kotsy
Senior Member
You think that's bad? You should see the King West stretch @ Liberty Village.
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You think that's bad? You should see the King West stretch @ Liberty Village.
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max
Active Member
I agree, it's frustrating because on the subway they try to coordinate multiple work projects to fit within a closure window but on the surface they can't seem to coordinate in a similar fashion. A different symptom of this coordination problem was when overhead wiring projects were not done when nearby intersections closures guaranteed empty tracks only to have track reopenings delayed until wiring work could be finished, the one that immediately springs to mind is King from Dufferin to Roncesvalles during the KQQR work.
turbanplanner
Senior Member
I feel like if byford was still here they'd be better at explaining things. The public doesn't realize how much of a mess the utility companies make of projects, I remember Toronto hydro's vault kept carleton closed for months longer than needed since it wasn't on the planes but discovered when digging.
LMAO surprised nobody is offorading there. I'm happy though they're finally repaving a bunch of downtown that hasn't been touched in decades!
kotsy
Senior Member
Not just repaving, but replacing streetcar tracks from Dufferin to Shaw!
evandyk
Senior Member
Line 2 was down for quite a while this morning due to a fire at Yonge and Bloor, and I’m hearing of another closure this afternoon due to fire?
Richard White
Senior Member
God I hope not!
The issue this morning was related to a fire which would not stay out. They put it out, only for it to start up again hence why the subway went out twice.
I ended up hoofing it from Broadview to St George rather than wait for a shuttle.
drum118
Superstar
Northern Light
Superstar
The TTC's 5-year Service and Customer Experience Plan is on the agenda of next week's TTC Meeting:
There's a lot going on there and I will, at this point only post a sample of things and will encourage others to deep dive.
Here's the fiscal bit, which gives you an idea of what may be coming, subject to funding, and when:
That * Subject to Funding * statement becomes much clearer w/the next graphic, which shows funded/unfunded based on this year's approved budget:
^^^ Above is in millions of 2024 dollars
Fleet:
A very few select slides:
* there is a single mention of more washrooms elsewhere in the report.
There ya go UT a quick skim of 177 pages for you.
In a separate post later, I will provide some thoughts and dissection.
There's a lot going on there and I will, at this point only post a sample of things and will encourage others to deep dive.
Here's the fiscal bit, which gives you an idea of what may be coming, subject to funding, and when:
That * Subject to Funding * statement becomes much clearer w/the next graphic, which shows funded/unfunded based on this year's approved budget:
^^^ Above is in millions of 2024 dollars
Fleet:
A very few select slides:
* there is a single mention of more washrooms elsewhere in the report.
There ya go UT a quick skim of 177 pages for you.
In a separate post later, I will provide some thoughts and dissection.
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evandyk
Senior Member
I would have grabbed a bixi if I was on my own, but unfortunately I had a five year old in tow.
dowlingm
Senior Member
We could reduce the unfunded bus number by continuing to buy some hybrids instead of insisting on all orders being electric prior to 2028 (2040 minus 12 year lifespan)
nfitz
Superstar
Oh joy - they'll restore pre-Covid streetcar service in 3 years. #TTCFail
Northern Light
Superstar
Steve Munro now has his take on this up............and he's no more charitable than any of us have been; he stopped one step short of saying the Mayor is actively spreading a lie w/the hype over service increases, but he is clearly not amused; and I don't blame him!
Service Improvements That Aren’t
Today, May 12, the TTC implemented many changes to its services as detailed in my previous article. TTC Service Changes Effective May 12, 2024 Earlier in the week, on May 7, the Mayor Chow and…
stevemunro.ca
We need to get the mainstream media to pick up on Steve's piece here and get a mic in the face of TTC Chair Myers and the Mayor.
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Amare
Senior Member
Unfortunately the media already drank the cool-aid and has already portrayed it as a service increase, so it's pretty much too late to make it seem like it's anything different than what it really is. That's unless some media outlet's investigative team decides to dig into how inadequate the TTC's "service" has been these days.Steve Munro now has his take on this up............and he's no more charitable than any of us have been; he stopped one step short of saying the Mayor is actively spreading a lie w/the hype over service increases, but he is clearly not amused; and I don't blame him!
Service Improvements That Aren’t
Today, May 12, the TTC implemented many changes to its services as detailed in my previous article. TTC Service Changes Effective May 12, 2024 Earlier in the week, on May 7, the Mayor Chow and…
We need to get the mainstream media to pick up on Steve's piece here and get a mic in the face of TTC Chair Myers and the Mayor.
yrt+viva=1system
Senior Member
The biggest issue is the Mayor via the TTC Board and Chair do not have the time and technical comprehension capacity to understand the reports that TTC Management put out.Steve Munro now has his take on this up............and he's no more charitable than any of us have been; he stopped one step short of saying the Mayor is actively spreading a lie w/the hype over service increases, but he is clearly not amused; and I don't blame him!
Service Improvements That Aren’t
Today, May 12, the TTC implemented many changes to its services as detailed in my previous article. TTC Service Changes Effective May 12, 2024 Earlier in the week, on May 7, the Mayor Chow and…
We need to get the mainstream media to pick up on Steve's piece here and get a mic in the face of TTC Chair Myers and the Mayor.
TTC Management (including Rick Leary) hides and deceive the Board by hiding data or spinning data in a way to make it all is happy-go-lucky with the system. When it is clearly not. In the end, the Board has zero power to coerce Management to implement policy and follow through with directives from City Hall. TTC Management knows the game well and knows that the Board and Chair has zero power to force change (eg. gave up power and delegation during Covid for “efficient decision making”).
We are all thankful that Steve regular runs a blog on the TTC, as this is the only place where the technicalities are dished out, the lies are unearthed and the true situation appears.
Northern Light
Superstar
The Mayor's office is not is not unfamiliar with Steve Munro, and many others who could and would provide some objective advice, some even for free, and more for pay, which that office can fund.
No excuses.
Also, I have a day job and its not in transit, and yet I have no difficulty reading the service summary, I don't understand why it would be too complex for some. Be that as it may, its easy to provide a straight-line directive. "Improvement shall be definied as a shorter wait time for vehicles as experienced by the rider"
What concerns me here is how much the mayor's office and the chair's office knew this was a load of @#$@.
If they did and put it out anyways, that's awful; but it might actually be worse if they're as obtuse as you suggest.
Now this just isn't accurate, the TTC (the Commission) is very much controlled by the Mayor/City; and that Commission does have hiring/firing power over the TTC CEO and can claim additional senior hiring/firing authority should it wish.
If the Mayor's office would like a list of legally sufficient reasons to terminate Mr.Leary's contract I'd be only too happy to oblige.
Its a choice not to exercise the power available to one's office.
Let''s add, that if they really wanted to avoid a nasty, open fight w/Leary, they could just buy out his contract, that would be 'mint' from his point of view, and I would contend very much undeserved; but to the City its hardly a rounding error and it would be worth every penny to get good quality management installed.
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