessible to the people who need it most. Learn more and take action to save your local stop: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidtostops

The TTC needs to order more vehicles as soon as possible! The TTC Board is voting Thursday October 22 to order more buses, streetcars, and subway cars. But the TTC needs Premier Ford and Prime Minister Trudeau to chip in to fully fund more vehicles. Read more and take action for the TTC vehicles we need: http://www.ttcriders.ca/ttcfleet/ https://globalnews.ca//ttc-report-reveals-what-vehicles-it

The #TTC is finally expanding its mask giveaway program to buses. 26 staff "will rotate through the 25 busiest spots on the bus network in shifts on weekdays when ridership is highest." Have you seen mask distribution on your bus route yet? Do you think this is enough? https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ttc-to-expand-its-mask-giveaway-

Join our poster team this Thursday! Help us reach more transit riders about the removal of 24 local bus stops on the Eglinton East RapidTO corridor. We're meeting on Thursday October 22 at 5:45pm at the South-East corner of Brimley and Eglinton East (Shoppers Drug Mart corner). We'll bring tape, posters and have TTC tickets available: You just need to show up! PLEASE WEAR A MASK! We plan to put up posters from 6pm until 7pm in groups of 2, and be physically distant. If you'r...e running late on Thursday, text 416-799-0760. Learn more about the removal of local bus stops on Eglinton East and take action here: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidtostops

"Where's my stop?" Read Ketheesakumaran Navaratnam's opinion column in the Scarborough Mirror. "RapidTO is an opportunity to dramatically improve service on key bus corridors. Yet rather than increase service on bus lanes, the TTC has opted to reduce frequency and remove 24 of 69 local stops on the Eglinton East corridor. The TTC is rebranding a service cut as an improvement, just as it did with the introduction of the express bus network, which came at the expense of some lo...cal bus service." https://www.toronto.com//10223591--where-s-my-stop-the-tt/

The City of Toronto quietly stopped processing applications to the Fair Pass #TTC discount program in March. Sign the open letter & get involved: https://bit.ly/34EWyUc City staff will report about the future of the program on November 12, 2020. RSVP to the training this Friday to speak out at the meeting: Keep the Fair Pass! Training: How to speak at a Committee

SAVE OUR STOPS! The TTC’s removal of 24 local bus stops along the Eglinton East RapidTO corridor violates its own service standards. Local stops should be between 300-400 metres, but the majority of new stops are spaced further according to a new analysis by Hayden Poon. Read more & take action here: http://www.ttcriders.ca/rapidtostops/ Listen to Beulah Esuk speak with Metro Morning last Tuesday about bus crowding and the removal of her local stops on Eglinton East. Contact [email protected] to get connected with local riders about this issue.

A sunny day to spread the word about the removal of local bus stops on Eglinton East. Many people we spoke with had heard about the TTC's plan and agreed to call their local Councillor. Join our poster team next time! Sign up to volunteer: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer Take action to save your local bus stop on Eglinton / Kingston / Morningside: http://www.ttcriders.ca/rapidtostops/

Toronto ACORN is demanding more buses and more mask distribution in Toronto's northwest to fix crowding!

Catch some sunny weather with our poster team tomorrow! Help us reach more transit riders about the removal of local bus stops on the Eglinton East RapidTO corridor. We're meeting on Saturday October 31 at 1:15pm at the NORTH-EAST corner of Mason and Eglinton East (Walmart bus stop). TTCriders members will bring tape, posters and have TTC tickets available: You just need to show up! PLEASE WEAR A MASK! We plan to put up posters from 1:30pm to 2:30pm in groups of 2, an...d be physically distant. Please RSVP by emailing [email protected]. If you're running late on Saturday, text 416-799-0760. Learn more about the removal of local bus stops on Eglinton East and take action here: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidtostops

Nita Goswami speaks out about TTC crowding! Nita spoke to the TTC Board last month urging them to run more service. Now all laid off bus operators are coming back in November. But more is needed. The TTC should distribute masks on buses, and permanent transit funding is needed from Premier Ford and Prime Minister Trudeau so the TTC can run as much service as possible The TTC also has spare buses that it could put in service. ... Send a message to Premier Ford to fund the TTC: www.ttcriders.ca/fundthettc Read the interview with Nita in the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com//she-felt-safer-riding-her-kids-bi

Be like Joel. Share with us how you are feeling about the loss of your local bus stops: https://www.youtube.com/watch Do you take the bus on Jane Street or along Eglinton East, Kingston Rd, and Morningside? Bus lanes could speed up your trips, but the TTC is planning to REMOVE local stops and CUT service frequency. Email/call your councillor NOW and copy [email protected] in your email. ... Don’t know your councillor, click here or contact us. https://www.toronto.ca/city-government//members-of-council/ Take the Eglinton East survey here: https://www.ttcannualplan.ca/eglinton-east-overview Take the Jane bus survey here: https://www.ttcannualplan.ca/jane-street-priority-bus-lane

Did you get a call from us last night? Join our phone team to reach more transit users! Sign up: act.ttcriders.ca/volunteer Last night we made phone calls about how to take action to keep local bus stops on Eglinton East and protect the Fair Pass discount program.... Our next event to support the Fair Pass is next Friday Nov. 6th: Keep the Fair Pass! Training: How to speak at a Committee Take action to keep local bus stops on Eglinton East / Kingston / Morningside here: www.ttcriders.ca/rapidTOstops

On October 11th, the City of Toronto will be removing the bus stops on both sides of Cedar Drive & Eglinton. These bus stops are crucial for working class, immi...grant, and racialized families who live in the half dozen high rises around these stops. Most of us in the neighbourhood do not drive, and we rely on that stop to get to work or access groceries. Why are they removing the stop? This may mean less time spent by a driver on his route, but that comes at the cost adding an extra 5 -10 minutes walk without a sidewalk for thousands of people in the half dozen high-rises who rely on this bus stop. And if you're elderly or have limited mobility, forget about it. Long time resident Mike McKenzie shares why this is such a serious problem for the neighbourhood. LIKE and FOLLOW for more working class news, analysis, and action in the #GTA cc: John Tory Paul Ainslie