Moving Beyond Ford: The Transportation We Want- Stefan Kipfer, Daniel Tseghay, Deborah Littman [1/2]

Moving Beyond Ford: The Transportation We Want In Toronto and beyond, campaigns are underway to confront the Ford government’s initiative to take the Toronto subway system from the TTC in order to reorganize, further automobilize and possibly privatize transit and transportation across the Toronto region. This and other Ford government initiatives have put progressive transportation advocates as well as transit riders and workers on the defensive. Once more, proactive initiatives are forced onto the backburner. This includes proposals to make transit free, plans to provide mass public transit to working class neighbourhoods across the city and region, to integrate public transit, cycling and pedestrian life from the ground up, and shift transportation patterns from car and truck traffic at a regional scale. Instead of only reacting to provincial policy, this panel discussion will link current transit campaigns to a longer-term question: what would a just and environmentally sustainable transportation future for the Toronto region look like? Stefan Kipfer from Free Transit Toronto introduced the panel. Speakers: * Daniel Tseghay, from TTCRiders and the Anti-Upload Campaign. * Deborah Littman from Keep it Public. Sponsored by Free Transit Toronto, Centre for Social Justice and Toronto Socialist Project | Recorded in Toronto 1 March 2019.