TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[Northern Light]

Is it worth it for stops that only see a few riders a day??

If the stop is retained? Yes.

Unequivocally;

Clearly, there are some stops that should be eliminated (many actually, but I digress)

But if you're keeping a stop, then do it correctly as much as space permits.

To do otherwise would be to say...in a restaurant.....so few people order the coleslaw....why bother getting it right? .... to which my answer is, if you don't want to sell coleslaw, don't............but if you do, make it properly.

No excuses for producing crap!

 

[81-717]

One guy standing near me, upstanding citizen that he was, said that if anyone hit the yellow emergency strip he was going to shoot them.

What a douche, must be an accomplice to the culprit who caused that chaos. Too bad he couldn't be thrown off the train (and under it, hehe).

Now I wanna know too, tried googling & looking it up on cptdb & ttc website, nothing came up. As usual, the only thing you hear about on the news are things you thankfully avoided irl, but whenever you do see something irl, there's almost always nothing on the news about wtf happened.

 

[drum118]

If the stop is retained? Yes.

Unequivocally;

Clearly, there are some stops that should be eliminated (many actually, but I digress)

But if you're keeping a stop, then do it correctly as much as space permits.

To do otherwise would be to say...in a restaurant.....so few people order the coleslaw....why bother getting it right? .... to which my answer is, if you don't want to sell coleslaw, don't............but if you do, make it properly.

No excuses for producing crap!

There are a huge amount of stops that need to be removed period as they are too close 125-200 meters stops are way too close as they should be 400-500 meters depending where the main transfer stop for routes are. Makes no different if it buses or streetcar. We go rid of Sunday stops and need to streamline the other stops

There are a number ways how next vehicle signs should be place from a 30 screen to 45 depending on the route and quality of service and if service by more than 1 route. It should show the next 3 vehicles arrival time to allow riders if they want to gab something or how much time they to do some shopping depending on the location.

Not going to be cheap. Even Europe doesn't have next vehicle signs at all stops and in some cases none at all. Most NA systems don't have next vehicle. York has them on their BRT lines. Mississauga has 2 and still testing them after 4 years and still not right.

 

[Amare]

Don't know if this has been posted anywhere or not, if it has, my apologies.

The City has launched a survey ahead of the next tendered contract for street furniture. (ie, Bus shelters, waste receptacles and benches).

That could fit in many threads, but as transit stops/shelters are the lead component, I'll park it here.

The survey seeks your opinion on how well existing designs work (durable, clean, safe etc) and what enhancements, if any, you would prioritize (more of what?, what do you want to add most to stops, etc.)

They generally only allow 2 priority asks in each segment.

They also ask about tolerance for advertising.

Survey link:

Street Furniture Survey 2026

ca.mar.medallia.com

Closes March 26, 2026.

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My input:

- Next bus/streetcar times should be at every stop, no exceptions.

- Yes to more full shelters; canopy shelters are a last-resort, better-than-nothing but provide relatively little protection.

- Every stop should have lighting, both outside (on sidewalk) and in -shelter where applicable.

I believe this was posted elsewhere and I had saved it on my computer with the intention on completing it and of course it slipped my mind, so thanks for the reminder on it.

It's time to unleash on the city, and let them know how truly abysmal the street furniture is in this city. To be clear, I believe the city should NOT sign another contract with Astral because the street furniture they produce is horrid gutter trash.

I'll focus on transit shelter with what i'm going to say for now: they are truthfully useless in every sense in the word and barely provide any protection from the elements. How we've gone backwards with that aspect in the past 20-30 years is truly beyond me.

Not only have they gotten smaller in size, but the side panels on the entryway are so short that if there's even the slightest hint of wind while it rains/snows the whole shelter is practically useless. Not even talking about the solar panels on top some shelters (which were meant to provide lighting) that basically dont function anymore.

This is what needs to be improved with the next iteration of transit shelters:

-Larger size, with expanded canopy/wall protection
-Stronger frames
-Lighting features which actually function properly
-Installation of Next vehicle information screens that go beyond 1980s MS-DOS format

My list is pretty similar to yours @Northern Light, so there is certainly room for substantial improvement for transit shelters in this city.