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CHATTER: Watered-down version of Bathurst priority bus lanes approved (Aug. 2025)

September 29th, 2025 · Comments Off on CHATTER: Watered-down version of Bathurst priority bus lanes approved (Aug. 2025)

The proposal, titled RapidTO, was first endorsed by council in February of 2024 and is expected to improve transit travel times for the six FIFA World Cup games Toronto will be hosting in 2026.

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FORUM: Celebrating greenspaces, easing congestion (Aug. 2025)

September 29th, 2025 · Comments Off on FORUM: Celebrating greenspaces, easing congestion (Aug. 2025)

What a month July was! I’m thrilled that we had a very productive city council session, with real progress on RapidTO Bathurst and more shelter space for Toronto’s homeless.

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FORUM: Bathurst Street: Not yet RapidTO (Aug. 2025)

September 29th, 2025 · Comments Off on FORUM: Bathurst Street: Not yet RapidTO (Aug. 2025)

In a city where transit projects are measured in years of delay and billions of dollars in cost overruns, RapidTO offered a quick, inexpensive solution for long-suffering transit riders. 

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NEWS: Pushback on Bathurst bus lanes (July 2025)

September 5th, 2025 · 1 Comment

Press conference at Kos Café highlights local opposition to RapidTO By Abigail Harris On Wednesday June 11, over a hundred residents and small business owners gathered on the patio of Kos Café at Bathurst and Dupont to call on the city to pause the proposed RapidTO transit corridor expansion north of Bloor.  The event was hosted […]

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (July 2025)

September 5th, 2025 · Comments Off on LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (July 2025)

RE: OPINION: Empty cars don’t buy things, people do (May/June 2025) After reading the opinion piece in the latest paper a few days ago, I thought I would give it some time. A week later, the profound disappointment at the tone of the piece still holds sway. I have been a part of this community […]

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OPINION: Empty cars don’t buy things—people do (May/June 2025)

September 5th, 2025 · Comments Off on OPINION: Empty cars don’t buy things—people do (May/June 2025)

Proposed priority transit lanes on Bathurst will bring more shoppers By Terri Chu  A few times a week, I take my kids about two kilometres south on Bathurst for Taekwondo. When the weather is nice, we like to go by bike, but when the weather isn’t so nice, we take transit. Lately, I have entirely […]

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