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January 2011

Deadly TTC Accidents List

Two pedestrians have been killed on the streets of Toronto this month by TTC vehicles. Below, a list of other fatal pedestrian-TTC collisions from the past two years.

January 21, 2011

A 55-year-old man is struck by a bus near St. Clair Avenue on Dufferin Street in the early morning. A passenger saw the man on the ground and got the bus driver to stop. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

January 11, 2011

Deadly TTC Accidents List

Two pedestrians have been killed on the streets of Toronto this month by TTC vehicles. Below, a list of other fatal pedestrian-TTC collisions from the past two years.

January 21, 2011

A 55-year-old man is struck by a bus near St. Clair Avenue on Dufferin Street in the early morning. A passenger saw the man on the ground and got the bus driver to stop. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

January 11, 2011

Subways are necessary in Toronto

We do want to respect the spending of tax funds. Dollars spent on Transit City could be wasted and stopping it truly is crucial.

TTC bus route cuts delayed

TTC riders have received a reprieve on cuts to 48 poorly subscribed evening and weekend bus routes.

City councillors on the transit commission have delayed till Feb. 2 a choice to reduce off-hours service. The delay provides TTC staff time to come up with alternatives to a few of the route reductions and supply much more time to inform the public of the proposed cuts.

Beijing tackles transit, with stunning results

As Toronto wrestles with its transit future, the Beijing subway system did something stunning last week: it cut the ribbons on five new lines and 108 kilometres of new track — all in a single day.

That's equal to one and a half times Toronto's entire Toronto subway system.

The new lines and dozens of sparkling new stations came on stream last Thursday to broad acclaim.

In Toronto, the TTC might claim to be “The Better Way,” but here in Beijing the operative slogan seems to be “Just do it.”

There's nothing tentative about Beijing's approach.