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On Winning CUTA’s 2024 Excellence Award
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This morning (November 20), I was honoured by the Canadian Urban Transit Association with one of their two 2024 Excellence awards. In my case, it was for decades of transit advocacy, and my co-winn…
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501 Queen Diversions and Shuttles for the Ontario Line
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This article is a follow-up to my earlier piece about the TTC’s Rapid Transit Expansion report including the effect of Ontario Line construction on the 501 Queen service. Updated March 1, 202…
on Sep 27
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TTC Service Changes: October 6, 2024
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The TTC will make several changes to their services on October 6. One major construction diversion in Parkdale ends with restoration of normal routes on King and Queen Street West, and the downtown…
on Sep 27
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At its meeting of July 15, the TTC’s Audit & Risk Management Committee considered a staff report on the efforts underway and proposed to deal with the problem of fare evasion. This report…
on Jul 19
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TTC Board Meeting: April 11, 2024 (Part I)
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The TTC Board met on April 11 with a long agenda. Among items of interest are: CEO’s Report * 2024 Asset Management Plan Line 3 SRT Incident Investigation and Subway Track Continuous Improvem…
on Apr 15
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TTC Plans Buses on 510 Spadina June-October 2024
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The TTC has announced plans for construction projects that will require replacement of streetcars by buses on 510 Spadina starting June 23 until October 2024. In June and July, overhead will be reb…
on Apr 14
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On March 19, 2024, the TTC’s Audit & Risk Management Committee considered a presentation from their Internal Audit group and management’s response regarding an updated Fare Evasion …
on Mar 20
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King Street Update — January 2024
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This article continues a series of reviews of operations on the King Street Transit Priority Lane of which the most recent is King Street Travel Times: May-December 2023. On February 9, 2024, Mayor…
on Feb 11
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Ontario Confirms Co-Fare Restoration for TTC
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On February 5, 2024, Ontario announced that it will extend the co-fare arrangements between GO Transit and local municipal transit systems outside of Toronto to the TTC. The branding for this schem…
on Feb 5
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How Slow Is My Streetcar: Part I
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At its November 2023 meeting, Council passed a motion proposed by Councillor Chris Moise whose ward covers the east side of downtown, and who also sits on the TTC Board: 1. City Council direct the …
on Jan 24
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Searching for reports and presentations in the TTC Board agendas can be tiresome because one must know both what one is looking for and when the Board might have considered the item. This is furthe…
on Jan 23
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TTC Seeks Track Engineering Consultants
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On November 16, 2023, the TTC posted an RFP (number P58PW23631) on the Bonfire bidding website for “Track Maintenance Consultant Services”. The short description, on the title page, is:…
on Dec 19
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This afternoon, June 1, there was a small miracle at the TTC’s Greenwood Yard. Assorted politicians and transit management gathered for an announcement of transit funding, of new transit fund…
on Nov 8, 2023
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Ontario Funds 100% of the Hurontario-Main LRT
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The Ontario government has announced that it will fund 100% of the proposed Hurontario-Main LRT line, although they would happily receive contributions from other partners such as the Federal gover…
on Nov 7, 2023
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Where Should We Put A (Downtown) Relief Line?
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The City of Toronto began a series of public meetings yesterday (March 3) to advance the cause of a a new subway line that would relief capacity constraints into downtown. This round focuses on th…
on Nov 7, 2023
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At today’s special meeting of the TTC Board, the expectation was that Rick Leary would be dismissed as CEO. This was not to be, for reasons yet, if ever, to be revealed. Problems with Leary&#…
on Oct 27, 2023
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The Vanishing Transit Priority on King Street
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At its meeting on October 25, 2023, Toronto’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee will consider a report about the City’s Congestion Management Plan. I will review that in a separa…
on Oct 21, 2023