muller877
Senior Member
Tallinn is in Estonia, not Finland
The Helsinki portion of the message....please go and read yesterday and today's posts.
Tallinn is in Estonia, not Finland
They put out the proposal, but I think it's a question for the next city council to decide whether or not to fund it. Tory seemed put off by it.
TTC BOARD DECISION THE RIGHT MOVE: JOHN TORY
Next mayor and council should decide
John Tory released the following statement in response to the decision by the Toronto Transit Commission Board to make the “Opportunities To Improve Transit Service In Toronto†report part of the 2015 budget process:
“I’m glad that the TTC Board agrees with me that rushing through a half a billion dollar wish list with absolutely no financial plan is not the way to run any public agency, let alone the TTC.
The Board’s decision to amend its motion so that this report becomes part of the 2015 budget process when a new mayor and council will be in place is the right move. It is a win for fiscal accountability and it’s what taxpayers expect and deserve.
For some time, I have expressed support for a number of the measures in this report, including queue-jumping bus lanes, improving signal technology and all-door boarding. The point I have made all along is that you have to have a plan as to how to pay for these things first.
NDP candidate Chow continues to show that she does not understand the TTC’s proposal or the numbers in it by falsely claiming that her $15 million bus plan has been approved. It has not and the actual amounts discussed in the TTC report are in the hundreds of millions of dollars.â€
I'd think they'd be inevitable. Although Metrolinx has committed that they can implement TTC's current transfer system in Presto, I don't think they'll actually be able to pull it off, unless they issue paper transfers for ever more.Time-based transfers would be nice.
Right you are, and a few years back the CEO of Nokia got a speeding ticket for over 100,000 euros. This is a fair system.
But in regards to income-based fares. I probably should've elaborated more. The average rider will pay the regular advertised fare, while those on welfare, disablility, etc. are eligible for income-based fares. These are applied automatically to your card when you get it registered, like concession fares are.
Sorry, I missed the Helsinki part. I saw conversation go from Tallinn to Finland and made an assumption. Quick reading at work.
Really a bit like Toronto and Scarborough :->Ah, one day Helsinki and Tallinn might be linked by a tunnel and you'd be able to take a train between the two ...
Four separate passenger alarms around the same time this morning on Bloor-Danforth.
Yikes.
Four separate passenger alarms around the same time this morning on Bloor-Danforth.
Yikes.
I'd think most were panic attacks, or someone who was already feeling poorly, and while a 15-minute ride wouldn't have done them in, a 60-minute ride would.It always happens - slowdown inevitably causes additional troubles to propagate (any bets on the passenger alarms being panic attacks, etc?).
TTC will quite readily admit they don't work, and are deeply flawed. Another issue, especially for surface vehicles, is that the vehicles could in theory be 100% on-time ... and 100% loaded to capacity, so while it shows as 100%, you can't get on. In reality if everything is 100%, there should be space ... but it can still look very good percentage-wise, but people are being left-behind and short-turned. They keep saying they are working a trip-based parameter ... but nothing seems to ever come of it.The performance indicators the TTC uses are laughable - don't tell me you are 90%+ on time, tell me what percentage of rush hour trains are delay free instead (and better yet, percentage of rider trips).
They do release the indicators for each route quarterly. Some of those numbers DO make you blue in the face. See www.ttc.ca/PDF/Customer_Service/Quarterly_Reports/Route_Performance_Q3_2014.pdfI have a feeling the numbers will make us blue in the face.
They do release the indicators for each route quarterly. Some of those numbers DO make you blue in the face. See www.ttc.ca/PDF/Customer_Service/Quarterly_Reports/Route_Performance_Q3_2014.pdf
How can the 310 Bathurst really be 53%? 2-AM traffic jams? The 7 Bathurst is better at 57%. And the Humber Bay Express is really only 29%? And they wonder why it's under-utilized?
And here's what happened: http://www.ttc.ca/Customer_Service/System_Problems_Nov_5_2014.jsp
St. George signals failed (YUS)
Broadview signals showed a false red
However...there are also cross-overs at Spadina. So I'd like to know why they didn't use those. (which allows for a good bypass via Bloor or via streetcars)
What this map refers to The Kendal Crossover (is that correct, it doesn't google well) north of Spadina. Good question.However...there are also cross-overs at Spadina. So I'd like to know why they didn't use those. (which allows for a good bypass via Bloor or via streetcars)
I'm sure it could. The issue though is that would cost more money. Every major mayoral candidate promised to save money, and keep tax increased below inflation. So ... no.1. Can the process be accelerated if we had more weekend subway closures? Maybe we should look into doing this, it could be worth it if signal problems keep happening.
Yes we should. The issue though is that would cost more money. Every major mayoral candidate promised to save money, and keep tax increased below inflation. So ... no.2. Should we be starting the signal upgrade process for Line 2 now?
I'd think most were panic attacks, or someone who was already feeling poorly, and while a 15-minute ride wouldn't have done them in, a 60-minute ride would.