While on Don Mills Rd. earlier today, just south of York Mills, I waited for about 45 minutes for a bus to go southbound. Obviously I can't blame this on the...
... The day I was there (a Sunday, when the 67B doesn't run) it was not so labelled. To make things more confusing, there was a route 24 timetable posted at...
The TTC's transfer policy is too strict. According to the rules, you can only use a transfer for a continous, one-way trip. Hamilton used to be like this too,...
... Well, it's all about money. If the TTC thinks that the procedures will get people to ride more often, and grant the TTC more money, they'll do it. If it...
... The City's Director of Transporation said on many newscasts that some snow was being left down deliberately because of the threat of freezing rain, as the...
... For most systems it would be hard to take a trip that takes longer then one hour, so having a one hour transfer work well. On the TTC, because it covers...
... Montreal used 90 minute time-limited transfers for about five years in the early to mid-90s (late 1990 to beginning of 1996 I believe), and discovered that...
... It was the Cartierville line that was supposed to become metro line 3, not the Deux-Montagnes line. The two were the same from Central Station to Val...
Hi I got a question. What education do you need to be a transit planner for a company like TTC. Do you have to go to university. Or is there a college course...
When I was in Montreal last summer, I was surprised at how infrequent the subways are. On the blue line, trains only run every 10 minutes. As well, Montreal...
... I had an awful experience yesterday with GO Transit. I left class as soon as possible (around 11:15) because I expected the ride home to be low, and I...
I;m not 100% sure on this, I guess it depends on what kind of planning you mean. If you mean planning of new routes etc, you'd probably have to be a Civil...
Dave Reage
d_reage@...
Feb 1, 2002 9:21 pm
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On the other hand, I just rode on the subway today which had an excellent operator. He announced every stop clearly, and even gave supplemental information...
Hi I came across a weird stat. One my mom cousins in Detroit is being transfered to Arkansas, to I think Little Rock City, for her job. Anyway I looked up...
Little Rock has a very checkered transit history. In the early to mid 1950s after a lenghty transit strike the whole transit was auctioned off. The city had...
... It's always nice when drivers have a sense of humour, especially with crush loads "c'mon everyone, crowd in, get to know your neighbour. They won't bite,...
Dave Reage
d_reage@...
Feb 2, 2002 3:16 am
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While changing the transfer policy to allow return trips may attract a small number of additional riders, it will not produce much additional revenue for the...
Jeffrey Kay
jeffrey_kay@...
Feb 2, 2002 4:44 am
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Mainly because priorities changed: in 1962, Montreal was awarded Expo 67, so yellow line 4 to Longueuil trumped line 3. Also, an MRT conversion would have been...
Yes, it did The (then) CTCUM took over July 1, 1982, and canned Cartierville service entirely. In about 1976, CN had cut it to rush-hours only. Not until...
The following transit-toronto poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: The new look for Transit Toronto has, among other things,...
transit-toronto@yahoo...
Feb 2, 2002 8:18 am
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If your're intrested in big city stats, the TTC is the second most used system in North America, second only after New York City. ... ...
I'd love to read some e-mail about rude passengers. Possibly they don't exist? Ray Madden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Ray Madden
rmadden@...
Feb 2, 2002 7:09 pm
6795
Along with rude passengers we have the following; It's so nice when everything falls into place. Transit control calls for Cab 110 to respond to an onboard...
Joe somebody get on the Ossington bus and jams a $10 bill into the fare box. The operator asked him why he did that and Joe says because he wanted change for...
... Where did he get on the bus? At Queen and Ossington? If so, he never should have checked out of 1001 (formerly 999) Queen St. West. I've seen my share of...
Last time I rode the Metro, I was also intrigued by the "tri-chime" noise made as the train accelerated. I wonder what type of propulsion system the cars use....
... It is a chopper; it is distributing the power to the train over three separate stages, each stage being one of those notes. Only the MR-73 trains do that;...
The doors are opened automatically, but the operator controls the closing. He pushes one button to close the doors, another to start the train, then the...
