I am happy to report, that the Bloor night bus I took last night (actually early this morning at 4 am), was free of drunks and noisy partygoers. In fact, I...
... For what it's worth, I (along with many, many others) boarded the subway at Dundas NB at around 12:30 and although both booths were closed, cops were...
As much I push free transit on December 31, is it worth taking it? Things started off for me when I got on a MT 19S artic at 1917 where it had about 60 riders...
... [...] ... It has struck me that, were extra money available for New Year's service, I'd rather see it put to use increasing frequency of service than...
... I guess we are way OT, but Toronto's violent crime rate has always been lower than the western cities, as long as I can remember. Edmonton in particular,...
judging by what i am hearing on the radio this morning, it looks like the go operators are in deep again, with something like 15-20 bus trips cancelled, lots...
Great start to 2007 for GO transit! Nice weather, just after a long weekend, guess it's time to play hookie and leave passengers stranded again. There's a...
... It does look like GO is in a small labour dispute over its proposal to eliminate engineers from its trains, but the situation is a little more complicated...
The days of TTC extra service are long gone. There was a time when almost any event that would attract a crowd would see extra vehicles added to the affected...
... There was no extra service?? TTC was advertising extra services ...heck they still are: http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/daypass_holiday_brochure2006.pdf ...
... You are assuming of course here that there is one union. Given that the CN engineers that run the trains are being moved to freight service, that means...
Except that the 34 more junior engineers won't be fired, as CN has been somewhat short crewed for several years now. What is more likely to happen is that some...
... The only extra service I can see for New Year's Eve is the extension of "most" routes with late evening service operating until 3 AM and the later subway...
... Is it poor planning? Many sectors of the economy are beginning to see staffing shortages and issues with getting qualified candidates. I've heard of...
... The booth at Dundas NB was unoccupied from all night from 7:00pm. At that point the line up stretched from the booth to around the corner to the underpass...
... lingering ... GO is like other transit systems that are having a rough time finding drivers. quote:Lucifora said two engineers are needed, especially at...
... looks like ... bus ... explaining ... reduced ... proposal to ... little ... that ... drivers and ... of 34 ... will be ... bus ... of poor ... finding ......
Clarification: My version of extra service meant more vehicles per route, thus shortening the headways. Ray Madden ... From: "nfitz170" <nfitz@...> To:...
I went through the testing for GO bus driver and i scored very high. You only need to have a good standing G licence to apply, they pay for the training and...
... One story I have heard from a GTA transit driver trainer, is of a candidate geting hired 3 hours after getting a school bus driver's license. This...
... in Toronto! ... Also, the murder rates for the western cities are per-capita right? It is a much more interesting story to say that Toronto's number is ...
Well a major factor into moving to Vermont for me was the crime rate. You always will have the drug issues, but hearing a murder a day was just a little too...
If the train stays in service at the terminal, like the mid-day and evening trains, than there's no issue. But if the train is to run out of service from the ...
... GO's training program takes 7 weeks, and includes a license upgrade. The training pay is about $13-ish per hour. TTC bus drivers do a 23 day training...
I recorded the show today and captured it to my PC. If you missed it again, or can not get it in your area, see it on YouTube. I posted the show in three...
... people ... year of ... upgrade. ... 23 ... includes ... Thanks for the info... sounds like a fairly generous program, I'm surprised they're having a hard...
Hey I've already got a licence to drive a bus, I'd probably get hired if I came back home. Class B all the way down the list with an air brake endorsement. And...
Where are they going to place at which garages will get these brand new buses? also where are they going to place the buses in the 8000 to 8099 when they come...
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