The chair of the TTC indicated that the earliest opening date for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project could be mid-2025, with a proposed new date of June 1 for conventional TTC fare payments and December 31, 2025 for Wheel-Trans users. Metrolinx did not provide a direct answer on the potential opening date, emphasizing the need to meet key milestones before sharing the information with the public. Despite ongoing speculation and recent leadership changes at Metrolinx, the project is moving forward with testing, addressing software design flaws, and aiming towards an opening date in 2025.
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Two architects of Naheed Nenshi's 2010 Calgary mayoral victory see parallels in Zohran Mamdani, who won the New York City Democratic primary with a similar outsider campaign. Stephen Carter notes Mamdani's effective brand-building tactics through digital tools, reminiscent of Nenshi's innovative grassroots strategy that established him as the first Muslim mayor of a major North American city. Explain It To Me Like I'm 5: Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's successful primary campaign in New York...
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