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Guard rails on trucks proposed to improve safety

Report recommends retrofitting City vehicles City of Toronto staff report aims to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety by adding side guards to City-owned heavy-duty vehicles  City of Toronto staff are recommending actions to improve pedestrian safety by adding side guards

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Gardiner Expressway repairs are four months ahead of schedule, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria told a press conference on November 6th in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Christine Hogarth hosted the conference. Photo: Ontario/YouTube
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No congestion pricing: Sarkaria

“We will never look at anything to do with congestion pricing” Ontario will not consider congestion pricing for downtowns, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria told media and guests at a press conference on November 7, 2024. At a event focused on

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Gardiner Expressway repairs are four months ahead of schedule, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria told a press conference on November 6th in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Christine Hogarth hosted the conference. Photo: Ontario/YouTube
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Gardiner Expressway repairs ahead of schedule

Crews working 24/7 accelerates results The Ontario government is marking the start of the second phase of construction on the Gardiner Expressway four months ahead of schedule. The early milestone is the result of the government’s $73 million investment in

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On October 7th, Uber drivers at Pearson Airport held an impromptu protest. They then aligned with Rideshare Drivers Association of Ontario to organize a second protest, with a permit from GTAA, on October 17th. Photo: X/Anti-Taxxer
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Advice to protesters: quit Uber

Uber and government have their hands in your pocket: Kerametlian “All Uber drivers should quit driving for Uber or Lyft and ask the government to enforce bylaws of Taxicab and become Taxi drivers as the market requires.” An open letter

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