Read the daily “on schedule” posts to find news and other information that affects your daily commute. You’ll learn about public meetings, special events and construction projects that affect transit services today.

Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.

Greater Toronto Area

• CTV News Toronto report, “Nine injured after abrupt stop on Bay Street bus”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “TTC bus driver charged with careless driving”, here.
• Globe and Mail column, “How Toronto’s transit plan takes taxpayers for a ride”, here.
• National Post article, “TTC driver faces careless driving charges after 9 injured”, here.
• OpenFile Toronto post, “Is the TTC’s expansion plan absurdly expensive? Depends on who you ask”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Presto validation: Doing it right”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Epic”, here.
• Steve Munro post, “The High Cost of Going Underground (Updated)”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Building Storeys: TTC Yards”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC driver charged after riders hurt in sudden stop”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC driver charged after riders hurt”, here.
• TTCriders.ca post, “Metrolinx Responds to our Letter Regarding the Toronto Transit Expansion Plans”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Cambridge Times article, “Council approves bus fare increases”, here.
• CTV News Kitchener report, “Region’s LRT plan gets the green light from the provincial government”, here.
• gokw.org post, “GO summer programs to expand: Barrie to get weekend summertime service, Niagara weekend service to resume”, here.
• gokw.org post, “Guelph Central Terminal now in service for Guelph City transit users”, here.
• gokw.org post, “Ontario Northland Railway — Vital transportation link and freight railway being sold from under our noses, yet massive highway projects continue”, here.
• Guelph Tribune article, “Riders rate new Guelph Central Station”, here.
• Guelph Tribune article, “Some confusion at new transit hub”, here.
• Guelph Tribune editorial, “Guelph Transit’s tough road almost over”, here.
• Guelph Tribune article, “Gimme shelter might be cry of transit users until mid-July”, here.
• Guelph Tribune editorial, “Guelph Central Station up and running”, here.
• Guelph Tribune article, “Guelph history on the move”, here.
• Guelph Tribune article, “Pedestrians beware: Changes in St. George’s Square”, here.
• Kitchener Post article, “GRT fares rising July 1”, here.
• TriTag.ca post, “Ottawa / Borden LRT alignment”, here.
• Waterloo Chronicle article, “Unlocking opportunities”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Rail transit gets green light, again”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “GRT bus, car collide in Kitchener”, here.

GO Transit operates express buses to and from Canada’s Wonderland seven days a week, starting today, Thursday, May 17.

Express buses continue to operate seven days a week until Labour Day, Monday, September 3.

MiWay resumes its regular seasonal express bus service linking the City Centre Terminal with Canada’s Wonderland, starting this Saturday, May 19.

Buses operating along the 88 Wonderland route Saturdays, Sundays and holidays until Canada Day, Sunday, July 1. Starting Monday, July 2, buses operate seven days a week.

Transit agencies throughout the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton and the Golden Horseshoe are adjusting their service and schedules Victoria Day, Monday, May 21.

Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.

Greater Toronto Area

• 680 All News Radio post, “Onatrio Works employees in Peel reach tentative deal”, here.
• InsideHalton.com article, “Lunch money Tuesday coming to GO stations”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Traffic woes on St. Clair West to be caught on tape”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “Man Arrested in TTC Sex Assault Case”, here.
• Steve Munro post, “Good News Far Too Much of the Time”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “More Peel Region workers prepare for a strike”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Guelph Mercury article, “Guelph buses leaving their mark on new terminal”, here.
• Guelph Mercury article, “Unused downtown Guelph bus shelters become miniature art galleries”, here.
• HSR Transit Blog, “Next Bus Signs coming to MacNab Terminal”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “Walkability and Transit are Key to Hamilton’s Economy”, here.

Greater Toronto area media report on public transit issues today.

• 680 All News Radio post, “TTC holds Twitter chat to answer commuter questions”, here.
• BlogTO post, “TTC and Metrolinx reveal designs for Caledonia Station”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “TTC holds first ever Twitter chat on customer service”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Crosstown project gets good reviews at Caledonia Station open house”, here.
• OpenFile Toronto post, “Here’s a crazy idea: Toronto could use all those railway tracks running through the city”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “So more of the same then???”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “This Crazy Train’s Presto Chronicles, Chapter 20: Presto! There goes my transaction history (and my discount?!)”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Meet my CSA? Don’t mind if I do!!”, here.
• Steve Munro post, “Streetcars in the Eastern Waterfront (Well, Track Anyhow)”, here.
• Toronto Life’s Daily Informer post, “GO Transit will literally pay for being late, starting this fall”, here.

Since starting work last fall, Metrolinx and TTC contractors for the Eglinton - Scarborough Crosstown light rail transit line have been busy.

Work is rapidly progressing on the first tunnel launch shaft for the Crosstown at Keelesdale Park, near Black Creek Drive. Late this summer (or early this fall), two tunnel-boring machines will arrive at the site. The supplier will deliver the machines in multiple parts and the contractors will use cranes to lower them into the shaft, where they’ll assemble them. Once they’ve put the machines together, they’ll start tunneling at a rate of about 75 metres (246 feet) each week. Metrolinx, the TTC and the contractors expect that the machines will reach Allen Road in early 2014.

Other work includes:

• relocating utilities, including gas mains, storm sewers and sanitary sewers between Keele Street and Black Creek Drive.
• building caisson (or ‘pile’) walls on the north side of Eglinton Avenue. This means drilling deep into the ground to install long columns that workers will fill with concrete to support the launch shaft structure.
• continuing to build sidewalks and installing new pavement on the north side of Eglinton. This work will let the contractor to safely maintain as much pedestrian and traffic flow through the area after they’ve finished digging up the roadway and a large hole on Eglinton Avenue.

This week, Metrolinx and the TTC hosted an open house on the future Caledonia rapid transit station. Staff presented the early designs for the station and offered members of the public the opportunity to share their ideas about the plans with the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown light rail transit team.

If you missed the meeting, you can still have your say. The Crosstown staff have posted the presentation on line and are also providing an on-line form to gather your ideas about the proposals.

You can view the presentation here. (.pdf)

If you can’t view the .pdf file, you can read a text summary here.

You can submit your comments until Monday, May 28 here.

What happens to Eglinton Avenue after Metrolinx and the TTC have finished construction and started operating the Eglinton Scarborough Crosstown light rail transit line?

Building the Crosstown LRT will significantly improve mobility and transportation options for area residents and many other Torontonians and it will bring a number of planning opportunities and challenges that the City of Toronto must address.

During the next two years, the City is undertaking a comprehensive planning study of the Eglinton Avenue corridor. Metrolinx is financially supporting the study, which City Planning staff will lead.

The City is hosting three open houses to find out what you think about the future of the Eglinton corridor and neighbourhoods around the future LRT. During the events, staff will introduce the objectives of the study, discuss guiding principles and provide an opportunity for the you to offer your comments and ideas. The events take place Thursday, May 17, Tuesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 24.

The Region of Waterloo has organized several events for members of the public to learn about how the future light rail transit line will affect their communities, as part of its ongoing Central Transit Corridor Community Building Strategy.

This week, the Region hosts G.B. Arrington, a global leader and award-winning expert on “Placemaking” today, Tuesday, May 15, starting at 7 p.m. in **Waterloo.

Arrington is an expert in planning, designing and building great communities that attract people from around the world. His work has taken him to the United States, China, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and the Caribbean. His innovative planning and community-involvement strategies have earned him awards from the President of the United States and the Canadian Institute of Planners.

The Region is also inviting you to share your ideas at two community open houses:

• tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16 in Cambridge; and
• Thursday, May 17 in Kitchener.

You must register for any of these free events, by visiting www.centraltransitcorridor.ca or calling 519-575-4400.