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Could once-disgraced TTC chair Adam Giambrone be the transit agency’s next CEO?

The high-profile position of chief executive officer of the TTC is currently being filled on an interim basis while the search for a Rick Leary replacement continues.

www.thestar.com

Paywall free: https://archive.is/JgwK8

Eww..... better stock up on...

Give the guy a break - he was actually a pretty good Councillor and TTC Chair. Yes, he (literally) screwed around in his office but ..... (That said, though he certainly meets some of the requirements, there may be better folk out there for the CEO position - the problem will be to attract them here where the transit agency has slipped badly in last decade and where the City is not rolling in $$$$! and we have Premier who thinks he is a Mayor.)

 

[evandyk]

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Supposedly precluded. ie. The language in the offer for 'interim' CEO apparently says one cannot apply for the permanent job.

I thought that was the case, but this article now says:

The transit agency is currently being run by interim chief executive Greg Percy, a former Metrolinx chief operating officer who hasn’t ruled out seeking the permanent role.

 

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It will be interesting to see how much (if any) track realignment will be made here.

 

[generalcanada]

It will be interesting to see how much (if any) track realignment will be made here.

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Is this part of the 509 shutdown? I thought that wsa supposed to end in January?

 

[drum118]

It will be interesting to see how much (if any) track realignment will be made here.

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This would be a great time to shift TTC tracks west from QQW to Fort York as proposed a few years a go as will clean up Fleet intersection with real platforms and remove the westbound lane

 

[Admiral Beez]

Give the guy a break - he was actually a pretty good Councillor and TTC Chair. Yes, he (literally) screwed around in his office but ..... (That said, though he certainly meets some of the requirements, there may be better folk out there for the CEO position - the problem will be to attract them here where the transit agency has slipped badly in last decade and where the City is not rolling in $$$$! and we have Premier who thinks he is a Mayor.)

We should ask the Premier to appoint the TTC chair. Might as well drink the kool aid now.

 

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This would be a great time to shift TTC tracks west from QQW to Fort York as proposed a few years a go as will clean up Fleet intersection with real platforms and remove the westbound lane

I assumed (or hoped?) that this was what was happening too.

 

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Is this part of the 509 shutdown? I thought that wsa supposed to end in January?

Not connected. 509 shutdown is for overhead work.

 

[drum118]

I assumed (or hoped?) that this was what was happening too.

As far as I know, there needs to be an EA to do it as well the tracks south of the intersection along with moving QQW tracks south to the crossover since those tracks are due for replacement. Then, Waterfront can finish QQW like the rest of the road.

This was raised during the Reset study. It even goes back as far as the first design of QQW where TTC stated they didn't have the $15 Million to redo the trackwork and it would have to wait until early 2020's to make the change when the tracks had to be replace. Been part of Waterfront plan to rebuild that section of QQW and deal with buses/traffic gaining access to the southside of TTC ROW.

 

[T3G]

What is meant by shifting the tracks from Queens Quay to Fort York? I have no idea what this proposal entails. Surely we are not advocating to remove service west of Spadina?

 

[nfitz]

In fairness to Adam, its been more than a few years........

Without condoning his past behaviors, I might add, he is far from the only Councillor to have sexual relationships with staff/interns/others at City Hall.........the former Mayor exited for just said reason, and there's someone at Queen's Park who..............

I don't recall any reports at the time that she was employed by the TTC or the city. There's a big difference between single person, who pissed off an ex-girlfriend by choosing someone else and married man with a direct subordinate, who then arranged for her a job in a company related that you are a director of.

I don't think Tory even had to resign over it. It's not like Rob Ford resigned over far, far, worse.

 

[drum118]

What is meant by shifting the tracks from Queens Quay to Fort York? I have no idea what this proposal entails. Surely we are not advocating to remove service west of Spadina?

The proposed plan was have an ROW on the west side of Bathurst from Fort York to QQ with a new connection to Fleet to remove traffic from the picture as well having real platforms and shelters on Fleet/

The same would apply to QQW that is currently a centre ROW.

 

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There's an drivable entrance to the lower level. That's how they get all the cars in for the autoshow.

I figured there'd be one somewhere. I'd hardly expect the place to have an elevator/hoist/crane capable of lifting a large & heavy vehicle to the 2nd floor (obviously the 2nd floor must be able to handle large crowds of people, but I made no assumption about it being designed for the weight of large vehicles).

 

[Richard White]

Thought this may interest some here, it is the TTC 2017 Board Period calendar

 

[Jonny5]

I don't recall any reports at the time that she was employed by the TTC or the city.

I think the allusion made here is not that she was a City employee, but much more literal in that they had sex in his office in City Hall.