Recent content by evandyk

There is absolutely no good reason to have TTC announcements in French.

This was pretty much the most obvious decision of all time.

I went skiing at Dagmar a few weeks ago, and on the drive up, we saw a constant stream of dump trucks driving south. My friend joked that they might be building a new ski hill. Sure enough, we got to the top of the lift, and they are building a new ski hill. There was a constant parade of dump...

It's just money. And the people making the decisions about the money don't ride the TTC, so they're not affected by the constant delays.

We got stuck in the tunnel for 15 minutes yesterday due to someone on the tracks. Then narrowly missed a huge delay this morning from the same thing. We need plans to put platform doors in.

I ride the streetcar almost daily (504 or 505 mostly) and see them way too infrequently. Not nearly often enough to make someone think as they board that they have a reasonably likely chance of being fare-checked on that ride.

Israel is using some sort of laser weapon to shoot down drones. Makes a lot more sense than blasting a whole bunch of metal into the air and hoping it doesn't come down on any of your own citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Beam

Hard to say. It's been mostly covered in snow since December. The section where the encampment was has been fenced off since that time. I haven't been by recently to see if the fence has been taken down, but I doubt it.

Nobody has been camping in Dufferin Grove since they cleared it out.

The Kent School is going to become a community centre.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-bathurst-line-streetcar-electrical-issue-cne-1.7621025

I remember this because my wife, who does not pay attention to this stuff, listened to the news one day and was like "You mean the TTC doesn't know how much electricity it needs for the streetcars it's running?!?!?!?!"

Yeah. Using the TTC as winter shelter is not working either for the TTC or for the people using it for shelter. I'm riding the 505 most days, and when I get on at Broadview, there's usually one or two people sleeping in the back seats. They've probably been riding it for hours. I'm not about to...

It's not clear how they're "cashing out" if they're not selling the name/location to someone to keep operating it. Unless they own the building and are selling it to a developer.