Other questions to ask would be whether the TTC should take over the various media buying functions or whether it should still use an advertising agency to do...
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drum118
Feb 5, 2009 2:12 am
... bus lanes, beautification, or other such things? ... It's for both transit and traffic of all things. I received the info in the mail today from MRC and...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Feb 5, 2009 1:23 am
... So, more ads, but _smaller_? Interesting. Have you tried raising the issue as a public deputation at a TTC meeting? ...James ...
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metisbus@...
metisbus
Feb 5, 2009 1:21 am
The external ad space idea actually came from Caledon Transit. They went after the small businesses and had a waiting list even when the 30 available ad spaces...
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Mike Olivier
rapidtransitman
Feb 5, 2009 1:06 am
Any website for this? Is this for strictly highway improvements, or bus lanes, beautification, or other such things? ... De: drum118 <drum118@...> ...
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Laurence Lui
uwaterlooboy
Feb 5, 2009 1:06 am
Uhhh.. what? So you're saying if I put together a crude HTML website with a photoshopped photo of a bus with rates charging $1-billion per ad space on a bus, I...
39228
metisbus@...
metisbus
Feb 5, 2009 1:02 am
Change the number of outside ads from 3 to 10 using the same ad space thus making it affordable for more. Remember, I am not reinventing the wheel, just making...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Feb 5, 2009 12:54 am
I'm not really seeing what's the big innovation, here. Are you talking about different ad rates for the TTC? What _are_ the TTC ad rates? Given that a number...
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metisbus@...
metisbus
Feb 5, 2009 12:28 am
Anyone can verify this using the following links Go to the TTC web site and get the current operational stats there Then go to www.metistransit.ca/adrate.htm...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Feb 5, 2009 12:18 am
... Understood. Here's a question, though: do you have your ideas written down somewhere? If not, it might be good to publish your proposals somewhere. I can...
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drum118
Feb 5, 2009 12:17 am
MTO will be holding Public Open Houses on February 19 and 25 at The Valhalla Inn. Time 4-8 pm This PIC is for preliminary design study from QEW to the 401. The...
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Greg Northcott
rocketdriver...
Feb 5, 2009 12:14 am
... It took me roughly seven months total (applied in December, first day of training in June). This was back in 2003, but it seems to take roughly the same...
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jim8440
Feb 5, 2009 12:10 am
EDITORIAL TheStar.com 'Relief line' merits study http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/581877 Feb. 4, 2009 An old idea is enjoying a new vogue as Toronto city...
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John Belsize
qp2trz
Feb 5, 2009 12:10 am
I told the foreperson specifically that. 'Good Bus"...6 track, now. ... __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging,...
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metisbus@...
metisbus
Feb 4, 2009 11:20 pm
Hi James. I have been trying to meet with both Miller and Giambrone for the past six years to show them how the TTC could make almost $120 million per year in...
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Greg Northcott
rocketdriver...
Feb 4, 2009 10:58 pm
... It's not only subway operators/guards, it's bus and streetcar operators too... they're all interchangeable. When you're hired at the TTC, it's as a...
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drum118
Feb 4, 2009 7:39 pm
The 22 buses coming in 2010 by Metrolinx will replace 22 Orion VI. So much for additional buses been added to the fleet. Tender or add on for the remaining 20...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Feb 4, 2009 7:07 pm
... Over 20 years, though. $30.5 million per year. Not bad, but not enough to run the system on, unfortunately. I'm not a complete public space advocate, and I...
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Mark Dowling
dowling_mark
Feb 4, 2009 7:01 pm
Yeah, I know. Wrong time in the economic cycle, not to mention that public space advocates would lose their collective minds. That said, look how much firms...
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drum118
Feb 4, 2009 6:38 pm
... Rubber Stamp APPROVED So much for EA's theses days Dave...
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jeff stone
journey160
Feb 4, 2009 6:29 pm
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Feb 4, 2009 4:01 pm
... If you look at all the names of the companies that bought rights, you can tell that several of them are companies on the Arabian peninsula which, last time...
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Mark Dowling
dowling_mark
Feb 4, 2009 3:53 pm
The United Arab Emirates just raised 1.8 billion dirham (1.8bn AED = 609m CAD) in naming rights to their Red and Green Metro lines. ...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Feb 4, 2009 3:31 pm
... Oh dear. I put in an app in late October and have not heard anything yet. Ed (well, whatever I guess) Treijs...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Feb 4, 2009 3:30 pm
... I glance at the CIS readout when I get on. Sometimes the 501 can be far enoguh behind schedule that the streetcar that arrives at the scheduled time should...
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Mike Watson
mike_watso
Feb 4, 2009 5:51 am
... I'm no expert but that sounds pretty fast, certainly in comparison to what I know about the hiring process for NYCTA where applicants take a written civil...
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randy-scott
scotty9ca
Feb 4, 2009 5:35 am
The schedule for the 501 is posted so that when you get on you can tell us how many minutes we are late. Otherwise how would we know... ... From: wotanbrain ...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Feb 3, 2009 8:39 pm
... Hmm. This does not necessarily get done in practice. Transferring between eastbound Queen car and Royal York South bus then should be done at Royal York...
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nfitz170
Feb 3, 2009 8:36 pm
... Seems a bit much. However, the TTC map for the 168 route only shows a transfer point between the 127 and 168 and Davenport, so Davenport IS the first...
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jim8440
Feb 3, 2009 8:35 pm
source: 24 Hours Toronto 2 Feb. 2009 5 questions with Adam Giambrone — Rosalyn Solomon, SUN MEDIA Before he became city councillor forWard 18 Davenport and...
