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Have there been any plans for a new specification of the side display to be included on future buses? I find the current screen a bit small such that the route number and the destinations of the route cannot be displayed at the same time sometimes (8 Broadview does quite a few scrolls before actually showing "8 Broadview"!)

I'm aware the screen size is also limited as it is surrounded by a window panel the same size as the hopper window, forgive me for not knowing the proper terminology for things. But the screen doesn't seem to utilise the full size of the "hopper window piece" anyway.

It would be nice for the screens to be enlarged in both width and height such that the route number and the via destinations can be displayed on two separate rows. For example, 102C Markham Road would stay static on the upper row, whilst the bottom row would alternate between To Steeles/Via Dynamic Drive.
 
generalcanada said:
So they can put useful info on those screens....cool.
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On September 18, 2025, Bay station is temporarily transformed into a subway station of the fictional Philadelphia Transit System (SEPTA is the real-life version of that system). My photos are taken at the mezzanine level.

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It is for either a film or television shoot. I have taken the photos shortly before 5 pm and the shoots begin around 7 pm.
 
evandyk said:
Another 504 closure coming up. As someone who relies on the 504 to get to work every day, it hasn't been very reliable for the last little while!


(I can take the subway as an alternative, so it's not really that bad for me, I just hate having to change trains at Yonge at rush hour to head downtown.)
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Broadview and Queen? It doesn't feel that long since they completely rebuilt it.
 
Johnny Au said:
On September 18, 2025, Bay station is temporarily transformed into a subway station of the fictional Philadelphia Transit System (SEPTA is the real-life version of that system). My photos are taken at the mezzanine level.

It is for either a film or television shoot. I have taken the photos shortly before 5 pm and the shoots begin around 7 pm.
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There's been something filming regularly for weeks down by the TD Centre too. They have had the right lane of Wellington blocked off from Yonge to York almost all days for a few weeks now for star trailers and equipment support and catering. They've also blocked off Toronto Street on weekends several times. It must be a movie, as a TV show wouldn't spend that much time to film location shoots, or have the budget for such an elaborate setup.
 
evandyk said:
I saw Toronto St converted to a 1960sish NYC scene today. A facebook group speculates that it's this.

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Unless it’s reshoots, The Greatest was supposed to have wrapped in late July.

My money’s on “The Westies”, a series set in 1980’s Hell’s Kitchen about Irish gangs. It’s currently in production and doesn’t wrap until then end of October.
 
Wonder if 5707 will be used for this one. I was thinking it might be used during Lady Gaga's Toronto tour earlier this month (just like it was used during the Taylor Swift tour in November 2024), but evidently it wasn't this time as it remained in its home spot the whole time during those days (though it was moved somewhere about a month or so prior and was gone for a couple weeks before returning).
 
Here are the film, television, and streaming productions done in Toronto:

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Project Title: Brilliant Minds 02 Broadcast Platform: Television Production Type: Episodic Series Company: Ambleside Production Services Inc. Email: productionS2BM@gmail.com Producer: Matt Code Director: Various Production Manager: Jeffery Pong Camera Start: 07/02/2025 Camera Wrap: 03/31/2026...
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Regarding Bay station, I believe that it's Memory of a Killer, more specifically the first episode involving a flashback in Philly, despite the series being primarily set in New York City and upstate New York, hence the Philadelphia Transit System signage based on real-world SEPTA signage.
 
Johnny Au said:
Here are the film, television, and streaming productions done in Toronto:
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I find the City's list a little small and doesn't reflect all of what's going on.

ACTRA's list is more comprehensive and lists recent past as well as future stuff. Note: for secrecy's sake, it's sometimes under red herring working titles rather than production names; "Turkey Meatloaf" is apparently the working title for Reacher season 4 (named after Alan Ritchson's favourite meal), and was recently filming in Yorkville using signs only saying "TM".

What's Shooting - ACTRA Toronto

PLEASE NOTE: If an A707 declaration is received, it means that the project is a fully privately financed, non-Canadian production. While the Producer will make best efforts to hire Canadian […]
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zang said:
Note: it's sometimes under red herring working titles, rather than production names.
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Not sometimes. Most of the time, and especially with big productions, a working title will be used that does not necessarily reflect the final name of the production or even the genre of the piece.

Back when I worked in this field this was even the case for music videos being worked for popular singers and groups.

Dan
 
smallspy said:
Not sometimes. Most of the time, and especially with big productions, a working title will be used that does not necessarily reflect the final name of the production or even the genre of the piece.
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It really depends on the budget and star power. Murdoch Mystery's never gonna cover up their name, and neither will the low budget films. A lot of times though, sets themselves will indeed use a red herring name.
 
zang said:
Unless it’s reshoots, The Greatest was supposed to have wrapped in late July.

My money’s on “The Westies”, a series set in 1980’s Hell’s Kitchen about Irish gangs. It’s currently in production and doesn’t wrap until then end of October.
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Maybe. But you've sent me down a rabbit hole, and I think it's earlier than that. There was a cop car that had a megaphone and two siren lights on its roof. This website suggests the NYPD used that until the mid 1970s, after it was replaced by a bar of lights across the top.


The one I saw looked like this. Though obviously a car from the mid 1970s wouldn't be out of place in a 1980s show.

 
evandyk said:
Maybe. But you've sent me down a rabbit hole, and I think it's earlier than that. There was a cop car that had a megaphone and two siren lights on its roof. This website suggests the NYPD used that until the mid 1970s, after it was replaced by a bar of lights across the top.
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Oh, I'm very likely wrong about it being The Westies. My guess was more about what's currently filming and is set in the past.
evandyk said:
The one I saw looked like this. Though obviously a car from the mid 1970s wouldn't be out of place in a 1980s show.
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It could also just be the kind of anachronism that productions are willing to "forget" if they can't rent the exact right vehicle from the prop companies. Very few viewers will even think there may be a difference, or care for that matter.

Of course, it could just be a simple flashback scene from a series set in modern day. *shrugs*
 
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