The Toronto Traveler

The City of Toronto is a very diverse place and even when you are not at one of the major tourist attractions, you have the chance to see something spectacular.  If you’re interested in a way to tour the city as us locals see it, then I’ve come with a way that you might be able to do that for a very reasonable price.
I call it touring the city on the TTC.  All you have to do is get on a bus or streetcar route that goes by a number of places that you want to see and then …read more

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While I’m pretty well convinced that Toronto has one of the best subway systems in the world, at the same time I’m also convinced that it can give people some nasty surprises from time to time.  Having lived in the city for over 15 years now and taken the bus to school and work for most of that time, I know that I’ve certainly felt the brunt of a subway surprise every now and then.  I’ve also encountered confused tourists from time to time as well, so hopefully these tips will help you minimize the impact that any unforeseen subway …read more

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1) Strikes Affect the City Massively: The TTC has been on strike before; many times in fact.  During my own time in primary, middle, secondary and now post secondary school, the TTC has had at least three different strikes that I can remember off the top of my head and there were probably a number of near misses as well where the union was able to negotiate a deal with the city at the last minute in order to avoid a strike.  And those near misses were good things too, because the city is paralyzed without the TTC.  …read more

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A few days ago, I wrote a post that talked about how Toronto subway stations have distinctive tiling and how that tiling had been captured by a set of buttons that were now on sale.  While that post was originally just going to be a stand alone post in and of itself, it actually planted a few seeds of thought in my head.  Seeds of thought are dangerous things for bloggers because they can lead to crazy ideas for posts and in this particular case that’s exactly what’s happened!
 
So, without further ado, I’d like to introduce Subway Sundays, …read more

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The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC for short) is the government authority that controls and maintains the subway system in Toronto.  They are responsible for not only making sure that the current stations and trains remain in good authority, but they are also responsible for making additions whenever the funding they receive allows for it.  A full map of the subway system as it currently exists in Toronto can be found here and while understanding the system enough to be able to navigate to different places in the smallest amount of time takes some practice, there are a few things that …read more

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