Category Archives: Subways

A Few Delicate Questions About The Scarborough Subway (Updated)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Steve

Updated May 7, 2013 at 9:30 am:  The TTC has confirmed that the January 2013 cost estimate for the Scarborough LRT includes a $500m provision for a carhouse and yard.  As previously discussed in this article, the yard is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Scarborough RT/LRT, Subways, Transit | 54 Comments

TTC Meeting Wrapup: April 24, 2013 (Updated)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Steve

The TTC met on April 24 to discuss a rather thin agenda, and the meeting was over in a not-quite-record 90 minutes.  Discussed here: May meeting preview CEO’s Report Customer Satisfaction Survey Property Acquisition Management Plan Pape Station reconstruction A … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, New Streetcars, Service Cost and Quality, Subways, Transit, Vehicles | 42 Comments

Saying “Sorry” Is Only The Beginning

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Steve

TTC CEO Andy Byford’s Youtube apology for subway service fiascos on March 18 stirred a lot of interest, along with an interview on CBC’s Metro Morning.  This will no doubt continue at a town hall meeting tonight (which I cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Service Cost and Quality, Subways, Transit | 34 Comments

TTC Meeting Preview: February 25, 2013 (Update 2)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Steve

Update 2 on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 10:00 am: Additional information from presentations and debates at the Commission meeting has be added to this article. The Toronto Transit Commission will meet on Monday February 25, 2013.  This month’s agenda … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Bus Technology, Finance, New Subway Cars, Scarborough RT/LRT, Service Cost and Quality, Spadina Subway, Transit | 20 Comments

TTC November 2012 Meeting Wrapup

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Steve

At its November meeting, the TTC considered various matters other than the 2013 budgets on which I have already reported. New Commissioners The new “citizen” members of the TTC were sworn into office: Maureen Adamson, Nick Di Donato, Alan Heisey … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, New Subway Cars, Service Cost and Quality, Spadina Subway, Transit, Vehicles | 16 Comments

TTC 2013 Capital Budget Part I: Subway Fleet Plan

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Steve

This is the first article in a series examining various aspects of the TTC’s Capital Budget for 2013 and the 10-year plan running through 2022.  The report linked here gives an overview, but I have now reviewed the roughly 1,300 … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Subways, Transit | 52 Comments

TTC Madness: A Subway for Everyone

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Steve

Today’s meeting of the transit commission was expected to be a modest affair with approval of the Downtown Relief Line study’s recommendations, and a few other housekeeping items.  What happened was a complete upending of the transit expansion policies we … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Downtown Relief Line, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Subways, Transit | 59 Comments

Spadina Extension Opening Pushed Back to Late 2016

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Steve

A report before the TTC meeting this week advises that the opening date for the Spadina Subway Extension is now fall 2016. The report includes a long history of the Spadina project as well as a comparison of the bureaucratic … Continue reading →

Posted in Spadina Subway, Transit | 27 Comments

TTC Rediscovers the Downtown Relief Line (Update 4)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Steve

Update 4 October 21, 2012 at 8:30 pm: It’s intriguing to look back at coverage of the DRL the last time this was a major issue.  Mike Filey passed along a clipping from the Star from December 2, 1982 that … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Downtown Relief Line, GO Transit, Subways, Transit, Union Station, Waterfront, Yonge Subway Extension, York Region | 95 Comments

The Fate of OneCity (Updated)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Steve

Several postmortems have appeared on blogs about the supposed death of OneCity and what might follow: Updated July 19, 2012 at 7:00 am: A transit debate full of sound and fury, signifying … something? by Edward Keenan on The Grid … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Finance, GO Transit, Scarborough RT/LRT, Subways, Transit, Waterfront | 37 Comments