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TTC: Other Items (catch all)
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DSCToronto
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Though I have no personal knowledge, I understand that his greatest failure was his inability to work with staff which lead to a steady stream of experienced managers leaving the TTC and the huge loss of 'institutional memory". "My way or the Highway" is generally NOT a good management style and it can take a decade or more for a large organisation like the TTC to return to proper consultative, open and honest management.
Northern Light
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I don't doubt your statements above, though I'd like to track that, I think that would be an interesting point of conversation.
I read the Capital budget every year, but I don't believe there is a specific SOGR backlog in every budget, unless I missed it. (there is a funding request for SOGR).
I would note, of course, that one would expect SOGR held constant to rise in $ due to inflation.
At any rate, if you could pull any of that info, it would be much appreciated.
The TTC has been maintaining this tech as long as Vancouver. Same tech, both began operation in 1985. Surely we had people who knew what they were doing somewhere along the line.
There's an element of that.
But remember Leary was linked to a serious safety incident in Boston, one in which he suddenly retired ahead of a public inquiry which he declined to participate in..........he then was tied to hiding a serious near collision of trains from the Board.
Leary has a long track record of avoiding accountability.
turbanplanner
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Northern Light
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Switching subjects here..........the TTC gets funds for some overdue station SOGR works pending approval of a Member Motion at next week's Council Meeting.
Cllr. Saxe is moving to have long dormant S.37 monies reallocated to installed indigenous themed public art in the Spadina Station walkway (the importance here is the poor condition of the existing tile work, if we can get something nice here, that will be a real positive.). Additionally, money will be available to repair/replace tile at Dupont Station which has both missing sections of tile and some severely deteriorated due to efflorescence and/or cracking.
Motion Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-246849.pdf
From the above:
Cllr. Saxe is moving to have long dormant S.37 monies reallocated to installed indigenous themed public art in the Spadina Station walkway (the importance here is the poor condition of the existing tile work, if we can get something nice here, that will be a real positive.). Additionally, money will be available to repair/replace tile at Dupont Station which has both missing sections of tile and some severely deteriorated due to efflorescence and/or cracking.
Motion Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-246849.pdf
From the above:
Mind_the_gap
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Amare
Senior Member
It's good to see something finally being done for Dupont, the state of the crumbling tile work there is just sad.
However after seeing this my question is, why were the funds not released to the TTC for 20+ years?
Northern Light
Superstar
By all accounts with changes in staff and councillors over the years, they literally forgot the money was there.
It took Councillor Saxe getting her staff to go over every dormant S.37 account she could find. A few other councillors should probably do the same.
innsertnamehere
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Shows you how broken the Section 37 system really was before it was overhauled.
turini2
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Presented without comment.
Richard White
Senior Member
Really?
I get that he is the head of the TTC but commuting from Aurora to Midtown is not exactly easy by transit. Cut the man some slack.
urbancog
Active Member
Really?
Northern Light
Superstar
Ummm, you do realize he had a choice where to buy or rent a home. He's is/was a rather well paid guy 360k last year.
Andy Byford lived in the City and didn't own a car. I'm not sure why someone should be cut a break for choosing to buy a home that far from work.
On the other side of the argument, I will not accept 1hr 15m as a reasonable commute time. I know too many people do spend that long getting to/from work, but that's 2.5 hours of one's day on top of the 8-hour or more work day. Hard pass.
Rick should still take it on the chin though for a host of reasons, but in this context for where he chose to live.
Richard White
Senior Member
This is a perfect world scenario where everything is on time and there are no delays.
This works fine for office staff but the head of an organization like the TTC cannot be late for work because of a transit delay. You can't postpone a meeting with the premier, city councilors or the mayor just because GO trains are not running.
Richard White
Senior Member
Fair point .
It may have something to do with his previous employment. That being said, I agree.