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[AlvinofDiaspar]

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FFS, we have been talking about this restoration since what, 2010 - and seriously since 2016/7.

Yorkdale Subway Station Easier Access (Arc En Ciel Reinstallation)

http://www.blogto.com/arts/2010/11/michael_haydens_arc_en_ciel_might_return_to_yorkdale_station/ Michael Hayden's wonderful light installation, Arc en ciel, which was completed in 1978 but subsequently dismantled in the mid 1990s, may once again grace the roof of Yorkdale Subway Station. I...

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Specifically:

Someone please remind me what year this is?

AoD

 

[zang]

FFS, we have been talking about this restoration since what, 2010 - and seriously since 2016/7.

Yorkdale Subway Station Easier Access (Arc En Ciel Reinstallation)

http://www.blogto.com/arts/2010/11/michael_haydens_arc_en_ciel_might_return_to_yorkdale_station/ Michael Hayden's wonderful light installation, Arc en ciel, which was completed in 1978 but subsequently dismantled in the mid 1990s, may once again grace the roof of Yorkdale Subway Station. I...

urbantoronto.ca

AoD

I'd like a government (in general) where there's less talking, more doing.

 

[Towered]

FFS, we have been talking about this restoration since what, 2010 - and seriously since 2016/7.

Yorkdale Subway Station Easier Access (Arc En Ciel Reinstallation)

http://www.blogto.com/arts/2010/11/michael_haydens_arc_en_ciel_might_return_to_yorkdale_station/ Michael Hayden's wonderful light installation, Arc en ciel, which was completed in 1978 but subsequently dismantled in the mid 1990s, may once again grace the roof of Yorkdale Subway Station. I...

urbantoronto.ca

Specifically:

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Someone please remind me what year this is?

AoD

See also John Street "revitalization", Yonge street upgrades...Toronto is very serious about urgently improving the public realm

 

[turbanplanner]

I'd like a government (in general) where there's less talking, more doing.

Doing opens you up to failure though haha hence why they're all afraid to push anything forward

 

[PurplePinky]

665 reactions · 100 comments | This morning at Davisville Station, the TTC unveiled this year's holiday subway train. This year's train features LED exterior lights and interior decorations! Look for the train running on TTC Line 1 throughout the h

This morning at Davisville Station, the TTC unveiled this year's holiday subway train. This year's train features LED exterior lights and interior decorations! Look for the train running on TTC...

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Did anyone else not know the TTC ran a Holiday Train??

Better, faster service might be a better use of our tax dollars.

Bah humbug! ️

 

[zang]

Doing opens you up to failure though haha hence why they're all afraid to push anything forward

They fail a lot even when they talk for years and years. Talking seems redundant.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

665 reactions · 100 comments | This morning at Davisville Station, the TTC unveiled this year's holiday subway train. This year's train features LED exterior lights and interior decorations! Look for the train running on TTC Line 1 throughout the h

This morning at Davisville Station, the TTC unveiled this year's holiday subway train. This year's train features LED exterior lights and interior decorations! Look for the train running on TTC...

www.facebook.com

Did anyone else not know the TTC ran a Holiday Train??

Better, faster service might be a better use of our tax dollars.

Bah humbug! ️

And I wonder where they cribbed that idea from, MTA?

AoD

 

[APTA-2048]

And I wonder where they cribbed that idea from, MTA?

AoD

This is a pretty common concept with transit agencies around the world.

I really doubt the time and money spent on this would have any meaningful impact on service delivery.

And it's not like the TTC doesn't prepare special vehicles for things like Pride, Caribana, toy drives etc., anyway.

 

[nightstreak]

I accidentally tuned into CP24 and came across Brad Brad going on about his "plan for the TTC" which turned out to be nothing more than some naive I'll punish them into good service scheme. His plan is to make fares free if the vehicle is late. Yeah, the problem isn't an underfunded transit system, it's that drivers didn't have motifivation to be on time.

Toronto councillor wants money-back for late TTC

Toronto councillor Brad Bradford, who is running for mayor, wants to bring up a ‘money-back’ plan to council so commuters get their money back if TTC is late.

www.cp24.com

Ok, how about we deduct pay from a cop every time they fail to enforce drivers going through red lights? Reduce their rank every time they get caught staring at their phones in their cars instead of patrolling the neighbourhood we pay them a quarter of our entire city budget for? Cut the 911 budget every time they put you on hold trying to reach them in an emergency?

I hope Brad Brad sticks with it to the end and loses both the mayor's office and his councillor's job. He sold The Beach on one thing and turned out to be something else entirely.

 

[txlseries4]

I accidentally tuned into CP24 and came across Brad Brad going on about his "plan for the TTC" which turned out to be nothing motor than some naive I'll punish them into good service. His plan is to make fares free if the vehicle is late. Yeah, the problem isn't an underfunded transit system, it's that drivers didn't have motifivation to be on time.

Toronto councillor wants money-back for late TTC

Toronto councillor Brad Bradford, who is running for mayor, wants to bring up a ‘money-back’ plan to council so commuters get their money back if TTC is late.

www.cp24.com

Ok, how about we deduct pay from a cop every time they fail to enforce drivers going through red lights? Reduce their rank every time they get caught staring at their phones in their cars instead of patrolling the neighbourhood we pay them a quarter of our entire city budget for? Cut the 911 budget every time they put you on hold trying to reach them in an emergency?

I hope Brad Brad sticks with it to the end and loses both the mayor's office and his councillor's job. He sold The Beach on one thing and turned out to be something else entirely.

It's been funny to see this plan of his get posted on Instagram accounts akin to 6izbuzz and all the comments are laughing about how dumb the idea is and it would bankrupt the ttc

 

[nightstreak]

If the 6ixbuzz frequenting crowd see through this, then it really is beyond obviously idiotic.

 

[txlseries4]

If the 6ixbuzz frequenting crowd see through this, then it really is beyond obviously idiotic.

I haven’t looked at that specific account, I care about my mental health too much. But someone else can make the sacrifice and report back

 

[evandyk]

That section of Lansdowne north of College is entirely residential on a single-lane in each direction street. If there's enough of a backup that it's blocking streetcars, it's people using it as a through street up to Bloor. Use Dundas (four lanes) up to Bloor instead. 'Nuff said.

It was eastbound I assume it's people making their way up from Lakeshore/Gardiner who want to continue east on Bloor or Dupont and are trying to get off of the busy part of Dundas.

 

[T3G]

665 reactions · 100 comments | This morning at Davisville Station, the TTC unveiled this year's holiday subway train. This year's train features LED exterior lights and interior decorations! Look for the train running on TTC Line 1 throughout the h

This morning at Davisville Station, the TTC unveiled this year's holiday subway train. This year's train features LED exterior lights and interior decorations! Look for the train running on TTC...

www.facebook.com

Did anyone else not know the TTC ran a Holiday Train??

Better, faster service might be a better use of our tax dollars.

Bah humbug! ️

Ah, come on. I am the first person to complain about woeful misuse of money, but let's be realistic here for a second, exactly how much money would be saved by not having this wrap, and how much extra service would it buy? I'd be shocked if it was enough to pay for one day of operations. This is "milennials would be able to buy a house if they didn't spend so much money on avocado toast" level of arguing. If you have debts, should you never do anything nice for yourself or others, even though the money saved by not doing that would hardly be enough to get you out of debt?

Besides, as @APTA-2048 correctly pointed out, this is a common thing across the world. In Europe, basically any city with an iota of civic pride wraps vehicles for Christmas, often in far more extravagant configurations than ours, even though none of their transit agencies post profits. (They also do other things Toronto thinks of as silly frills, such as having historic vehicles). It cheers people up (well, maybe not people who use online forums, but families, certainly) and it demonstrates some pride in what they do. It's great that for once Toronto didn't fulfill the self-hating, fun-hating Puritan stereotype and did something nice.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Streets like Eglinton, Finch, Spadina, St. Clair, and The Queensway are so wide that red lights are extremely long. European cities solve this with multi-stage crossings—pedestrians wait safely halfway across on "pedestrian refuge islands" (not misnamed "safety islands"), shortening the whole cycle for all. Both pedestrians and transit get speedier green lights (when needed).

Buy since Ontario didn't come up with this idea, we will not get it this decade.