[smallspy]

I have travelled on Warden to Kennedy pretty frequently over the last few years and my Bell iPhones have always lost signal not long after entering the tunnel at the Warden end, and not getting it back until in Kennedy station

I've used Rogers for 25 years - I've never not had signal along that stretch.

Dan

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Woman dies after being pinned under TTC bus in Etobicoke, police say​

See https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/woman-dies-after-being-pinned-under-ttc-bus-in-etobicoke-police-say/article_3f2b65e2-7d3d-45d0-9fa8-5757621552e0.html

Toronto Transit Commission CEO Mandeep S. Lali said the TTC was “heartbroken” to learn that a pedestrian had died Monday after “a collision involving a TTC bus” near Royal York Station.

Subway trains on Line 2 Bloor-Danforth are bypassing Royal York Station.
TTC employees were redirecting riders away from the station and to nearby shuttle buses running along Bloor Street.

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The buses were detoured away from the Royal York Station. I was on the 76 Royal York South bus. Was able to use the 149 Etobicoke-Bloor bus instead of the subway to get to Jane Street. People were left behind waiting for a Line 2 Shuttle bus.

 

[turbanplanner]

why the hell was she walking at the far end of the bus paved area?

I get someone trying to shortcut to the sidewalk but you’d have to go out of your way to get to the point where the bus was stopped

 

[evandyk]

It sounds like she was chasing after the bus to try to get it to stop and open its doors? Maybe she slipped and fell at some awkward angle?

 

[Richard White]

It sounds like she was chasing after the bus to try to get it to stop and open its doors? Maybe she slipped and fell at some awkward angle?

It is very possible.

There used to be a woman with mental health issues at Warden Station who would run up and bang on the side of the bus as it was driving away. She thought it would get the driver to stop the bus, thereby letting her on.

There are also people who walk out via the bus bays rather than go all the way around. I will be the first to admit that I have done this at Broadview a few times getting off the 504. It is so much easier to walk out the bus bay there if you are heading to Shoppers than to go all the way back into the station and around.

 

[evandyk]

There are also people who walk out via the bus bays rather than go all the way around. I will be the first to admit that I have done this at Broadview a few times getting off the 504. It is so much easier to walk out the bus bay there if you are heading to Shoppers than to go all the way back into the station and around.

Except that in this case,

Toronto police said the woman was attempting to board a bus that was pulling away from the station when she fell and was struck.

 

[nfitz]

There are also people who walk out via the bus bays rather than go all the way around. I will be the first to admit that I have done this at Broadview a few times getting off the 504. It is so much easier to walk out the bus bay there if you are heading to Shoppers than to go all the way back into the station and around.

A bit different at Broadview though. It would take skill to get hit walking a very short distance from the platform to the Erindale sidewalk.

Where the sidewalk crosses the driveway is far longer - and probably more dangerous.

 

[Steve X]

Except that in this case,

This is exactly why people shouldn’t do that. Especially if they try banging at the back doors where nobody sees. Getting on the roadway is a big no-no.

Bus schedules are design that buses stop once. If everyone running for the bus gets the bus to stop again for them, buses are all late. Then they wonder why they are always late.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

This is exactly why people shouldn’t do that. Especially if they try banging at the back doors where nobody sees. Getting on the roadway is a big no-no.

Bus schedules are design that buses stop once. If everyone running for the bus gets the bus to stop again for them, buses are all late. Then they wonder why they are always late.

There are the odd case of drivers not following schedules but the level of riders aggressiveness with moving buses is something else. It doesn't help that banging works sometimes - which creates an incentive to continue to do it.

AoD

 

[chrisw]

TTC Board Meeting: October 6, 2025

The TTC Board met on October 6, 2025. Many items on the agenda were confidential in whole or in part, and the meeting immediately recessed into private session. Four hours later, the public session…

stevemunro.ca

 

[Northern Light]

News Release from the TTC this morning as the Mayor announces on Moore in the Morning on CFRB significant service increases on Line 2 begin Sunday.

TTC increasing service on Line 2 beginning October 12

www.ttc.ca

Some additional info below including round 1 of the Eglinton Crosstown related changes (but no, no Crosstown)

Line 5 Eglinton LRT service update and May service adjustments 

www.ttc.ca

The headline here is increased frequency in morning rush with 6 additional trains improving frequency to every 2m ' 30s; improvements in all other weekday periods and on Sundays, with frequency to drop below 4'0M, exact numbers will be available when the service memo is public and/or via Steven Munro.

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Additional improvements are expected in November.

 

[T3G]

The carhouse at Leslie Barns is getting named for David Miller:

TTC Board Meeting: October 6, 2025

The TTC Board met on October 6, 2025. Many items on the agenda were confidential in whole or in part, and the meeting immediately recessed into private session. Four hours later, the public session…

stevemunro.ca

Renaming the Carhouse at Leslie Barns

On a motion by Chair Myers with Commissioner Matlow seconding, the carhouse at Leslie Barns, which is currently unnamed, will be called the David Miller Carhouse “to commemorate Mayor Miller’s contributions to the TTC”.

The motion passed with all but Commissioner Jagdeo in favour. He churlishly objected to a building being named after a politician, especially a living one.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize the link to the above article was already posted. Had a series of unread posts in here and I thought the last page was the last one.

 

[Steve X]

News Release from the TTC this morning as the Mayor announces on Moore in the Morning on CFRB significant service increases on Line 2 begin Sunday.

TTC increasing service on Line 2 beginning October 12

www.ttc.ca

Some additional info below including round 1 of the Eglinton Crosstown related changes (but no, no Crosstown)

Line 5 Eglinton LRT service update and May service adjustments 

www.ttc.ca

The headline here is increased frequency in morning rush with 6 additional trains improving frequency to every 2m ' 30s; improvements in all other weekday periods and on Sundays, with frequency to drop below 4'0M, exact numbers will be available when the service memo is public and/or via Steven Munro.

***

Additional improvements are expected in November.

How low can they get. Proclaiming service adjustments as increase services on a bus route. The 94 is being increased because of the 506 diversion off College St not because of demand. This is not supposed to be permanent either.

 

[evandyk]

It's Line 1 where you can't get on southbound rush hour trains at Yonge (or northbound evening rush trains at College or Wellesley) because they're too full. Line 2 is actually reasonably serviced at rush hour currently.

 

[Northern Light]

It's Line 1 where you can't get on southbound rush hour trains at Yonge (or northbound evening rush trains at College or Wellesley) because they're too full. Line 2 is actually reasonably serviced at rush hour currently.

Both lines are problematic, particularly if there are service disruptions that create gaps in service.

Line 1 is worse in the rush, I'd agree, though Line 2 isn't great.

Line 2 is worse in the off-peak though, much of the time, particularly late evenings and Sundays, where standees are quite common.