lead82
Senior Member
Yet again we see chaos on the streets of downtown as the YUS line is closed from Bloor to Eglinton due to a construction incident. Before blame starts being tossed around, I'd like to discuss how can the city and the TTC better deal with these types of situations.
Currently the TTC runs shuttle buses, but they are stuck in traffic and do not run express and have very limited capacity.
I think in these situations, the TTC should:
a)Inform users of alternates available: University/Spadina line north, or parallel bus routes such as Bathurst.
b)Make the shuttle buses express, and make them run only the station entrances, without entering the station bus terminal (for faster service).
c)During these periods, transfers between buses on the affected routes should be foregone as a customer service gesture
From the city:
d)Yonge street ( or Bloor if BD line has failure) should be closed to ALL but TTC bus traffic in both directions between the affected routes.
e)Traffic lights should be prioritized to let buses through by keeping Yonge street green lights green for longer than usual (if not green always until the situation is resolved)
These situations happen very often to the Yonge line, and with over 300,000 people using it on a daily basis, transit needs to be a true priority on Yonge if a shutdown occurs. More often than not people are stranded and TTC is shown to be inept at handling the situation. They always seem to deal with it in the same way.
I'd like to hear some ideas on how the TTC and the city can better deal with situations to minimize the disruption, confusion and chaos that erupts when something like this happens.
Currently the TTC runs shuttle buses, but they are stuck in traffic and do not run express and have very limited capacity.
I think in these situations, the TTC should:
a)Inform users of alternates available: University/Spadina line north, or parallel bus routes such as Bathurst.
b)Make the shuttle buses express, and make them run only the station entrances, without entering the station bus terminal (for faster service).
c)During these periods, transfers between buses on the affected routes should be foregone as a customer service gesture
From the city:
d)Yonge street ( or Bloor if BD line has failure) should be closed to ALL but TTC bus traffic in both directions between the affected routes.
e)Traffic lights should be prioritized to let buses through by keeping Yonge street green lights green for longer than usual (if not green always until the situation is resolved)
These situations happen very often to the Yonge line, and with over 300,000 people using it on a daily basis, transit needs to be a true priority on Yonge if a shutdown occurs. More often than not people are stranded and TTC is shown to be inept at handling the situation. They always seem to deal with it in the same way.
I'd like to hear some ideas on how the TTC and the city can better deal with situations to minimize the disruption, confusion and chaos that erupts when something like this happens.