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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'mississaugatransit'

December 21, 2007

The ever-reliable Transit Toronto has just posted a comprehensive list of a number of Ontario transit services' holiday hours. If you have any intention of using any or all of Barrie Transit, Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, GO Transit, Guelph Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, Milton Transit, Mississauga Transit, Oakville Transit, Orangeville Transit, Region of Peel Transhelp, Toronto Transit Commission, or York Region Transit between today and December 28, the list is an invaluable......

Continue Reading "What's In Your Wallet Holiday Transit Plans?"

November 29, 2007

First and foremost, we're going to warn you that the video above may not be safe for work, children, or the faint of heart. It's from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario's latest ad campaign. In the video, a young sweet sous-chef with her whole future ahead of her happens to slip on some grease, spilling a vat of boiling water all over herself and horribly scalding her face. While she's on......

Continue Reading "Clicking On This Video Was No Accident"

August 13, 2007

The CBC is reporting that the provincial government announced an ambitious new project today to revamp Kipling Station and turn it into a major transit hub for Etobicoke and Mississauga. The announcement came from Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield and Environment Minister Laurel Broten early this afternoon. The new station, which will be owned and operated by GO Transit, is set to have an inter-regional bus terminal and will connect Mississauga Transit and GO buses......

Continue Reading "Rockin' the Suburbs"

June 27, 2007

You want a greener city? Prepare to pay $4 million per year in taxes to plant and maintain trees. Alternatively, you could covertly plant them yourself with your own funds. We hear that chicks dig tree planters. Transit officials are testing the Presto card in Mississauga; a refillable swipe card that allows you to travel between Mississauga Transit, GO Trains and TTC while only paying for one fare. Eventually, the project will be extended......

Continue Reading "Green City Costs $4 Million, Presto Card, Kid-Themed Hilton Rooms, Mike Harris: Lookin' Real Good"

December 14, 2006

We just found out about this absolutely incredible transit map of Toronto that incorporates the TTC, Go Transit, VIVA, Brampton Transit, Mississauga Transit, and Vaughan Transit into handy-dandy Google Map form, meaning you can easily input a location and find the nearest transit routes that surround it. Best of all, unlike other maps before it, it doesn't include only major stops but everything -- including bus and streetcar routes and it's integrated with our own......

Continue Reading "The Best Map Ever in the History of Anything"

March 17, 2005

While Toronto residents fumble around in their linty pockets, for tokens most small, or tickets most crumpled, Mississauga('Leading today for tomorrow!) is streamlining its transit ticketing operations, and creating one seamless payment card. The smart card, which uses a microchip to deduct prepaid monies from its total, will be available acrross the Saug by 2007. Riders won't need transfers either. Director of Mississauga Transit, Bill Cunningham hopes the smart cards will "stimulate ridership growth." TOist......

Continue Reading "Mississauga Pulls Ahead"

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