Rocket Riders

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Rocket Riders is a non-profit citizens advocacy group dedicated to public transit issues in the Greater Toronto Area.

In 2002, they successfully lobbied to have the Commission reinstate the 501 Queen proof-of-payment system.

The group is often quoted or mentioned by Toronto news media.^[1] ^[2]

[edit] Further reading

Smith, Mike. "Paying dearly for getting squished", Now, 21 November 2002. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. "Hundreds attended the Rocket Riders' recent public forum on saving public transit, ..."

^ Hume, Christopher; Tess Kalinowski. "Toronto streetcar named among world's best. National Geographic includes the TTC's Queen streetcar, the 501, one of the top 10 trolley routes.", Toronto: Toronto Star, December 29, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. (English) "Delays, unannounced route changes, and overcrowding on the route are so unpopular that earlier this month, the Rocket Riders advocacy group held a "Fix the 501" forum at Metro Hall that attracted dozens of disgruntled riders. Unless the TTC tackles the service issues on the Queen car, it can't expect Torontonians to buy into the $6 billion Transit City plan that would extend light rail to the key suburban corridors, says transit activist Steve Munro."
^ Kuitenbrouwer, Peter. "Crown jewel badly tarnished", National Post, Saturday, November 24, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. "The Rocket Riders, a transit users group, and the Sierra Club of Canada's Ontario chapter invite riders to the Fix the 501 Streetcar Forum, Dec. 4, 6:30 to 9 p.m., at Metro Hall, Room 310."