Commuter paper cuts transit column
Transit columnist Ed Drass will no longer be writing In Transit for Metro, the popular commuter tabloid that has been carrying the column for about seven years.
After 575 columns, Drass says the paper wants the space on Mondays for city issues and lifestyles, topics he hasn't got the time or inclination to pursue.
Since he began writing the column in June 2003, Drass has been a voice for customer convenience and common sense in the delivery of Toronto-area transit.
He used to write two columns a week but was cut back to one at a shorter length in the last couple of years.
Drass says he's offered to write an occasional transit piece for the paper but no word yet on whether that will happen.
"I doubt I can stay out of print too long, especially with the city election coming up. We shall see," he told The Toronto Star on Monday.
You'll still be able to catch Ed's tweets at twitter.com/eddrass
Too bad, Ed's In Transit columns were a useful part of Metro. Maybe The Star needs a transit columnist?
Posted by: David C | 07/12/2010 at 04:26 PM
You get what you pay for!
Posted by: Andrew | 07/12/2010 at 04:44 PM
well there goes the only reason for me to pick up a METRO,at all, a gr, 1 student could write better than most of the METRO columnists! I read http:thestar.com every day from my phone, and computer, so much better.
Posted by: Em | 07/12/2010 at 05:11 PM
Metro has turned into the most inane paper this side of 24 hours. Will no one save it from the scourge of celebrity gossip or cheeky headlines!
Posted by: steve | 07/12/2010 at 06:08 PM
I'm sorry to hear that Ed will be leaving Metro. He always had great information, and presented both sides of every story. He was a great champion to me when I ran the petition against GO Transit.
Good Luck Ed, you have great skills, and you won't be out of print for long, that I am sure of!
Posted by: Pat | 07/13/2010 at 01:40 PM
There goes one of the only remaining reasons I pick up Metro anymore. And that's saying a lot, because it's free.
The writing/editing really stinks now - I find at least several errors every issue, and they're not all typos - some of them are pretty blatant errors that anyone who had time to research the story would've picked up.
I guess that's what happens when you cut staff and get them to write more stories - you get less time to get things right, never mind do a good job.
I'm going to stick to my iphone, thanks.
Posted by: JB | 07/14/2010 at 02:01 AM