In September 2005, the Toronto Public Space Committee had one of its greatest victories when the TTC rejected Onestop Media’s video ads inside subway cars. That vote was very close, 4-3, and the TTC did approved video screens on subway platforms. Meanwhile, the issue of video screens inside cars was to be considered again in [...]

Last month in this blog we discussed the strange case of Pattison’s illegal billboard at 14 Roncesvalles. While the sign obtained a permit from the former Toronto government in 1978, it is illegal due to a 1957 Metro by-law. We have since discovered that the sign is not just illegal, it is encroaching on public [...]

From Torontoist:

Is advertising a potential way to help solve the problem with the TTC’s money?
No—our budget is $1.1 billion, going up to 1.2, plus capital, and plus major capital—projects like the subway that are above and beyond our standard projects—probably bring it in around the $2.4 billion range. Advertising revenue is somewhere in the range [...]

There is a lack of understanding of the basic operation of our signalling system. If a driver has seen a previous RED it is very much expected he will have stopped at it and not after it!
-TTC engineering staff to Sidetrack “Technologies”.
In a huge victory for rocket riders, the Toronto Transit Commission’s engineers have rejected [...]