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2023:

• Guest speaker at York University class discussing public spaces
• Submission, City of Toronto Executive Committee, on city’s long-term financial plan

2022:

• Comments at first TTC Board Meeting of 2022-2026 term
• Guest speaker on The 6ix Fix podcast’s transit discussion
• Panel moderation at the StudentMoveTO symposium at York University
• Non-partisan public advice to candidates during the Ontario provincial election

2021:

• Christof Spieler lecture “Trains Buses People: Lessons for Toronto” on the release of the second edition of his book “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit” presented by CodeRedTO
• Contributor, TTC 2022 Annual Service Plan Stakeholder Meetings
• Contributor, City of Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Office discussions on Transit Fare Equity
• Contributor, TTC/YRT 5-Year Fare Policy Workshop

2020:

• Contributor, TTC 2021 Annual Service Plan Stakeholder Meetings

2019:

• Christof Spieler lecture “Trains Buses People: Lessons for Toronto” based on his 2018 book “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit” presented by CodeRedTO, The CITY Institute at York University, and the University of Toronto’s School of Cities

2018:

• Mixed Signals: Toronto Transit in a North American Context (PDF, source PPTX for remix use) (research report authored by CodeRedTO)
• TTCriders Transit Advocacy Summit (co-sponsor, including donation)

2017:

• Member, King Street Pilot Study Stakeholder Advisory Group (2017-2019)
• TTCriders Transit Advocacy Summit (co-sponsor, including donation)

2016:

• Contributor to Move the GTHA progress report on The Big Move, “Are We There Yet?”
• Contributor to Move the GTHA op-ed published in the Toronto Star in November: “GTHA transit needs a boost from new municipal funding sources“
• Invited participant, Metrolinx Fare Integration Workshop
• Invited participant, City of Toronto Planning’s TOcore Stakeholder Workshop
• Consultation with advocacy groups including Hamilton LRT, Fight Gridlock
• Consultation with Pembina Institute on rapid transit project work
• Donation to support transit access for Syrian refugees via Lifeline Syria at Ryerson University
• Donation to Waterloo Region public engagement campaign by TriTAG in support of the new iON LRT system
• Donation to Toronto Relief Line Alliance for printing expenses

2015:

• Member, City of Toronto’s Scarborough Subway Extension Stakeholder Advisory Group (2015-2018)
• Member, City of Toronto’s Relief Line Stakeholder Advisory Group (2015-2018)
• Urban Planning, Design and Policy People networking event (sponsor)
• Donation to Northwest Transit Action (Etobicoke) for printing expenses
• Donation to Our Place Initiative (Etobicoke) for printing expenses
• Donation to Hamilton LRT for printing expenses
• Donation to TTCriders to support advocacy and public engagement activities

2014:

• Move the GTHA meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Minister of Transportation Steven del Duca
• Contributor to Move the GTHA public opinion research with Angus Reid Forum on new revenue tools and taxes to support transit expansion

2013:

• Jarrett Walker lecture “Abundant Access: Public Transit as an Instrument of Freedom” (co-sponsor, presented by Spacing, in partnership with CodeRedTO and the University of Toronto Institute of Transportation Engineers)
• “Public Transit for the Future: Who Pays For it?” hosted by Civic17, Dufferin/St. Clair Library, Toronto
• Transit Expansion and Funding Info Sessions hosted by CodeRedTO and featuring representatives from Metrolinx:
  – Malvern Library, Scarborough (PDF)
  – York Woods Library, Etobicoke (PDF)
  – Richview Library, Etobicoke (PDF)
  – Danforth/Coxwell Library, East York (PDF)
  – Thorncliffe Library, East York (PDF)

2012:

• Founding Member, Move the GTHA collaborative (2012-2020)
  • Move The GTHA was a wide-ranging partnership on improving transit funding and understanding including many groups such as Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Canadian Urban Institute, CivicAction, CodeRedTO, CycleTO, David Suzuki Foundation, Environment Hamilton, Environmental Defence, Evergreen, Pembina Institute, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Toronto Atmospheric Fund, Toronto Centre for Active Transportation, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Toronto Public Health, Transport Action Ontario, Urban Land Institute, Western GTA Move Task Force, 8-80 Cities
• Activism and Transit, University of Toronto Scarborough Urban Geography course, Scarborough (PDF)
• Presentation to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on General Government, Queen’s Park, Toronto (PDF)
• Presentation to National Transit Strategy Town Hall, Centennial College, Scarborough (PDF)
• Transit Expansion Information Session, Agincourt Library, Scarborough (PDF)
  

2011:

• CodeRedTO founded in September 2011