Category Archives: Service Analysis

TTC Meeting Wrapup for July 2010

The Toronto Transit Commission held a long Board meeting on July 14, 2010, that, as reported elsewhere, spent much of its time on the Greenwood/Donlands second exit proposals.  This article is a compendium report on other agenda items of interest. … Continue reading

Posted in Finance, Service Analysis, Sheppard East LRT, Spadina Subway, Subways, Transit | 14 Comments

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 | 28 Comments

NextBus Maps Vanish: Is TTC Embarrassed by Crappy Service?

Those who have been following the on again, off again appearance of NextBus information on the TTC have noticed that the route maps are no longer visible, only the next vehicle predicitions for stops. Apparently, the maps showing the locations … Continue reading

Posted in Service Analysis, Service Cost and Quality, Transit | 36 Comments

Analysis of 512 St. Clair, January 2010 (Part 4: Intersections)

When I started the analysis of the TTC’s vehicle monitoring data some years ago, my great hope was to be able to analyze behaviour at stops and intersections.  Alas, the quality of data on the “old” version of the TTC’s … Continue reading

Posted in Service Analysis, St. Clair Car, Transit | 26 Comments

Analysis of 512 St. Clair, January 2010 (Part 3: Weekdays, Week 4)

In previous articles of this series, I reviewed the St. Clair line’s operation on New Year’s Day 2010 as well as the first week in January.  This article turns to the last week of January when TTC had implemented a … Continue reading

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Wandering Streetcars (Updated)

Updated March 1 at 10:00 am:  Data for the Queen route for the months of October and November covering the period of split operation are now available for viewing. George Bell has put together an application that displays the TTC’s vehicle … Continue reading

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Analysis of 512 St. Clair, January 2010 (Part 2: Weekdays, Week 1)

This post examines the details of operations for the 512 St. Clair route from Monday, January 4, to Friday, January 8, 2010.  The next post in this series will review the last week of January for comparison to discover what … Continue reading

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Analysis of 512 St. Clair, January 2010 (Part 1: Introduction)

Updated February 26 at 11:15 pm:  The legend on the service chart has been corrected to reflect the actual location of the timepoints. The 512 St. Clair route resumed streetcar operation from St. Clair West Station to Earlscourt Loop on … Continue reading

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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 | 31 Comments

Analysis of 501 Queen Service 2008/09: Part I — Comparative Short Turn Data

A few months ago, I received the TTC’s vehicle monitoring data (a.k.a. “CIS” data for “Communications & Information System”) for 501 Queen and related routes for the months of December 2008 and January 2009.  I have been whittling away at … Continue reading

Posted in Queen Car, Service Analysis, Transit | 6 Comments