The TTC has released the first draft of their 2025 Annual Service Plan for comment on their site. Readers with suggestions should use the TTC’s survey for input to the plan.

Updated August 9 at 5:20pm: The TTC has supplied new versions of maps for routes 49 and 405, as well as for the Etobicoke Blue Night service change proposals. On their behalf, thanks to readers who have flagged issues on the original versions.

The consultation looks at three areas of TTC service:

• Proposed 2025 Changes
• The One Fare Program
• Community Bus Routes (4xx series)

There will also be pop-up consultations at various locations around the city.

Date	Time	Location	Routes
Aug 7	4:30 to 6:00 am	Bus ride-along	395, 385 and other affected night routes
Aug 7	6:00 to 8:00 am	Kennedy Stn	334
Aug 7	6:30 to 8:00 am	Rouge Hill GO	385
Aug 9	Noon to 2:30 pm	Dufferin Mall	402
Aug 12	9:30 am to Noon	North Park Plaza	400
Aug 13	4:30 to 6:00 am	Bus ride-along	337
Aug 13	6:00 to 8:00 am	Kiping Station	45, 49, 337 and other affected night routes
Aug 14	12:30 to 2:30 pm	Bus ride-along	13B
Aug 19	Noon to 2:00 pm	Coxwell Station	22, 70 and 404
Aug 19	Noon to 2:00 pm	Main Station	87A

In a recent Stakeholders’ session which I attended, it became clear that some of the 2024 ASP proposals that had not yet shown up in service would be coming in fall 2024. I asked the TTC for details of the outstanding 2024 proposals, and this information is in a table at the end of the article.

A further problem is that the substantial changes already planned for the Line 5 and 6 openings cannot be implemented until Metrolinx actually begins service there.

One key item that is not addressed by this round of consultation is the matter of service frequency. Most of the routes TTC proposes to modify suffer from infrequent service, and the benefit of the route changes will be muted by the absence of buses as opposed to lines on the map.

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