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Dealing with traffic/pedestrians too. While the subway has lots of slow zones, it's less stressful/requires less mental energy to operate. This makes it more attractive to older operators looking for something more relaxing in their later years.
No that's not the reason.
It is, actually. At least in part.
The micromanaging part is the main source of the frustrations, but sure we can say the stop and proceed/vehicle crowing through signalized intersections contributes to the micromanaging (aka through the SOPs- which are idiotic).
I don't think that streetcars have been covered by the Railway Act since the 1930s. They are covered by the Highway Traffic Act - sort of. Insofar as anyone operating a streetcar is expected to meet the same requirements as anyone operating any other registered motor vehicle in the Province of Ontario, and so is expected to operate it under the same rules and regulations.
Well, here's an example.....
It's really absolute lunacy.
And increase the operations budget and update the streetcar infrastructure to European standards, so they can operate properly. Don't follow the American standards or 20th century standards.
TTC management cannot get the correct route numbers onto stops nor remove temporary diversion stop signage nor remove stops for the (obviously discontinued) Express 14X series of routes. These are easy things that take little skill to achieve, we clearly cannot expect them to deal with route management, switches and scary stuff like that.
Pre-rebuild of the underpass, the difference in the height of the wire on either side was so extreme (and the slope connecting them so steep) that at high speeds the pole could (and would) bounce off of the wire and dewire. In extreme cases, it could knock the shoe off.
This seems to me to be the most likely explanation (and @smallspy always brings good and useful information). The TTC has a very poor memory of why things are done and an apparent inability to investigate. It always reminds me of the UK army's investigation (in the 1970s, I think) on the staffing of the teams manning large portable guns. There were two people there who appeared to have no purpose. It turned out that they had been on these teams to hold the heads of the horses to stop them bolting when the guns were fired. When the use of horses was phased out many years earlier, nobody had thought they might not be needed!
That underpass was rebuilt a couple of decades ago to create more height for the streetcar. Many trucks also got stuck there. Still a low ceiling. Flooding remains an issue. In fact, the whole area between Dufferin and Shaw continues to have problems. Hence, all the construction in the area.
An infinite budget won’t fix poor management caused issues
