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Steve Munro's take on Leary's departure is up on his site.

Its about what you'd expect, and not all unfair in saying (my paraphrase) long overdue and good riddance.

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Mr. Leary Departs

At the TTC Board meeting on June 20, 2024, CEO Rick Leary announced his intention to resign effective August 30 saying: “I believe there are some new opportunities and challenges that await m…
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dowlingm said:
Imagine if Toronto had a head of a transit agency who would regularly have meetings with a counterpart agency and could ask questions like “hey, when is Caledonia GO happening/why hasn’t it happened yet? Is there anything my agency could do to grease the skids?”
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As a former public servant, accountability is basically 0 so a lot of that wouldn't be possible. You can't even really blame 1 person since that's not now decisions are made sadly. Hence nobody cares about things outside their silo
 
Question for everyone as I need opinions.

Just now I got off the 504 at Broadview Station and was stopped by a supervisor exiting via the streetcar platform onto Erindale.

His issue was that I didn't have permission to exit via the bus bays and had to leave via the station exits.

A moment earlier he let a mother and child exit via the streetcar platform without saying a word to them.

I then suggested that if I was doing something illegal he should call TPS. I then continued on my way and exited via the streetcar platform onto Erindale.

At no time was I trying to enter without paying in fact I was departing the station after having paid my fare on the streetcar.

Who was in the wrong here?
 
Richard White said:
Question for everyone as I need opinions.

Just now I got off the 504 at Broadview Station and was stopped by a supervisor exiting via the streetcar platform onto Erindale.

His issue was that I didn't have permission to exit via the bus bays and had to leave via the station exits.

A moment earlier he let a mother and child exit via the streetcar platform without saying a word to them.

I then suggested that if I was doing something illegal he should call TPS. I then continued on my way and exited via the streetcar platform onto Erindale.

At no time was I trying to enter without paying in fact I was departing the station after having paid my fare on the streetcar.

Who was in the wrong here?
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For safety's sake I'd always just use the proper exit. As a driver or pedestrian #1 is to be predictable, so avoid places they don't expect people.
 
Richard White said:
Question for everyone as I need opinions.

Just now I got off the 504 at Broadview Station and was stopped by a supervisor exiting via the streetcar platform onto Erindale.

His issue was that I didn't have permission to exit via the bus bays and had to leave via the station exits.
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On this point, the Supervisor is correct.

TTC By-Law number 1 can be found here:

TTC By-law No. 1

Regulates the use of the TTC local passenger transportation system
www.ttc.ca www.ttc.ca

From the above:

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Richard White said:
A moment earlier he let a mother and child exit via the streetcar platform without saying a word to them.
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On this point he was incorrect. It is a basic tenet of rule/by-law/law enforcement be consistent and even-handed. That does not mean exceptions can't be made, but there should be some sort of logic to them.

Richard White said:
I then suggested that if I was doing something illegal he should call TPS. I then continued on my way and exited via the streetcar platform onto Erindale.
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For clarity, he could call for a TTC Special Constable rather than TPS to engage in enforcement action; however, a Supervisor themselves does not have the right to issue a ticket.

Richard White said:
Who was in the wrong here?
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Both of you.

You broke the rule; but the Supervisor was willfully and immediately inconsistent in enforcing it, which, at this point may be a lost cause anyway because of how often it happens.
 
Northern Light said:
On this point, the Supervisor is correct.

TTC By-Law number 1 can be found here:
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Technically I suppose, but given how frequently TTC staff break this rule - I've barely ever entered Coxwell station and not seen an operator do this - and there isn't even a walking path. At some stations there's literally a raised concrete path (albeit a bit narrow) that makes it 100% safe.

At Broadview particularly, if you walk off the (now) 505 platform, it's a very short distance to the sidewalk, and there's no way that a streetcar could touch you - nor a bus, as they stay further left. The only vehicle you'd interact with is the rare TTC car/truck using the spot between the buses and 505 for parking.

I had one TTC employee shouting at me for this once - I'd come in a bus and was at the very end of the platform, and late for a medical appointment. I didn't even look back. When I turned the corner onto Broadview I glanced back, and to my surprise he was actually chasing me down the Erindale sidewalk! I wish I saw such enthusiasm for stopping passengers walking IN. (though many I see do that - for example to catch the 506 at Main Street, before it departs) tap when they get on).
 
nfitz said:
I had one TTC employee shouting at me for this once - I'd come in a bus and was at the very end of the platform, and late for a medical appointment. I didn't even look back. When I turned the corner onto Broadview I glanced back, and to my surprise he was actually chasing me down the Erindale sidewalk! I wish I saw such enthusiasm for stopping passengers walking IN. (though many I see do that - for example to catch the 506 at Main Street, before it departs) tap when they get on).
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What a goofball. What was his plan for when he caught up with you? Or what if you had been disturbed and dangerous?

I am amused by all of these overzealous TTC employees who potentially put themselves in harm's way to enforce rules they have no authority to enforce. My favourite ones are the ones who see all those dam foamers taking pictures and "acting suspicious", so instead of calling them in and moving along, they confront them to their faces. Absolute geniuses. If foamers actually were dangerous these people would be screwed.
 
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goreckm said:
I remember some people thought the bus would be faster than the streetcar. Obviously they haven't driven or even walked by that stretch of Spadina in a while. It's just complete gridlock.
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I’m starting to think most people that make decisions for the city don’t actually live or do anything in the City.
 
On the agenda for the next NYCC is this item:


An extended queue jump lane for TTC on the northside of Steeles just east of Don Mills Road (westbound direction)

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If approved by Council, this would be delivered in 2025.

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An additional report seeks a similar extension of an existing bus lane on Wilson, near Wilson Station:

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