EnviroTO
Senior Member
Looked at another way, for 5 cents a ride extra there could be no advertisements on the TTC and money for a $3.5M art installation every year. Might be worth it.
I've thought for a while that they should expand the automated station announcements to contain more information about connections, landmarks, etc. For example: "Arriving at Queen Station - Connection to 501 Streetcar, Eaton Centre."
Maybe they could sell announcement space? Businesses could get their nearby location announced as part of the stop announcement for a fee.
Maybe we should name our garbage dumps after retired politicians. The David Miller dump?
I actually really like that idea. Cheap way to get advertising space (no physical ad space involved), and to direct people to local landmarks. Epecially for tourists, this could be a pretty big advantage.
Looked at another way, for 5 cents a ride extra there could be no advertisements on the TTC and money for a $3.5M art installation every year. Might be worth it.
I'd love to see a poll to see how the general public would react to this...I honestly have no idea how it turn out.
And those 20 second announcements for the TTC's "Metropass Hot Dealz" and David Miller asking us to save Transit City aren't? I think that pointing out a few local attractions would actually be great. But then again, a good bus driver could just turn off the automated stop announcements and do it themselves.I must disagree with this, no physical ad space sure but about interfering with the passengers' comfort level? This is particularly bad when on the subway system and one's literally a captive audience. Stop annoucements should be kept brief and to the point. Anything that goes over10 seconds is unduly and a form of noise pollution. And for the most part transit users of all stripes have at least some awareness of where they're going and if not can simply ask the driver (bus, streetcar) or consult a map; so to have attractions spelt out for them over the intercom at the expense of other passengers is a tad bit extreme.
People seem to have an irrational fear over paying money to the government, whether it'll actually substantially improve their daily lives or not. I'd accept that idea with open arms, but I personally don't think the general public would.
And those 20 second announcements for the TTC's "Metropass Hot Dealz" and David Miller asking us to save Transit City aren't? I think that pointing out a few local attractions would actually be great. But then again, a good bus driver could just turn off the automated stop announcements and do it themselves.
I think people just want to see more tangible value for the money paid out to governemnets, no taxation without representation as they say. If a pothole or leaky fire hydrant in the neighbourhood needs fixing, that's of far more immediate concern to most citizens than funding for national/international programs to which the end-result of those efforts is a lot harder to assess as to whether it really was beneficial to a majority of Canadians or not e.g. national defense, foreign aid/trade negotiations or private-sector bailouts/tax emeptions.
Ok...not really sure where you're going with any of that. So, back to the topic at hand. Would you be willing to pay a few cents more per trip to remove all ads from TTC vehicles, stops, and stations? How do you think others would react to this?
Ok...not really sure where you're going with any of that. So, back to the topic at hand. Would you be willing to pay a few cents more per trip to remove all ads from TTC vehicles, stops, and stations? How do you think others would react to this?
I'd be willing to pay a few cents to get rid of those subway cars in which every single ad is for RBC or TD or Rogers and replace them with discounted space for ma and pa shops or small, local chains to advertise.Ok...not really sure where you're going with any of that. So, back to the topic at hand. Would you be willing to pay a few cents more per trip to remove all ads from TTC vehicles, stops, and stations? How do you think others would react to this?