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Does Transit Really Get Priority? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

A comment thread developed elsewhere on this site about “Transit Priority Signalling” and what, exactly, this means in Toronto, and more recently in York Region. I will move the related comments to t...

Analysis of Route 54 Lawrence East (Part I) 25 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm

This is the first of a series of articles to review service on a number of routes both in the suburbs and downtown.  There are three sets of data for November 2011, March 2012 and May 2013.  The first...

Analysis of TTC Vehicle Monitoring Data: Looking Under the Covers 15 Aug 2013 | 06:45 am

Over the years, I have published many articles containing analyses of vehicle operations on various routes.  The process by which the raw data turn into charts has been sketched in some of these posts...

Motorists vs Transit — 50 Years On 9 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm

Mike Filey recently sent me a copy of an editorial written in the Toronto Star of February 12, 1963 by the late Ron Haggart.  For copyright reasons, I cannot reproduce the entire article here, only se...

TTC Service Changes Effective September 1, 2013 7 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm

The TTC will revert to its fall schedules across the system on the Labour Day weekend.  The schedule period starts on Sunday, September 1, but the first weekday will be Tuesday, September 3. The summ...

Metrolinx Puts Scarborough LRT on Hold 7 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm

Metrolinx has advised Toronto’s City Manager that it is putting the Scarborough LRT project on hold pending resolution of various issues related to funding the proposed Scarborough subway. In a lette...

King & Spadina Intersection Reconstruction 7 Aug 2013 | 07:25 am

King & Spadina is the last of the TTC’s three Grand Unions to be replaced in as many years.  Work began on August 6, and is planned to reach the point by August 20 that streetcar service can resume on...

The 100-Year Lie 4 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am

How about a bottle mister? Only costs a penny, guaranteed. Does Pirelli’s stimulate the growth, sir? You can have my oath sir, ‘Tis unique. Rub a minute, Stimulatin’ i’n’ it? Soon you’ll have t...

How Much Will The Scarborough Subway Cost Us? 2 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm

Now that the Liberals are safely ensconced in Scarborough-Guildwood with their “subway champion” the member-elect, let us turn to the question of what that subway will cost the taxpayers of Toronto. ...

Memo to Glen Murray & Karen Stintz: Are You Really Serious About Transit in Scarborough? 29 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm

With all the upheaval of transit plans for Scarborough, politicians fall over each other to tell Scarborough residents how downtrodden and ignored they have been, how they always get the short end of ...

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