{"id":152913,"date":"2025-12-16T17:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=152913"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:42:51","slug":"viral-running-video-pushes-toronto-council-to-speed-up-slow-finch-lrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/viral-running-video-pushes-toronto-council-to-speed-up-slow-finch-lrt\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral running video pushes Toronto council to speed up \u201cslow\u201d Finch LRT"},"content":{"rendered":"

A runner\u2019s viral video showing him outrunning the city\u2019s new $2.6-billion Finch West LRT has helped prompt real change at Toronto’s City Hall.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, Mac Bauer<\/strong> posted a video<\/a> of himself beating the new light rail line in a 10.27-kilometre race by 18 minutes. The clip exceeded 1,000,000 views on social media, and on Tuesday, Toronto City Council voted in favour of implementing transit signal priority on the Finch LRT starting early 2026.<\/p>\n

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