Free Presto cards, mandatory masks and crowd control measures are among the initiatives to bring back riders lost during the pandemic and resume normal service in the fall
Effective May 10, service cuts will mean a total 16 per cent reduction in the number of weekly hours of service on public transit. Here’s how that will break down.
The TTC says that service will be maintained at 70-to-80 per cent of current levels, but the high fixed costs of subway service will mean cuts on bus and streetcar routes
A strike by 38 bus drivers at the Queensway and Wilson garages on Wednesday follows demands by the TTC union that all drivers be outfitted with masks
The changes, the TTC says, is to focus on the protection of workers and passengers
A TTC review of service levels across its network is underway with a view to balancing ridership with the need for physical distancing on vehicles but this is no time for cuts
Big-ticket projects that depend on government spending will have to take a back seat to public health and financial recovery as the effects of COVID-19 are felt
The TTC claims that many bus routes were “improved” in 2019, but the majority of the changes worsened frequency thanks to adjustments for congestion and recovery time between trips for drivers
With the TTC seemingly at war with its riders, it may be an idea whose time has come but at what cost?
The move to zero-emission buses will test the TTC’s will to spend on this priority without starving the rest of the network’s reliability
