The Martin Prosperity Institute (I keep wanting to put [scare?] quotes around that!) has come out with a report that says that service workers get a raw deal...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Sep 2, 2010 3:42 pm
Ed, I heard the same interview, and I added a note to @metromorning's twitter feed, because I thought the host got a few things wrong. The proponent from the...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Sep 2, 2010 4:02 pm
... The report actually says: "Developing express bus routes and bus rapid transit (BRT) along key corridors would be a relatively inexpensive yet effective...
Doesn't the Transit City Bus Plan already propose a roll-out of express bus routes and frequent buses (bus rapid transit without the fancy vehicles, more like...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Sep 2, 2010 6:08 pm
... The Transit City Bus Plan is on hold. See Steve Munro's blog post today. The other thing is that express buses do not "bus rapid transit" make. My...
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Richard White
bailey_is_st...
Sep 3, 2010 8:29 pm
Hey all. I was out and about earlier and I noticed something strange located at one of the stops for the 17 Birchmount. It appears that after taking out the...
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Richard White
bailey_is_st...
Sep 3, 2010 8:30 pm
That link is http://flic.kr/p/8xPNNi To: transit-toronto@yahoogroups.com From: richard.white@... Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:29:16 -0400 Subject:...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Sep 3, 2010 9:01 pm
... My guess is that the poles are there to keep people from stepping on the base bolts sticking out from the concrete. Ed (half-finished project) Treijs...
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Richard White
bailey_is_st...
Sep 3, 2010 9:02 pm
Yes but here is the thing. There was NO wires and NO conduit coming out of the concrete To: transit-toronto@yahoogroups.com From: ed.toronto@... Date:...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Sep 4, 2010 11:47 am
I was pleasantly surprised to learn through Torontoist that, apparently after the Thanksgiving weekend, service will begin on a new Rocket route serving Finch...
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Ed
eddrass65
Sep 4, 2010 4:30 pm
Astral is responsible for bus and many streetcar shelters, on behalf of the City (not TTC) -- and not all shelters may be electrified. Or could they be...
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Moaz Ahmad
awconsultingcan
Sep 5, 2010 1:28 am
sigh....that's sad to hear - but at least they had the plan...which shows that they are a bit ahead of the game where it comes to what these consultants were...
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MisterShooter
Sep 5, 2010 2:40 am
FYI aluminum wiring was used at one place, in the TTC subway, for the negative traction return feeder cable, in the tunnel, from just east of Warden station to...
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Jake Scruff
jakescruff
Sep 5, 2010 12:42 pm
I received a copy of the TTC's October Board changes which detailed the 199 Rocket. I spent a few hours riding the 39 Finch East line and I understand why the...
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Richard White
bailey_is_st...
Sep 5, 2010 1:08 pm
I took the 39E all the time going to Seneca College and I think dropping the stop at Cherokee will speed things up. I find that having the express bus stop at...
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Ray
czg7777
Sep 5, 2010 3:44 pm
http://www3.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Route_diversions/67_Pharmacy_loop.jsp Pharmacy and Steeles Loop - September 21 to October 8 Construction activity...
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cgory2
Sep 6, 2010 1:00 am
John - any other changes coming in October?...
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comp_me
howard_lem
Sep 6, 2010 11:24 pm
James, I take the 39G bus, so this really does not address my problem of not being able to get on a 39G in the afternoon eastbound from Finch Subway because...
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comp_me
howard_lem
Sep 7, 2010 1:37 am
... Only time will tell about the speed increase. It may be speedier on paper, but chances are that the increase will not be appreciable. Traffic is traffic....
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Richard White
bailey_is_st...
Sep 7, 2010 1:42 am
I find that this may not be the case with some exceptions. Currently, there is alot of people that board at stops like Cherokee that cause buses to back up and...
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W.K.Lis
wklis
Sep 7, 2010 4:07 pm
... What do you mean "buses bunch"? Streetcars bunch, that's what I always hear from some people. I would have though all cities with buses would not have...
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taichi nomura
games6play
Sep 7, 2010 6:23 pm
http://games6play.wordpres.us/10/03/find.html...
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Milton Howe
milton_howe
Sep 7, 2010 6:30 pm
I wanted to share a story with the group about something that happened on Friday. I went to a wedding at the Basilica at Queen and Power streets, When the...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Sep 7, 2010 6:30 pm
It seems that Taichi has succumbed to an e-mail bug or something. That was, of course, spam, linking to a spam site. The site doesn't seem to compromise your...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Sep 7, 2010 6:45 pm
... Wow! Now _that_ is a story to share! ...James ==================================== = James Bow - james@... = http://bowjamesbow.ca =...
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Ray
pcc4504
Sep 7, 2010 9:59 pm
About time - a nice story about the TTC ... From: transit-toronto@yahoogroups.com [mailto:transit-toronto@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Milton Howe Sent:...
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Ed Treijs
ed.toronto@...
Sep 7, 2010 10:22 pm
... My travels on Finch East were between Finch station and Seneca College. Fortunately I went eastbound in the morning, and westbound in the evening. Buses...
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James Bow
jamerinbow
Sep 8, 2010 2:54 pm
Dear folks, I hope you've been enjoying all of the new route histories that Jeffrey Kay, Pete Coulman, Mike Vainchtein and myself have been putting up here...
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bill937ca
Sep 8, 2010 3:32 pm
Focus on roads and subways, axe streetcars on downtown arterial streets for buses, extend the Sheppard subway and Spadina Subway and all this with no idea...
