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Parliament and Roncesvalles Track Work Starts July 2010 (Update 6)
Updated September 1, 2010: Work at Roncesvalles & Dundas has progressed to the point that the new special work is installed and most of the concrete work around the switches is complete. Work on tangent rail south and east from … Continue reading
Posted in Dundas Car, King Car, Queen Car, Transit
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Smart Card Wars (Part III) (Update 1)
Update 1: July 28, 2010 at 4:00 pm: Comments and clarifications by Ernie Wallace at Presto have been added to this article. On July 26, I visited the folks at Presto and talked with Ernie Wallace, Executive Project Director, about … Continue reading
Posted in Beyond 416, Fares & Fare Collection, Finance, GO Transit, Ottawa, Queen Car, Transit
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TTC Service Changes Effective September 5, 2010
Many service changes come into effect for September 2010. These will include both the reversal of the normal summer cuts as well as improvements to deal with growth in demand. Please refer to my article on the June 2010 schedule … Continue reading
Posted in King Car, Queen Car, Service Cost and Quality, Subways, Transit
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Still Waiting For A Long Branch Car (Updated)
Updated June 3, 2010: On June 2, the Commission didn’t decide to implement the 507 Dundas West option (described below), but didn’t kill off the idea entirely either. Some Commissioners balked at the $825k/year pricetag, but the greatest failing was … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Cost and Quality, Transit
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How Many Cars Reach Long Branch? (Update 4)
Updated May 7, 2010 at 12:10 am: On May 6, the TTC directed staff to report back to the June Commission meeting with further analysis of the Dundas West option for the Long Branch service. With luck, this will give … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Analysis, Transit
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The Queen Car is Fine as it Is, Thank You (Updated)
The TTC agenda for May 6 includes a report on the proposed restructuring of route 501 Queen in two optional ways: Return to the old setup with a separate 507 Long Branch service west of Humber Loop, or Operate a … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Cost and Quality, Transit
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Service Changes Effective May 9, 2010
Construction diversions on several routes will begin or continue in May. 504 King and 508 Lake Shore: King cars will continue turning back at Roncesvalles and Queen, but will reach there via Shaw and Queen Streets. Watermain construction which last … Continue reading
Queen 501 Operational Review
The supplementary agenda for January’s TTC meeting includes a report on the various experiments with Queen car operations. Unsurprisingly, it concludes that the split route operation was an abject failure, and recommends that the “step forward” crewing technique be formally … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Cost and Quality, Transit
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Once Upon A Time in Scarborough
Over the years, I’ve taken a lot of flak about LRT proposals for Toronto. Some folks imply that I am personally responsible for leading one or more generations of politicians astray, and that LRT is an invention of my very … Continue reading
The Long Sad Tale of the Queen Car
One of the joys of year-end housecleaning is that I run across old files — letters and reports from bygone days that show how much, or how little has changed over the years. Back in 1984, the Streetcars for Toronto … Continue reading
Posted in Queen Car, Service Analysis, Transit
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