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Commando Parenting My Independent Daughter

Jeni Marinucci | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Parenting, Fostering Independence, Free Range Parenting, Public Transportation, Teenagers, Daughters, Canada Living News
Jeni Marinucci

I turn to my daughter. She is 14, and busy perfecting the act of looking at once both pensive and haughty. Finally she admits something. "I'm thinking about the bus. You said you wanted to teach me to ride the public bus. That I need to be more independent." I did say that...

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Toronto Transit: Build It -- And They Will Come

David R. Miller | Posted 04.27.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Toronto Transit, Toronto LRT, Public Transportation, Ttc Expansion, Toronto Subway, David Miller, Ttc, Canada Politics News
David R. Miller

Gridlock in the Toronto region costs the economy billions of dollars a year, harms our environment, and leaves lower income people literally sitting on the bus for hours each day. If I were advising the new Premier of Ontario today, my advice would consist of one simple statement: Get the shovels in the ground now. Build the transit lines that we already have funding for -- then speak to the people about how to pay for the remaining lines. We must seize the moment when the funding and political will exist if we are to meet the needs of our residents and businesses and overcome decades of inertia.

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In Defence of Strollers on the TTC

Charlotte Singmin | Posted 03.28.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Toronto, Strollers, Public Transportation, TTC Stroller Debate, Strollers on the TTC, Public Transit Debate, Strollers on Public Transit, Canada Living News
Charlotte Singmin

The latest news about potentially restricting strollers on the TTC upsets me not only as a mom, but also as a proud Torontonian, and as a fellow human being. Imagine if this stroller limit were to pass, what kind of Pandora's box would we be opening, what "inconvenience" would be next? People in wheelchairs, or on crutches? Women carrying numerous grocery bags?

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Canadians View Public Transit As 'Inconvenient': StatsCan

CP | Will Campbell, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: Driving, Subway, Public Transportation, Statscan, Public Transit, Commuting, Commuters, Canada News

OTTAWA - A new study suggests the vast majority of commuters remain reluctant to use public transit, despite public campaigns encouraging people of it...

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Haiti's Young Men on Motorbikes

Elizabeth Abbott | Posted 10.15.2011 | Canada
Read More: Congested Traffic, Motorbikes, Haiti Demographics, Haiti Earthquake, Tent Cities, Public Transportation, Traffic Jams, Motorbicycles, Haiti, Traffic Accidents, Motorcycles, Haiti Infrastructure, Canada News
Elizabeth Abbott

Upon returning to Haiti, the contingent that really caught my eye was the army of young males on motorbikes, riding with the cockiness of immaturity exacerbated by the frustration of travel on Haiti's miserable roads.

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Public Transit in Canada: A Bigger Idea

Andreas Souvaliotis | Posted 09.13.2011 | Canada
Read More: Montreal Transit, Ttc, Toronto Tranist Commission, Subway, Public Transportation, Public Transit, Carbon Footprint, Subway Expansion, Canada News
Andreas Souvaliotis

The carbon crunch and the sudden change in expectations and priorities across our major cities now represent a serious new challenge for our urban administrators. How do we shift millions of Canadians from cars to transit if we don't have the spare capacity or the spare funds to quickly expand?

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