BurlOak
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So you are saying that Streetcar is the same as LRT
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So you are saying that Streetcar is the same as LRT
innsertnamehere
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No, but they serve the same development purposes of building corridor ridership.
ehlow
Senior Member
You said:
You're implication seems to be that there was some choice between at-grade LRT or subway for Yonge some time in the past, and we should be thankful they chose subway.
There was no binary choice like that, the reality was, Yonge was a streetcar starting in 1861 until it was at capacity, then they upgrade it to a subway 93 years later. Same thing happened with Bloor. So they built up ridership in the corridor using a streetcar line for 93 years before converting to a subway when it was needed.
salsa
Senior Member
TTC dismisses red-light running bus driver.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/07/28/ttc_dismisses_redlight_running_bus_driver.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/07/28/ttc_dismisses_redlight_running_bus_driver.html
TheTigerMaster
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Bob Kinnear is high on the list of public figures that I don't like. Nonsense like this is the reason why.
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I am none to keen on Mr Kinnear either but I know that drivers are penalised for not keeping to their schedules (not, I fear, because it annoys customers but because it can lead to overtime). I suspect that not running late is in drivers' minds though that certainly does not excuse running red lights.
W. K. Lis
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The driver was a new driver. She was on probation, and could be dismissed on any serious infraction such as running a red light.
Electrify
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Kinnear has never met an incompetent employee he wouldn't defend.
Keep in mind that the only reason she was fired was because not only was she caught, but there happened to be video evidence as well. If people complained, even with probation, it would go on her record and that would be it. Many drivers are able to go their entire careers without running a red light. With only being with the TTC for a few months and having this incident caught on video, odds are this was not the first time she had done this.
rbt
Senior Member
at the TTC he wasn't legally obligated to defend. Seriously, it's in his job description.
I can guarantee Kinnear will not defend Rob Ford for his fuckups.
salsa
Senior Member
"The Amalgamated Transit Union is suggesting that the TTC’s response is inordinately harsh — that it should consider keeping the operator in a different capacity. After all, says union president Bob Kinnear, what driver hasn’t run a stop sign or a red?"
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...ses_recounts_her_run_through_a_red_light.html
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
salsa:
Problematical two wrongs make a right - logically you can almost argue it'd be okay for subway drivers to run reds too.
AoD
Problematical two wrongs make a right - logically you can almost argue it'd be okay for subway drivers to run reds too.
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Electrify
Senior Member
Most of them?
At least, most of them either have never run a red light or stop sign or have been caught doing it...
...within the first few months of employment.
And as I said earlier, maybe she was just very unlucky, but odds are the ONE time you run a red light it is rare that it happens to be in perfect view of a dashboard cam, which maybe about 0.1% of drivers have installed. That's like the opposite of winning LottoMax on your first $5 play.
JasonParis
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That's his job. It's like having legal counsel in a way. The third party representation is there to defend the employee.
ehlow
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TheTigerMaster
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I really wish people were making more noise about how the budget cuts have wrecked havoc with the TTC. Hopefully some in the media will take note.