[T3G]

Unfortunately the media already drank the cool-aid and has already portrayed it as a service increase, so it's pretty much too late to make it seem like it's anything different than what it really is. That's unless some media outlet's investigative team decides to dig into how inadequate the TTC's "service" has been these days.

The reason for that is because many newspapers are nothing more than free mouthpieces for various public and private organizations. Most investigative pieces don't do well enough to financially justify them for the paper, but advertising, clickbait, and outrage porn get the job done.

 

[Jonny5]

The reason for that is because many newspapers are nothing more than free mouthpieces for various public and private organizations. Most investigative pieces don't do well enough to financially justify them for the paper, but advertising, clickbait, and outrage porn get the job done.

This site provides me far more directly relevant raw news and refined analysis than almost all of the Toronto legacy media (a small number of exceptions are still out there), but what gets me is it has been that way since I joined and you can see how long that's been on the left. A long time. I still don't get local news obsessions with "a car crash in Milton" as lead stories, or national news providers like CBC with "Outrage: West Jet loses luggage with wedding dress for bride's Mexico wedding!" But I guess now media is about a continuous and never ending stream of breaking developing updates

 

[ARG1]

In fact, we have several (occasional) lunatics right here on UT.

Crud, I missed the party

 

[T3G]

I still don't get local news obsessions with "a car crash in Milton" as lead stories,

At least Milton is somewhat local! What I despise most of all is Constant Panic 24's neverending coverage of heinous crimes committed in small villages on the other side of the continent. Why must this odious channel play in just about every establishment in southern Ontario?

 

[Amare]

The biggest issue is the Mayor via the TTC Board and Chair do not have the time and technical comprehension capacity to understand the reports that TTC Management put out.

TTC Management (including Rick Leary) hides and deceive the Board by hiding data or spinning data in a way to make it all is happy-go-lucky with the system. When it is clearly not. In the end, the Board has zero power to coerce Management to implement policy and follow through with directives from City Hall. TTC Management knows the game well and knows that the Board and Chair has zero power to force change (eg. gave up power and delegation during Covid for “efficient decision making”).

We are all thankful that Steve regular runs a blog on the TTC, as this is the only place where the technicalities are dished out, the lies are unearthed and the true situation appears.

The thing is, all it takes is a 5 minute read from the TTC's own service summary to deduce that what they did with service was a grand reallocation scheme and had the board/mayor looked it through they would've seen that something is fishy.

I myself didnt need to do an extreme deep dive to figure out that service is being degraded for many routes, and improved for others. That automatically triggered the reallocation alarm bells in my mind. If people who work in the city dont know how to take time out of their day to sniff this stuff out, then I really dont know what to say to them.

 

[DSCToronto]

If people who work in the city dont know how to take time out of their day to sniff this stuff out, then I really dont know what to say to them.

I suggest "Wake up, do your job"!

 

[allengeorge]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789976000555634974

Line 2 is having a really bad time lately, no?

I wouldn’t be shocked if people stop using the TTC after all these problems…

 

[Northern Light]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789976000555634974

Line 2 is having a really bad time lately, no?

I wouldn’t be shocked if people stop using the TTC after all these problems…

Three major shutdowns, at least 2 in AM rush in 8 days. Yeah, its been a bad bit.

It certainly isn't helpful to attract or retain ridership.

But to tie this back to Rick Leary's Management culture........

This is the result of a work car spilling fluid (not identified) on the track overnight.

They apparently didn't clean it up, all hands on deck, and instead pushed trains into service this morning.

Operators then reported skidding/slipping and being unable to stop on time at the next station (over-shooting into the tunnel).

The TTC then nixed service and went to clean up the mess.

What kind of culture of safety is this? (we'll do something about this if it causes a problem, not before)

 

[allengeorge]

This is the result of a work car spilling fluid (not identified) on the track overnight.

They apparently didn't clean it up, all hands on deck, and instead pushed trains into service this morning.

Wait - what?! I didn’t realize that. That’s egregious.

I’m torn as to what the right move to do is (big believer in blameless port mortems as long as actions are actually taken as a result) - but that seems like a massive self-own.

 

[Northern Light]

Perhaps @smallspy could shed some light on the above.

 

[smallspy]

Perhaps @smallspy could shed some light on the above.

Not too much more - you've covered most of it already.

The fluid that was spilled was from a work car, and it was hydraulic fluid used for propulsion, so it was quite a quantity. By the time they were able to get the car safe enough to move, service was starting, and - as you note - the decision was made to go ahead with it, with the thought that the fluid had not affected the running surfaces of the rail.

Of course, that turns out to have been a bit of an oversight on their part.

The spill is substantial enough that it may be late morning before they're able to reopen the line.

Dan

 

[evandyk]

Instead of trying to brave the shuttle buses with my son, we took the bus down to Dundas and took that across the river this morning. Turned a half hour trip into a one hour one, which is not bad if it happens once in a while, but not good if it happens every four days.

Of course, this happens the very week I move and am overjoyed to be living next to a subway station again.

 

[max]

Current ETA for resolution is 11:30am. Sounds like the spill is on the Eastbound tracks near Yonge.

 

[turbanplanner]

Bloor being down to one lane for the past few years made the shuttles even more painful didn’t one get in a collision last week?

 

[Richard White]

Current ETA for resolution is 11:30am. Sounds like the spill is on the Eastbound tracks near Yonge.

Still nothing. I wonder if it will be back for the afternoon or if by some chance the MoE became involved.

I was caught up in the mess this morning and it was not fun. Thankfully, they were staging trains which meant I got as far as Sherbourne Station before exiting and walking to St George.