TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[DSCToronto]

The Rogers contractors also have every rights to refuse work if that means drilling into asbestos and getting it everywhere.

and wise to do so too!

 

[Voltz]

and wise to do so too!

But I gotta stream my Tictok’s between stations!

 

[zang]

Is that the case here? Looks like they've been delayed by the TTC.

I think it’s more they’ve slow-walked so long that they can’t absorb any kind of delay.

 

[chrisw]

A proposal presented to the TTC board next week could give the transit agency the green light to enter into a 15-year contract with Vancouver-based ad agency Adtrackmedia.

The advertising company uses a system similar to a flip book — in parts of Vancouver’s SkyTrain system, 360 vertical LED lights were installed into the walls of the subway tunnel that, when viewed from a speeding train, create a video. The only catch: the trains need to run fast enough for the ads to run.

TTC opens the door to running ads in Toronto’s subway tunnels. But there’s a catch

As soon as next summer, TTC riders might be subjected to advertisements as they travel between stations.

www.thestar.com

 

[Ratazana]

With Line 5 and Line 6 opening and freeing up more busses, I wonder if TTC would ever consider starting some ‘node/destinations’ based bus lines. E.g. the accessibility bus line 149 on Bloor from Old Mill to High Park. Could it be turned into a circular line connecting the various business neighbourhood in the area? Bloor West Village, Junction, and Stockyard.
Most lines in Toronto are designed north/south and eat/west lines requiring transfers.
We need more bus routes that connect nodes of populations/shopping/business directly.

 

[APTA-2048]

With Line 5 and Line 6 opening and freeing up more busses, I wonder if TTC would ever consider starting some ‘node/destinations’ based bus lines. E.g. the accessibility bus line 149 on Bloor from Old Mill to High Park. Could it be turned into a circular line connecting the various business neighbourhood in the area? Bloor West Village, Junction, and Stockyard.
Most lines in Toronto are designed north/south and eat/west lines requiring transfers.
We need more bus routes that connect nodes of populations/shopping/business directly.

That seems to be the idea with Community Bus. Though they are run with minibuses and have a very limited schedule.

The TTC recently launched a new Community Bus route in Scarborough that connects with Guildwood GO Station.

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

New display and announcement programming is rolling out on the TRs.
Notable changes:
- Full use of second display line to indicate transfers to other agencies or Subway/LRT lines (full name of the line is used as opposed to just Line #).
- Doors opening announcement happen twice, once when announcing next station and upon arrival.
- Doors opening text is in green along with the arrows which now flash instead of scrolling.
- Doors closing text is in red along with the arrows.
- Last station is referred to as the “Final station” as opposed to the “terminal station”
- TMU and Cedarvale stations now used.

 

[ShonTron]

Well, then

TTC employee stabbed customer first at Dundas Station last week: Toronto police

Woman and man charged with assault and possession of weapon for dangerous purpose

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-employee-stabbing-dundas-station-9.7006046

 

[T3G]

What the hell is in the water in this city? Between this, and the guy that got stabbed after he started punching a guy for playing music too loud a few years ago... does no one know to mind their own business anymore? Jesus.

 

[Northern Light]

Ok......so the TTC decided to have a meltdown today..............and boy is this a doozie.

Background, the TTC has already shuttered the downtown loop this weekend from Osgoode to College; and Line 2 from Warden to Kennedy.

***

So I get to Main, no indication of a problem til I do, and subway is down from Victoria Park to Broadview due to signal issues.

That's 13 total stations with no service. And 5 more with service in only 1 direction.

Of course shuttle buses were ordered, but took ages to stand up.

***

Now, as I'm musing how this will effect my plans.....I'm commiserating with TTC staff who can't get to their buses due to lack of subway.

I'm told.............this is the third shutdown today............ there was a brief delay of a few minutes early in the morning due to a power failure.............. then another a couple of hours ago for 30 minutes due to a trespasser at track level.

Insanity.

I settle on my revised plans and go about my business.

Get to a different station later........inside screen says next bus in 20 (for a frequent route)............ outside screen says 'next bus in 5' .

I decide to wait........bus shows up after 4........... operator then summarily leaves to go stuff his face............ normally, I'm sympathetic staff, but my patience is wearing thin........operator gone 9 minutes, to the point where a mid-day Saturday run is jammed. While waiting, I see another bus of the identical service, not bother stopping in the station after dropping off, the operator just laps us and heads out empty. Gah!

Next route I catch (and thankfully last), the wait wasn't all that long.............but the buses arrived as a pair; on a route with a 10 minute headway.

Holy @#$@

 

[Jac.]

Well, then

TTC employee stabbed customer first at Dundas Station last week: Toronto police

Woman and man charged with assault and possession of weapon for dangerous purpose

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-employee-stabbing-dundas-station-9.7006046

This city never beating the glorified hell allegations...

 

[DSCToronto]

Ok......so the TTC decided to have a meltdown today..............and boy is this a doozie.

Background, the TTC has already shuttered the downtown loop this weekend from Osgoode to College; and Line 2 from Warden to Kennedy.

***

So I get to Main, no indication of a problem til I do, and subway is down from Victoria Park to Broadview due to signal issues.

That's 13 total stations with no service. And 5 more with service in only 1 direction.

Of course shuttle buses were ordered, but took ages to stand up.

***

Now, as I'm musing how this will effect my plans.....I'm commiserating with TTC staff who can't get to their buses due to lack of subway.

I'm told.............this is the third shutdown today............ there was a brief delay of a few minutes early in the morning due to a power failure.............. then another a couple of hours ago for 30 minutes due to a trespasser at track level.

Insanity.

I settle on my revised plans and go about my business.

Get to a different station later........inside screen says next bus in 20 (for a frequent route)............ outside screen says 'next bus in 5' .

I decide to wait........bus shows up after 4........... operator then summarily leaves to go stuff his face............ normally, I'm sympathetic staff, but my patience is wearing thin........operator gone 9 minutes, to the point where a mid-day Saturday run is jammed. While waiting, I see another bus of the identical service, not bother stopping in the station after dropping off, the operator just laps us and heads out empty. Gah!

Next route I catch (and thankfully last), the wait wasn't all that long.............but the buses arrived as a pair; on a route with a 10 minute headway.

Holy @#$@

I just saw 4 (maybe 5) 505 streetcars on Adelaide so assume there was some sort of problem on Dundas. The TTC website does not mention this but it may now be 'back to what passes for normal;.

 

[Northern Light]

I just saw 4 (maybe 5) 505 streetcars on Adelaide so assume there was some sort of problem on Dundas. The TTC website does not mention this but it may now be 'back to what passes for normal;.

Considering the 506 Carlton has been diverting via Dundas for the last while .....

 

[Jac.]

Ok......so the TTC decided to have a meltdown today..............and boy is this a doozie.

Background, the TTC has already shuttered the downtown loop this weekend from Osgoode to College; and Line 2 from Warden to Kennedy.

***

So I get to Main, no indication of a problem til I do, and subway is down from Victoria Park to Broadview due to signal issues.

That's 13 total stations with no service. And 5 more with service in only 1 direction.

Of course shuttle buses were ordered, but took ages to stand up.

***

Now, as I'm musing how this will effect my plans.....I'm commiserating with TTC staff who can't get to their buses due to lack of subway.

I'm told.............this is the third shutdown today............ there was a brief delay of a few minutes early in the morning due to a power failure.............. then another a couple of hours ago for 30 minutes due to a trespasser at track level.

Insanity.

I settle on my revised plans and go about my business.

Get to a different station later........inside screen says next bus in 20 (for a frequent route)............ outside screen says 'next bus in 5' .

I decide to wait........bus shows up after 4........... operator then summarily leaves to go stuff his face............ normally, I'm sympathetic staff, but my patience is wearing thin........operator gone 9 minutes, to the point where a mid-day Saturday run is jammed. While waiting, I see another bus of the identical service, not bother stopping in the station after dropping off, the operator just laps us and heads out empty. Gah!

Next route I catch (and thankfully last), the wait wasn't all that long.............but the buses arrived as a pair; on a route with a 10 minute headway.

Holy @#$@

Sweet jesus, I can't even imagine how frustrating that must've been. I absolutely hate when theres two buses on the same route and one of them is at the terminal on break and the other one leaves said terminal empty, happens a lot on the 939 before rush hour for some reason, Thursday at 14:50 there was like 3 buses at the Kennedy Station bus terminal and all of them went on break and unlike in your case where one was at already at the stop and you were just waiting for him to come back and get moving, the bus in my case legit just dashed outta the station (in service btw) and I didnt even get on a bus for like another 10 minutes, and this was after waiting for nearly 30...

 

[nfitz]

What the hell is in the water in this city? Between this, and the guy that got stabbed after he started punching a guy for playing music too loud a few years ago... does no one know to mind their own business anymore? Jesus.

Who isn't minding one's own business? It was a disagreement between two people. We don't know what caused it.

Surely the bigger issue is we've now got to the stage that TTC employees are starting knife attacks on customers that disagree with them!

Get to a different station later........inside screen says next bus in 20 (for a frequent route)............ outside screen says 'next bus in 5' .

I've noticed that before in spots. What is happening, is one is predicting when the vehicle arrives at the end of it's previous run, and the other is showing when it's scheduled to depart (why not both use the start time I don't know).

If that's what it is, the operator taking a break would be what they should do - or else they would leave early.

But route management is indeed a disaster.

What I do when I know this is a problem, is look at the prediction in Transsee for the next stop after the station. If it says something in 2 minutes, 10-minute early (or 12 minutes, on time) ... I know the departure will probably be in 10 minutes.