Recent content by littlewill1166

I feel like it's a form of security theatre, like the TSA/CATSA. It makes people think that the TTC is taking fare evasion seriously. The first time I saw them doing off-board inspections at bus terminals was at Finch. I accidentally sprinted past them cause I was late for something (I used to...

I'd give less weight to the board documents and more weight to what the CEO and others are saying right now and will say during the board meeting. The board documents are usually a couple of weeks progress off from reality.

Unlike Presto in Google Wallet, I don't know how to say what I want to say without breaking my NDA. This might be a bit glass-half-full, but YRT goes through the same thing whenever they change contracts. Things tend to end up okay eventually... Whatever damage has been done is done. What's...

Let's say you try to stay close to the curb. If you get sideswiped because someone is trying to squeeze past and misjudge the clearance between their car and your bike, you lose balance and get run over by another car behind you. You could also be dead! But then it's far less clear-cut about...

Yes, but not all drivers follow the law. I normally ride in the middle of the vehicle lane on roads where there isn't a bike lane or where the bike lane is obstructed. If a driver rear ends you, the physical evidence of you being rear ended would also likely be more decisive than if you were...

In my case it was quite obvious based on the physical evidence what happened. Just call The Biking Lawyer and they'll tell you what to do. I don't think I'm allowed to be too specific about what happened.

That's the default. You can't sue the government unless it avails itself to liability... Nonetheless, you can still sue the driver if you're injured (for now). I got doored twice and got a nice settlement from insurance each time. It's also probably the most effective way of deterring bad...

I would not be surprised if more inspectors increased compliance, but I'm skeptical about increased revenue. Here are some grey areas: Some people take the streetcar to the subway, but don't tap on the streetcar to get a couple of extra minutes out of their 2-hour transfer. I wouldn't be...

You'd get the same problem but in reverse since overground trains share the same platforms at Kendal Green.

Yeah, but this isn't the first time someone from Ajax came into the 6 recently to do degeneracy. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-make-arrest-after-video-shows-road-rage-incident-in-toronto-1.6931493

Maybe... If the Liberals ran someone who actually lived in the riding, I think they'd have a better shot. Carolyn Bennett was a really good MP. She held town halls for her constituents, did a Canada Day BBQ every year (and probably gave out thousands of hot dogs during her time as MP), and was...

If you use this model, and take into account that the person was spitting on (assaulting) other passengers. Then the kicks are a reasonable amount of force for conducting an arrest in this circumstance.

I wonder if part of the low numbers has to do with COVID and students not knowing they can ask for tickets. If students don't ask for them, then the school boards aren't going to go out and buy them. Most of the field trips I did in high school were outside of Toronto where the school rented...

This is from the report: "To establish a baseline of existing rides, staff have used annual PRESTO bulk sales of youth PRESTO tickets to Toronto school boards as an approximation. There are 1.7 million youth PRESTO tickets sold per annum. Of this, approximately 1.5 million youth PRESTO tickets...

The TDSB still uses school buses. Part of the budget comes from the board, additional money can be raised by parent councils. Schools in better off areas are more able to raise money to take more trips via school bus. For high school students, they're mostly used for long distance trips outside...