Recent content by ThenWhat

Let me clarify in case it wasn't clear first time: People stay away and prefer to drive because of an accumulation of many things, some major and some minor. TTC is not able to control many of those things, but they can control some. Decreasing the amount of auditory and visual pollution in the...

Yes, exactly. It is not enough to have bad experiences with transit because of the things that TTC is not able to control. Let's just add more annoying things that TTC can control. Then be surprised that people stay away and prefer to drive.

That's the good part --- less audio pollution. The bad part --- more video pollution, with large screens flashing commercials no matter where you look as you wait on the platform. Fortunately there is no room for such inside the trains.

Transit shows the times of the next train, and the one after that, and the one after that, etc. Not sure how precise those times are.

Yes, agree, give it time. The opening was successful overall, and there seems to be good will to work on improvements. In three months or so, I will want to know: 1. Is the control system able to maintain approximately equal intervals between trains (i.e. avoid bunching) in spite of the...

The main problem with that intersection, as far as Line 5 goes, are the two left turns that cross the LRT track. Both those left turns may be eliminated and replaced by "Michigan turns". There is already space for U-turns on Eglinton in both directions, half way to Brentcliffe and half way to...

Yes, exactly. All we hear is "no need for an enquiry, we have learnt from our mistakes and will do better from now on." OK, great, tell us what you learnt. What were those mistakes? What exactly are you going to do better on the next project? Will you have better engineers? Better contract...

Let's hope that the revision and the direction from the council will result in something meaningful for Line 5. But don't expect miracles. Implementing an aggressive TSP is made difficult by design choices that have already been made; one-stage pedestrian crossing, near-side stops, etc. It may...

They are, and they did on Line 6, according to this report that was part of discussions at the city council almost a year ago: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-254795.pdf Now the hope is they will move to a more aggressive (unconditional) signal priority. But that...

Yes, a good point. Credit should be given where it's due. That raises questions about the other stations. Those ugly above ground boxes at Laird, Bayview, Don Mills (aka Don Valley) etc. Are they meant to be temporary until a developer comes in with a proposal to build a real building instead?

151 goes north from Line 4 (Sheppard).

The updated map is in the Winter 2026 Ride Guide. Not on the TTC web site yet.

So now I am confused. What is the new bus 34 if not a parallel service shadowing Line 5?

I wish it were so, but I am afraid it will not be.

For me also reliability is more important than speed. Speed is good to have, but reliability is essential. That's my own view, others may disagree. That begs a question: How reliable will Line 5 be? In particular, how well will it maintain the scheduled headways. Will TTC do any better here than...