TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[PL1]

I use the "Transit" app and it seems to, though I pretty much only ride streetcars.

I use it as well, and it works for busses. But they make the app clunky to use when looking at connecting busses – obviously they want you to upgrade to the paid version to access public (i.e. TTC) data.

 

[drum118]

TTC to host Emancipation Day Underground Freedom Train Ride

Jul. 30, 2024

The TTC has announced it will once again be hosting the Emancipation Day Underground Freedom Train Ride, taking place this Wed., Jul. 31, in support of Blackhurst Cultural Centre. The late evening train ride from Union Station to Downsview Park marks the celebration of Emancipation Day on August 1st.

“The Emancipation Day Underground Freedom Train Ride serves as a reminder of the incredible risks and sacrifices made by formerly enslaved people in their migration to Canada, symbolizing the strength and resilience of those who sought freedom and opportunity,” said Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. “I commend Blackhurst Cultural Centre and the TTC for organizing this meaningful and engaging experience, celebrating freedom, and supporting our ongoing efforts to confront anti-Black racism.”

“The Emancipation Day Underground Freedom Train Ride is a unique way to reflect on the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and to celebrate Black history and culture that have shaped Canada today,” said TTC Chair Jamaal Myers. “The TTC is committed to ensuring that events like this continue to promote awareness, education, and unity within our diverse city. We invite the public to join us in this important celebration and reflection on Emancipation Day, as we honor the past and work towards a more inclusive and equitable future for all.”

“The TTC is honoured to support Blackhurst Culture Centre in hosting the Underground Freedom Train Ride,” said TTC CEO Rick Leary. “This annual event, which the TTC has supported since 2013, is not only a celebration of the past but also a reminder of the ongoing work needed to create a more equitable, inclusive, and welcoming transit system for all.”

The Underground Freedom Train Ride will travel non-stop between Union and Downsview Park stations, providing up to 1,200 participants with an immersive experience that will include a poetry performance by Lillian Allen, Poet Laureate, City of Toronto. Following the train ride, a special Emancipation Day event will be held at Downsview Park. This event will feature performances of singing and drumming, as well as moments of reflection on the significance of Emancipation Day.

When: Wed., July 31 / Thurs., Aug. 1, 2024.

Where: Line 1 Yonge-University, Union Station to Downsview Park Station.

Time: Ceremony at Union Station begins at 10 p.m. Freedom Train departs Union Station, University platform, at 11:09 p.m., and arrives at Downsview Park Station at approximately 11:45 p.m. The event at Downsview Park runs from 12:00 – 12:20 a.m.

 

[APTA-2048]

Three TTC buses were in Montreal today to show off three different operator barrier designs with the ATU.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Screw you TTC. I’ll walk, cycle, Uber or drive before I suffer your incompetence.

TTC warns of longer travel times as subways ordered to reduce speed through 34 ‘slow zones’

The 'slow zones' come in response to a geometric survey that found multiple points where track required repairs.

www.thestar.com

 

[Amare]

Screw you TTC. I’ll walk, cycle, Uber or drive before I suffer your incompetence.

TTC warns of longer travel times as subways ordered to reduce speed through 34 ‘slow zones’

The 'slow zones' come in response to a geometric survey that found multiple points where track required repairs.

www.thestar.com

Here's the thread for this:

TTC: Major Operational Issues (Various)

Given the state of disrepair that the TTC has been in over the past few years, and the increased amount of construction taking place throughout the system I figured it's time to create a separate thread to keep track of all of it and separate it from the catch all thread. I'll start things off...

urbantoronto.ca

But yes, this is what happens when you hire a buffoon for a CEO whose history consists of neglecting the safety of transit infrastructure. The TTC had all the knowledge and facts about him before, and they still chose to hire Leary as CEO.

So isn't it ironic that's he's going to leave this city with a TTC maintenance disaster.

 

[T3G]

Screw you TTC. I’ll walk, cycle, Uber or drive before I suffer your incompetence.

TTC warns of longer travel times as subways ordered to reduce speed through 34 ‘slow zones’

The 'slow zones' come in response to a geometric survey that found multiple points where track required repairs.

www.thestar.com

What is their angle by bringing up the line 2 fleet replacement at the end of the article? Completely irrelevant to the issue of slow zones.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Here's the thread for this:

TTC: Major Operational Issues (Various)

Given the state of disrepair that the TTC has been in over the past few years, and the increased amount of construction taking place throughout the system I figured it's time to create a separate thread to keep track of all of it and separate it from the catch all thread. I'll start things off...

urbantoronto.ca

But yes, this is what happens when you hire a buffoon for a CEO whose history consists of neglecting the safety of transit infrastructure. The TTC had all the knowledge and facts about him before, and they still chose to hire Leary as CEO.

So isn't it ironic that's he's going to leave this city with a TTC maintenance disaster.

Yes, but the board also need to take the blame - did they due their own due diligence, or did they just suck up whatever sop the CEO feeds them?

What is their angle by bringing up the line 2 fleet replacement at the end of the article? Completely irrelevant to the issue of slow zones.

And it's always the TTCriders that get interviewed.

AoD

 

[turbanplanner]

Here's the thread for this:

TTC: Major Operational Issues (Various)

Given the state of disrepair that the TTC has been in over the past few years, and the increased amount of construction taking place throughout the system I figured it's time to create a separate thread to keep track of all of it and separate it from the catch all thread. I'll start things off...

urbantoronto.ca

But yes, this is what happens when you hire a buffoon for a CEO whose history consists of neglecting the safety of transit infrastructure. The TTC had all the knowledge and facts about him before, and they still chose to hire Leary as CEO.

So isn't it ironic that's he's going to leave this city with a TTC maintenance disaster.

I hated Leary, but I don’t think everything is on him.

If you look at the RT derailment report (which is basically the reason we found about the track issues and created many of the slow zones)

The maintenance practises were nightmare, and some of the no sense. They stopped regularly checking the reactor rail and got junior employees to do the work.

I don’t think that’s something that would come from the CEO level, I think the whole management organization is a mess

 

[Amare]

I hated Leary, but I don’t think everything is on him.

If you look at the RT derailment report (which is basically the reason we found about the track issues and created many of the slow zones)

The maintenance practises were nightmare, and some of the no sense. They stopped regularly checking the reactor rail and got junior employees to do the work.

I don’t think that’s something that would come from the CEO level, I think the whole management organization is a mess

Well ask yourself for a moment why a huge swath of the TTC's maintenance fleet, the same equipment that would be used to conduct all of these fixes on the subway network, have been out of service for more time than ever under Leary's tenure.

Keep deferring maintenance on your service fleet, and this is the end result that we get. Now where would that decision come from? Hint: Management, and more specifically Leary himself.

 

[max]

Well ask yourself for a moment why a huge swath of the TTC's maintenance fleet, the same equipment that would be used to conduct all of these fixes on the subway network, have been out of service for more time than ever under Leary's tenure.

Keep deferring maintenance on your service fleet, and this is the end result that we get. Now where would that decision come from? Hint: Management, and more specifically Leary himself.

As the saying goes, "show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value"

 

[DSC]

As the saying goes, "show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value"

That is (sort of) true but in the case of TTC the Management kept saying 'move along, nothing to see here" while they were CLEARLY falling badly behind with important SOGR work. No doubt the Board (certainly in Tory's time) would have been unhappy to have reality thrust into their faces but a good professional manager knows that that is what s/he needs to do. A good CEO would have asked Board to chose between some 'frill' that a Member wanted (rename Dundas station?) and fixing the work cars or ensuring the rail inspectors were properly trained or the overhead section had a better record-keeping system

 

[Northern Light]

As the saying goes, "show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value"

I'll chime in with @DSC here.

Yes, the TTC needs more robust capital dollars; but the CEO needs to prioritize; and the capital budget for the TTC is not small.

Some of these issues also arise of the operating budget, how many track maintenance staff, what's the maintenance cycle for work cars etc.

Rick Leary's track record over the years on safety, going back to Boston could be charitably described as problematic; his political take seems to have been 'yes man', and all this while rarely riding the service himself, driving in from his home in Aurora.

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@AlvinofDiaspar is also on point that the Commission itself (the board) needs to be held accountable, going back to the hiring of Leary, someone whose CV did not pass the sniff test in my judgement........

But that aside.......one Commission member last meeting fell asleep during the meeting snoring away on camera.............that would seem to suggest he ought to be disqualified from the job. We all have off days, but if he was having one that bad, he surely needed to excuse himself and go find a place to lie down off camera, if you can't manage that amount of good sense, I don't see how you have sufficient qualification to oversee the TTC.

 

[turbanplanner]

Well ask yourself for a moment why a huge swath of the TTC's maintenance fleet, the same equipment that would be used to conduct all of these fixes on the subway network, have been out of service for more time than ever under Leary's tenure.

Keep deferring maintenance on your service fleet, and this is the end result that we get. Now where would that decision come from? Hint: Management, and more specifically Leary himself.

Do you have an source of this? I think it's decades of bad culture.

Same reason basically every streetcar line is significantly closed or diverted, 30 years of not spending on repairs, and then suddenly trying to tackle the backlog

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

@AlvinofDiaspar is also on point that the Commission itself (the board) needs to be held accountable, going back to the hiring of Leary, someone whose CV did not pass the sniff test in my judgement........

But that aside.......one Commission member last meeting fell asleep during the meeting snoring away on camera.............that would seem to suggest he ought to be disqualified from the job. We all have off days, but if he was having one that bad, he surely needed to excuse himself and go find a place to lie down off camera, if you can't manage that amount of good sense, I don't see how you have sufficient qualification to oversee the TTC.

Really? Well, an improvement over mute vegetables I suppose - albeit just a slight improvement.

AoD

 

[turbanplanner]

Really? Well, an improvement over mute vegetables I suppose - albeit just a slight improvement.

AoD

Not a fan of the holier than thou attitude a lot of people here talk. As if nobody has every made a mistake on UT