TTC plans for a new streetcar fleet moved onto the front burner at the April 19th meeting of the Commission.  After a staff update on the CLRV rebuild program and possible timetables for new streetcar purchases, the Commission decided that:

• Only 100 CLRVs will be rebuilt, not 196.
• New streetcars will be procured with a prototype to be delivered in 2010 and production deliveries from 2011 through early 2014.
• The Commission will take a package consolidating all information about streetcar fleet planning through the committee cycle (Budget Advisory, Policy & Finance, Council) in May.  Continue reading →