Jonny5
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"Nothing to see here, folks. Everything is good."
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turbanplanner
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At least it's running, maybe in 20 more years all the diversions will be finished for 3 or 4 days
nfitz
Superstar
An 18-minute gap? That's 100% normal.
Look at 506 right now at 18:45, looks like every 20 minutes service, other than the cars about to go out service at Coxwell.
Look at 506 right now at 18:45, looks like every 20 minutes service, other than the cars about to go out service at Coxwell.
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Steve X
Senior Member
I can’t believe TTC is even considering 6 minute services, I mean 6 cars in a row service.
JBR
Active Member
Tracking Reduced Speed Zones
Since February 2024, I have tracked the TTC’s posted list of Reduced Speed Zones (RSZs) on subway lines 1 (YUS) and 2 (BD). A pattern has emerged that some RSZs are very long-lasting, others …
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nfitz
Superstar
It's more like restoring 6-minute service.
In my experience, with 6-minute service, 12-minute gaps were common but 18-minute gaps happened, but no where near as often.
With 10-minute service, 20-minute gaps are common. And I've certainly been seeing 30-minute gaps.
chrisw
Active Member
Also from Steve Munroe's article on the slow zones. Some good excerpts from pre pandemic when they gave some more details on their maintenance procedures.
In 2018, their plan was to convert 25,000 mainline timber track ties to 20,000 concrete ties. They planned to install 2,000 concrete ties a year. They're supposed to have a service life of 75 years vs 35 years.
The majority of the ballast was from original construction. Some can be old as 45 years old. They planned to replace 2,000 cubic yards of ballast a year.
In 2018, their plan was to convert 25,000 mainline timber track ties to 20,000 concrete ties. They planned to install 2,000 concrete ties a year. They're supposed to have a service life of 75 years vs 35 years.
The majority of the ballast was from original construction. Some can be old as 45 years old. They planned to replace 2,000 cubic yards of ballast a year.
LukaMilo8
New Member
Mandeep Lali says he will ride the system daily and not own a car in his first TTC CEO report! I know the standards are low but really love to see that from the new TTC CEO.
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RapidTransit
Active Member
Similar to Andy Byford. But I don't believe Byford had a driver's license?
And I wonder where he lives. Leary lived in Aurora, and Andy Byford lived in Chaplin if I recall?
Either way , good news. I'm always proud first hand experience. True ground work lense. You can only get so much from reports and KPI. Most times those findings don't even reflect the actual customer experience.
Also, how long is Greg Percy expected to stay on for? Obviously he needs to stick around until Mandeep is more familiar and to help with transition.
SubHuman
Active Member
From what I can see, apparently the number of these incidents reported went from:
110 in 2018 (cbc.ca),
then to "closer to 600" in 2022 (Toronto Star),
then "In 2024 ... alone, 724 “unauthorized track-level” incidents occurred".
I have trouble believing it's always a new person doing this for the first time, when it's happening this often. It just seems as though maybe the authorities prefer to ignore the situation and no one wants to take the responsibility for their inaction -- not just for the TTC delays, but also the mentally unsound individuals endangering themselves.
If they don't bother keeping track of individual offenders, how would they know?
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Jonny5
Senior Member
I'm not sure what's more funny, that the TTC could make this error, or that the Toronto Star, reporting about the error, then themselves made the exact same error in the article text.
www.thestar.com
TTC removing ads featuring transit route error
The posters encourage riders to take the 506 Carlton streetcar from Spadina station to Kensington Market, which is impossible.
www.thestar.com
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max
Active Member
TTC wizards know you gotta go to Bathurst station and catch the 506 short turn.I'm not sure what's more funny, that the TTC could make this error, or that the Toronto Star, reporting about the error, then themselves made the exact same error in the article text.
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TTC removing ads featuring transit route error
The posters encourage riders to take the 506 Carlton streetcar from Spadina station to Kensington Market, which is impossible.
Amare
Senior Member
Maybe they mean the bustition 506?
Because these days all the streetcar routes are bustittued anyways, and go to whichever station is feasible.
Not that i'm complaining with the glacial speeds of streetcars in this city.
Because these days all the streetcar routes are bustittued anyways, and go to whichever station is feasible.
Not that i'm complaining with the glacial speeds of streetcars in this city.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Toronto is know world-wide as having the SLOWEST tram/streetcar network in the world. We know why, but it changing it that is difficult.
Amare
Senior Member
It's not difficult to change, it's just that there's no political/institutional will in this supposed "world-class" embarrassment of a city.