[picard102]

the article referenced: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/10-lost-works-of-canadian-art-you-ll-wish-you-could-see-1.7644779

 

[drum118]

Recommendations​

That the Carhouse at Leslie Barns be named after former Mayor David Miller to commemorate his contributions to delivering better transit for all Torontonians.

Summary​

Former Mayor David Miller is a dedicated advocate for the TTC and public transit. He served on the TTC Board from 1997-2003. As a City Councillor, he played an important role in the transition of services post-amalgamation and passed a motion asking the federal government to transfer the federal gax tax to the TTC to help pay for service.

Following his election as Mayor of Toronto, he was able to work with both federal and provincial governments to secure $1 billion over five years for the TTC. During his tenure as Mayor, he pushed for the St. Clair Streetcar right-of-way, the creation of rapid transit bus lanes, promoted the TTC Ridership Growth strategy, and procured new subway trains and streetcars. Mayor Miller was also a key proponent of the ambitious Transit City plan, which included revitalizing the Scarborough RT; building a number of LRT lines such as the Eglinton Crosstown, Finch West LRT, Waterfront West, Scarborough Malvern LRT (now called Eglinton East LRT), Sheppard East LRT, Jane LRT, Don Mills LRT; and the construction of six BRT’s.

In 2009, former Mayor Miller helped procure the land for Leslie Barns to build a new maintenance and storage facility to store and service the new streetcars that had been procured. Leslie Barns consists of four buildings, including the Carhouse, the Traction Power Substation, the Yard Control Huts, and the Irrigation Hut. The Carhouse is currently unnamed and this motion would name it the David Miller Carhouse to commemorate Mayor Miller’s contributions to the TTC.

Background Information​

(October 6, 2025) Member Motion on Naming of the Leslie Barns Carhouse
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-258855.pdf

 

[picard102]

Do we not wait till people are dead to name things after them?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Do we not wait till people are dead to name things after them?

The R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant was named after the longtime commissioner of Toronto's public works Roland Caldwell Harris. It opened in 1941. Harris was Public Works Commissioner from 1912 to 1945. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Harris_Water_Treatment_Plant

R.C. Harris was invollved in such projects as:

• Crawford Street Bridge, 1914-1915, with design heavy influenced by Harris
• Prince Edward Viaduct, opened in 1918, which included his idea to add a deck under the bridge allowing for the Bloor Danforth line to be built decades later.
• Mount Pleasant bridge as part of the extension of Mount Pleasant Road north to Lawrence Avenue East in 1934.
• expansion of the streetcar network of the Toronto Civic Railways from 1912 to 1915.
• Waterfront Railway Viaduct built from 1925 to 1934 to bring rail lines into Union Station.
• extension of University Avenue south of Queen Street West to Front Street in 1931.

 

[picard102]

Semmes pretty bold to name something after yourself while in charge.

 

[ShonTron]

Do we not wait till people are dead to name things after them?

Mississauga named a dozen things for one person while she was still alive and in many cases still in office.

 

[drum118]

Mississauga named a dozen things for one person while she was still alive and in many cases still in office.

Can we say Hazel while she was still mayor

 

[Richard White]

It appears we have a somewhat significant Plan A at Yonge Station this morning.

Heavy smoke is reported at Bay station.

For those out of the loop, a Plan A is smoke or fire from a train.

If the reports from Bay are correct this could last awhile.

 

[PL1]

It appears we have a somewhat significant Plan A at Yonge Station this morning.

Heavy smoke is reported at Bay station.

For those out of the loop, a Plan A is smoke or fire from a train.

If the reports from Bay are correct this could last awhile.

Service has resumed as of about 7:15 this morning, according to the TTC tweet bot on Bluesky

Edit: "tweet bot" not "tweet not". Autocorrect

 

[Richard White]

Service has resumed as of about 7:15 this morning, according to the TTC tweet not on Bluesky

Indeed.

It took awhile to clean up the fire extinguisher residue apparently

 

[Bordercollie]

Subway service resumes on Lines 1 and 2 after fire at Bloor-Yonge Station causes major problems for morning commute

Subway service has resumed on stretches of both Line 1 (Yonge-University) and Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) after an early-morning fire at Bloor-Yonge Station wreaked havoc on the morning commute, the TTC says.

www.ctvnews.ca

Something needs to be done about these work cars leaking fluid and catching fire. Perhaps they are past their prime? Will the T1's be converted to work cars? But finding replacement components may be an issue.

 

[DSCToronto]

Subway service resumes on Lines 1 and 2 after fire at Bloor-Yonge Station causes major problems for morning commute

Subway service has resumed on stretches of both Line 1 (Yonge-University) and Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) after an early-morning fire at Bloor-Yonge Station wreaked havoc on the morning commute, the TTC says.

www.ctvnews.ca

Something needs to be done about these work cars leaking fluid and catching fire. Perhaps they are past their prime? Will the T1's be converted to work cars? But finding replacement components may be an issue.

Take a look at Steve Munro's recent post on this.. https://stevemunro.ca/2025/09/15/is-ttcs-subway-work-car-fleet-inadequate/

 

[Jonny5]

Subway service resumes on Lines 1 and 2 after fire at Bloor-Yonge Station causes major problems for morning commute

Subway service has resumed on stretches of both Line 1 (Yonge-University) and Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) after an early-morning fire at Bloor-Yonge Station wreaked havoc on the morning commute, the TTC says.

www.ctvnews.ca

Something needs to be done about these work cars leaking fluid and catching fire. Perhaps they are past their prime? Will the T1's be converted to work cars? But finding replacement components may be an issue.

Steve Munro has documented they are in fact many years, if not more than a decade past their prime. Thank John Tory for constricting capital expenditures to only duct tape to hold things together.
You also likely cannot simply convert a T1 into a repair car without spending far more than the cost of having one custom built, or at least getting one that's useful and modern and not some imitation of one that only does 50% of the job right.

 

[smallspy]

Steve Munro has documented they are in fact many years if not more than a decade past their prime. Thank John Tory for constricting capital expenditures to only duct tape to hold things together.
You also likely cannot simply convert a T1 into a repair car without spending far more than the cost of having one custom built, or at least getting one that's useful and modern and not some imitation of one that only does 50% of the job right.

Indeed, only a small percentage of the work car fleet are old subway cars - only those are really capable of being replaced by other old subway cars.

You can't modify an old subway car into a tamper or gondola or slab carrier.

Dan

 

[evandyk]

The kid's grade 1 class was leading their truth and reconciliation committee assembly first thing this morning, so waking up to a subway closure was not good news for us. Luckily it's still nice enough to bike with him. The subway had actually reopened in time for us, but once we mentioned the possibility of biking (he uses one of those trail-a-bikes for longer trips) there was no going back.