TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[JSF-1]

It will be nice to see New Flyers back in the city. I remeber the old New Flyer D40LF's being some of my favorite buses in the city alongside the Orion V's. Its a shame we never went full bore with the D40LF's since from what I have heard they were superior to the Orion VI's and VII's. Sucks that in the latter years they all got relegated to Queensway Yard so I only ever got to see them the one time a year I am out in the west end.

 

[smallspy]

Also great to see that Nova isnt included either since the orders are coming via exercised options; the last thing we need is a 100% NovaBus fleet.

In fairness, the reason that Nova wasn't included in this test is that they don't - at least as of yet - offer an all electric bus with "all day" range. The only version they offer is a short-range version that needs to be charged at each end of the line, and the TTC isn't interested in that technology.

Dan

 

[W. K. Lis]

February 27, 2019
Board Meeting Agenda and Reports

From link.

Presentations/Reports/Other Business

1. Chief Executive Officer’s Report – February 2019 Update (For Information)
2. Approved Minutes of the Advisory Committee on Accessible Transit (ACAT) General Monthly Meeting for December 20, 2018 (For Information)
3. Auditor General's Report - Review of Toronto Transit Commission's Revenue Operations: Phase One – Fare Evasion and Fare Inspection (For Action)
4. 640 Lansdowne Avenue Lease (Affordable Housing) & Licence (Metrolinx) (This report is about a proposed land acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege (For Action)
5. Christie Station Easier Access Phase III – Property Acquisitions (This report is about a proposed or pending land acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes) (For Action)
6. Internal Audit Report: Divisional Clerk Resource Management (2018 Flexible Work Plan Update) (This report contains information about labour relations) (For Action)
7. Supply of Special Trackwork Castings Contract (For Action)
8. Bylaw to Govern TTC Board Meeting Proceedings – Update (Supplemental Report) (Referred from January 10, 2019 meeting (For Action)
9. Member Appointments – Capital Projects & Procurement Working Group and Budget Working Group (For Action)
10. Access to Information and Protection of Privacy – Policy Approval (For Action)
11. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 2017 Management Letter Follow-up Report (For Action)
12. Internal Audit Report: Changes to Select Contract Terms and Conditions (2018 Flexible Work Plan Update) (Forwarded from the Audit & Risk Management Committee February 26, 2018) (For Information)
13. Audit, Risk and Compliance Report: An Integrated Strategy & Flexible Work Plan (Forwarded from the Audit & Risk Management Committee February 26, 2019) (For Information)
14. Correspondence: Office of the Integrity Commissioner Toronto – Changes to the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (For Information) Timed Item: 10 a.m.

 

[Richard White]

February 27, 2019
Board Meeting Agenda and Reports

From link.

Presentations/Reports/Other Business

1. Chief Executive Officer’s Report – February 2019 Update (For Information)
2. Approved Minutes of the Advisory Committee on Accessible Transit (ACAT) General Monthly Meeting for December 20, 2018 (For Information)
3. Auditor General's Report - Review of Toronto Transit Commission's Revenue Operations: Phase One – Fare Evasion and Fare Inspection (For Action)
4. 640 Lansdowne Avenue Lease (Affordable Housing) & Licence (Metrolinx) (This report is about a proposed land acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege (For Action)
5. Christie Station Easier Access Phase III – Property Acquisitions (This report is about a proposed or pending land acquisition or disposition of land for municipal or local board purposes) (For Action)
6. Internal Audit Report: Divisional Clerk Resource Management (2018 Flexible Work Plan Update) (This report contains information about labour relations) (For Action)
7. Supply of Special Trackwork Castings Contract (For Action)
8. Bylaw to Govern TTC Board Meeting Proceedings – Update (Supplemental Report) (Referred from January 10, 2019 meeting (For Action)
9. Member Appointments – Capital Projects & Procurement Working Group and Budget Working Group (For Action)
10. Access to Information and Protection of Privacy – Policy Approval (For Action)
11. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 2017 Management Letter Follow-up Report (For Action)
12. Internal Audit Report: Changes to Select Contract Terms and Conditions (2018 Flexible Work Plan Update) (Forwarded from the Audit & Risk Management Committee February 26, 2018) (For Information)
13. Audit, Risk and Compliance Report: An Integrated Strategy & Flexible Work Plan (Forwarded from the Audit & Risk Management Committee February 26, 2019) (For Information)
14. Correspondence: Office of the Integrity Commissioner Toronto – Changes to the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (For Information) Timed Item: 10 a.m.

I find the CEO Reports to be very technical under O'Leary compared to Byford. There is less information, less detail and anything in the report requires pre-existing knowledge to read through.

For example: There used to be more graphs with Byford, more stuff you could understand even if you are a total idiot.

 

[steveintoronto]

The Agenda, with Steve Paikin, just up.
The Better Way to Run the TTC

 

[Allandale25]

TTC ordered an additional 10 NF electric buses, bringing their total order to 20 NF buses.

Toronto orders an additional 10 New Flyer battery-electric transit buses

/CNW/ - (TSX: NFI) New Flyer Industries Canada ULC ("New Flyer"), the Canadian subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. ("NFI"), the largest bus manufacturer in North...

www.newswire.ca

Toronto orders an additional 10 New Flyer battery-electric transit buses

New Flyer Industries Canada ULC, the Canadian subsidiary of NFI Group, announced an award from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for an additional ten forty-foot, zero-emission, battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses. TTC New Flyer Industries XE40 Xcelsior electric demo...

www.greencarcongress.com

 

[44 North]

The Agenda, with Steve Paikin, just up.
The Better Way to Run the TTC

Matlow in the past can be a bit irksome when it comes to things like SSE. But with this he's the only person calling a spade a spade and who can see through a hazy cloud of bs. Uploading the subway doesn't build subway lines, doesn't integrate fares, doesn't expedite construction, doesn't remove politics. It's just a convoluted process, seemingly borderline illegal, and it still ultimately boils down to money. Which even the most transit-friendly Prov gov't in decades (McGuinty/Wynne) were still thrifty on. And politics? Doesn't matter who's running things QP is waaay more political, shadowy, and meddling than Toronto City council could ever be.

 

[Jonny5]

Steve Munro reports the whole King/Queen/Roncesvalles intersection work has been deferred to 2020.
That's going to cause some interesting fleet planning and Flexity deployment issues.
I imagine this also means the start date of some other track project will be brought forward to 2019 from 2020, or something in 2020 will now have to be deferred to 2021, etc...

 

[W. K. Lis]

Steve Munro reports the whole King/Queen/Roncesvalles intersection work has been deferred to 2020.
That's going to cause some interesting fleet planning and Flexity deployment issues.
I imagine this also means the start date of some other track project will be brought forward to 2019 from 2020, or something in 2020 will now have to be deferred to 2021, etc...

A normal situation these days. Defer, defer, defer, all to "save" money. lol (Actually, not funny.)

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

A normal situation these days. Defer, defer, defer, all to "save" money. lol (Actually, not funny.)

Defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, defer, and then the tracks are like worn out, and then they start the work, and take like two years.

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

Speaking of which, a rumour is really going around about the status of the CLRVs and ALRVs. They may might not get VISION installed after all. Is it the end as we know it for the streetcars that saved streetcars in Toronto??

 

[Richard White]

I was just at Museum heading Southbound and noticed ATC beacons on the Wye track.

You can distinguish the tracks based on their trajectory and grade differential. Are they making the Wye ATC operated?

 

[smallspy]

I was just at Museum heading Southbound and noticed ATC beacons on the Wye track.

You can distinguish the tracks based on their trajectory and grade differential. Are they making the Wye ATC operated?
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How else do you get a train to access the system? There has to be an entry point somewhere.

Dan

 

[Richard White]

How else do you get a train to access the system? There has to be an entry point somewhere.

Dan

Thank you Mr Smartass. I only mentioned it because Line 2 isn't ATC operated yet. Trains have to enter via Bay or Spadina on Line 2.

 

[robmausser]

Speaking of which, a rumour is really going around about the status of the CLRVs and ALRVs. They may might not get VISION installed after all. Is it the end as we know it for the streetcars that saved streetcars in Toronto??

whats VISION?

EDIT: found out on my own!