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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    I just started as one myself a few months ago! :) Personally I think there should put cameras on the outside of buses and streetcars to catch people not stopping or yielding the right of way. Then simply mail the licence holder the ticket in the mail. With Torontonian drivers, we could have the...
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    Metrolinx: Presto Fare Card

    If you recall the story I mentioned a while back (need to post here more often), on the bus ride back home I checked my account from my phone. The TTC taps showed up on the page, but my Viva ones did not, despite the fact that the latter ones were stationary machines. I think it also has a bit...
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    Rob Ford's Toronto

    Sneak peek at Rob Ford's funeral:
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    TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

    Yesterday I took the new streetcar from Dundas and Spadina to Union, and I must say, they need to update the scheduling on that route. It felt like the tram was purposely going extra slow in order to stay on schedule, likely because the current one doesn't take into account rapid boarding. I...
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    You guys are sounding a lot like drivers on the Sun's Facebook page complaining about those 'pinko cyclists.' Especially when you consider that a half decent road bike can easily out speed an electric since they are speed limited, and that e-bikes open up the benefits of cycling to those who may...
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    Metrolinx: Presto Fare Card

    Let us know how that refund goes. If they hold it up, might want to get in touch with the Star. While the TTC has had a customer service renaissance, I would not be surprised if by the end of this they are facing a class action lawsuit from double dipping with Presto because of their asinine...
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    Metrolinx: Presto Fare Card

    Had to go into the city today, so I did a slight test with my Presto. Tapped at Finch, took the subway to Dundas, got off at Spadina to pick up a new bundle buggy, and took the Spadina streetcar (which was painfully slow, because TTC) down to Union. At Union there was a fare inspector, and my...
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    Transit City Plan

    How come Smart Track isn't on the 6 year map? Tory said it would be done in 7 years, and that was about a year ago.
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    Transit City Plan

    Well at this point we don't even know if it is an LRT.
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    Transit City Plan

    Perhaps, but they identify other routes as BRT like Steeles. Sheppard is the only one identified as RT. Perhaps they plan on moving the Scarborough RT over to Sheppard lol?
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    Transit City Plan

    Sheppard is noted as RT and not LRT. Does this mean it will continue on as a subway, or perhaps go with the sensible Rotterdam solution.
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    TTC Cartography, Signage, and Wayfinding

    Is it just me, or is there something "amateurish" about this map? Hard for me to put my finger on it, but it looks like a map a small town system would produce rather than a large metropolitan one.
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    Perhaps the extra fare has something to do with that? The TTC's Downtown Express lines might be the most pathetic thing the TTC operates, and that is saying something! First, their "express" moniker is dubious at best. Most routes still stop every 400-500m, which is arguably what most bus lines...
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    Metrolinx: Presto Fare Card

    I said this in another thread, but with POP I fully intend to treat my Presto fare as a two hour transfer. If caught, I will fight it and argue that I paid the exact same fare as those along St. Clair did, and they get a two hour transfer despite being within the same fare zone. Sure it is a...
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    Metrolinx: Presto Fare Card

    Any news about the TTC Times Two program working with the new Presto machines? Would be nifty if you could take the subway to say Oriole, a GO train to Union, and then tap back on to the subway without being charged a second fare.
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    Taxis and ride-sharing in Toronto

    Re: taxes. When I worked as a courier (aka: independent contractor), I paid a few thousand dollars each spring for the HST I collected as well as income tax. Though I kept track of my receipts and spending, it only goes so far. So yes, Uber drivers should be paying taxes, lest they want to get...
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    YRT/Viva Construction Thread (Rapidways, Terminals)

    So I went up that way around the lunch hour yesterday to check it out. First there were only two passengers on the bus, including myself. Bring midday I suppose it is understandable that ridership would be low though. Second, and perhaps most shocking, is that the lanes aren't even protected...
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    New Traffic Calming Measure - Impossibly Narrow Streets

    Take Google Street View to any European city centre if you want to see a real crammed street.
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    Taxis and ride-sharing in Toronto

    Wait until cabbies here about this. The GOVERNMENT is helping people to match rides to carpool, instead of taking cabs! http://smartcommute.ca/
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    Taxis and ride-sharing in Toronto

    Well, I'd say today's protest went pretty well. /sarcasm

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