Concept for a redesigned Metropass, with stronger, more iconic imagery. Among the litany of complaints passengers often reel off about the TTC, its branding, signage, and design identity don’t usually make the top of the list. Easy to dismiss as frilly and superficial, these subtle markers shape our day-to-day experience with the transit system—and they [...]

Photo by Joel Charlebois/Torontoist. Coming before the TTC Commission at its next meeting, on March 1: a recommendation that part-time students be cut from post-secondary Metropass eligibility. According to the current rules, in order to be eligible, students must be “enrolled in a full-time or part-time degree or diploma program” at a recognized institution. Under [...]

Image by Marc Lostracco/Torontoist. Aha! we thought, when news of the TTC’s long-anticipated project to put art on our beloved Metropasses landed in our inbox: they get it! By issuing a public call for submissions of interest, the TTC was demonstrating not only a sensitivity to the small aesthetic details that can brighten our day, [...]

TTC riders can get a refund after last weekend’s strike (see Torontoist’s story here). If you bring your pass to a collector’s booth, you will get $7.50 back. Torontoist personally plans to invest its Metropass refund in the stock market, purchasing 1/95th of a share of Google. The United States Federal Reserve cut a key [...]

TTC “U-pass” close to passing for students, possibly also hotel workers. If the scheme passes, the TTC will suddenly be crowded once again, rendering all those recent fleet upgrades essentially moot. Hooray for public transit! Jack Layton calls for Family Day to be named a national holiday. He then asked for a pony and all [...]