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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
Those issues were created by the politicians refusing to support public transit OPERATIONS in general. There is money for highways used by the single-occupant SUVs, but little for the the crowds using buses or streetcars.
Again, shitty route management, rules that make no sense won’t go away with more funding
The Presto website has info on student discounts and they seem to depend on the College they attend. They should to check it out but most seem to require monthly.
The monthly pass is not worth it, as they only have class four days a week, and half the time I would be driving pick-up or drop off. My friend's kid goes to Trent and their tuition includes no-charge city transit passes. I appreciate Peterborough and Toronto are not equal, but it would be useful if the TTC secondary school per trip discount also applied to postsecondary.
Is Castle Frank finally finished? I see that the scaffolding out front is finally gone. What, was that five years?
