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Meet Your New Streetcars, Toronto

TTC unveils renderings of the new LRVs, hitting Toronto rails in 2013.

As regular transit riders know, Toronto needs new streetcars. Our current fleet is more than worn around the edges; at the end of their expected lifespan, many vehicles are spending more time in repair shops and less on the rails. With ever-increasing ridership, the TTC was also eager to increase capacity on each vehicle, and [...]

Canadian International Air Show 2009: Time to Fly

Every September, Torontonians are enthralled by the sounds and sights of jet aircraft overhead during the Canadian International Air Show. Hamish Grant will be documenting some of the airborne events for Torontoist. Not only is the Canadian International Air Show a spectacular demonstration of piloting skills, it’s also a lesson in aviation history. Many of [...]

Bombardier Wins

The TTC has announced that staff is recommending Bombardier—over Siemens—to manufacture more than two hundred new low-floor light rail vehicles, due to roll out across Toronto’s existing streetcar network starting in 2012 (for “passenger service,” after a prototype arrives in 2011), at a cost of $1.22 billion. According to TTC Director of Communications Brad Ross, [...]

TTC Reconsiders Parking Privileges, Election Really Super-Close, Guys Love Grocery Shopping

The TTC is looking at eliminating the free parking spaces allotted to Metropass holders at the 16 lots they own around the city. TTC Chair Adam Giambrone contended that the free spaces were costing the TTC more money than they brought in, which sounds like a valid argument until you remember that parking spots, like [...]

Streetcar Suspense Alleviated, Economic News Bad, BetBetBetBetBetBetBet

Looks like Toronto’s next batch of streetcars will be made by Bombardier. The Canadian company is a shoo-in to win the $1.25 billion contract after German manufacturer Siemens pulled out of the bidding, leaving only a small British company and that guy down the street with the junked car on his lawn as competition. The [...]