Mike

Why would the TTC want to do that? Those cross border routes are done at the request of YRT (with YRT picking up the tab). Given YRT went back to running their own route 24 I doubt there is appetite to go back to the old route structure with the TTC running the service. You might be too young to remember but the TTC ran 224 Vic park North route for awhile before YRT created route 24 and TTC 24 was cut back to Steeles.

Are there people on here that use 24 regularly or perhaps operators on 24? What is the travel pattern on the route like - ie are there a lot of people that travel from south of Eglinton to points north of Eglinton and north of Sheppard or between points south of Sheppard to north of Sheppard? Would the split at Eglinton or Sheppard be helpful or would it force a transfer on a lot of passengers? Kumiko, you seem obsessed with either splitting routes like 24 into smaller routes or combining routes into much longer ones? Do you actually use any of those routes all the time or is that all coming from looking at the TTC map and thinking that these would be good ideas?

If you think that the Gary area needs a direct connection to Eglinton LRT. It would be easier to just make a route out of Mt Dennis station via Weston Rd and looping like the 59A/B just in opposite direction. This short route wouldn’t need too many buses to provide a service more frequent than what runs on 59 outside of rush hours.

7038 Connect.ca on 107A

As long as the stations don't end up looking like the rusty and rusted Pioneer Village station.

If 952A would provide service to airport then it would have to run all day every day and not just at rush hours and be a very limited stop express. Otherwise it wouldn’t be very useful to people going to/from airport.

151 has been at some stops (North York General for example) for at least 6 months.

A couple of questions about Deseronto Transit service: 1. How well used was this service? 2. Was there some price per trip that passengers would have been ok to pay that would have made the service viable?

Porter already flies to Sudbury from Billy Bishop so as you say unlikely they will also choose to fly to North Bay.

What is the reason for splitting XE40s? Wouldn’t it be easier to aggregate them all either at Arrow or at Birchmount? I would do the following: Arrow 43 XE40NG Birchmount 25 XE40 Eglinton 10K9M + 32 XE40 NG + 69LFSe+ McNicoll 34LFSe+

Of course, potential failure of components from lack of maintenance (or proper usage/storage) shouldn't be manufacturer's issue to resolve. However, Crosslinx awarded Bombardier/Alstom 30 year contract to maintain the vehicles in 2015. Assuming that 30yr period started right in 2015 and not upon vehicle delivery Alstom still has 20yr to go (if its 30yrs from delivery then 24-27 yr left on maintenance contract).

Do you have any proof that the warranty on Line 5 cars was so short? Last of the vehicles were only delivered in 2021 which would make warranty period only 4-5 years,

Do all 123B buses in both directions go through Sherway? TTC map represents buses making a turn from Browns Line onto westbound Evans but no 123 branches actually go that way?

4448 Twizzler (driver side 3 middle section wrap) on 504 today 4445 Capital One on 504

7047 Love Shop on 105 today.

Sounds like Foreigner’s Hot Blooded should be your theme song (although you would prefer Foreigner’s Cold as Ice”)

Ajax had a pilot program with Bird that ended in Nov 2024. The town then did a competitive RFP which was won by Lime - Lime will run the e-bike/scooter program until Dec 31, 2027. Virgin Plus isn’t just running on Bell network - it is owned by Bell. The reason they asked if you were a student is because there are generally special plans for students - the sales rep was simply looking for best deal for you. Likewise there are special discounted rates if a potential client is an employee of specific corporate clients of Rogers. Again nothing nefarious in the questions from sales rep.

Mt. Dennis and Eglinton would be the obvious choices since 32 is currently at Mt. Dennis and 34 at Eglinton.

IVECO and some Chinese manufacturers offer CNG hybrids.

It would make sense though. A streetcar is 30m while the bus is 12m, so to keep capacity at 1-1 should have 2.5x as many buses as streetcars on route. It could be that speed of operation of buses is faster requiring somewhat fewer buses.

The two stops are too near each other according to who? You? Full express doesn’t mean you need to eliminate stops - it just mean that it doesn’t run as a local service at the end of the route. There a ton of people who get on/off between Yonge and Dufferin, if you get rid of too many stops then the route becomes less useful since those express stops are too far away for most people.

You are obviously not a daily (or frequent) user of 7 or 60/960. Those stops all get used quite well on both routes. Here are a few scenarios Westbound 960 Bathurst stop -> passengers transfer to 7 southbound (and TTC160/YRT88 northbound). Transferring to 7 at Carpenter would mean that one would first have to make through the lights on Bathurst/Carpenter going westbound on 960 and then a second time going eastbound on 7. Westbound 960 Carpenter stop -> people transferring from 7 so that like in previous example they don't have to go through the lights at Carpenter/Bathurst twice. To transfer to YRT88/TTC 160 one would first have to wait for two sets of lights only to then walk back to Bathurst to transfer. Eastbound 960 Carpenter -> transfer to 7 southbound - easier to cross Carpenter than Bathurst Eastbound 960 Bathurst -> transfer to YRT88/TTC 160 northbound, with favorable light at Carpenter can go to Bathurst and transfer to 7 at far side stop. Stop placement eastbound at Bathurst was actually changed - I think when artics were introduced. Before 7 and 60 stopped both near side and far side, but this was changed to 60 near side only and 7 far side only. At rush hour there are a lot of people getting off and on at all of those stops so I wouldn't change a thing. Traffic light cycle timing needs work as I frequently see light at Bathurst turn green only to see the one Carpenter turn red.

Some cities strike deals with a specific company for the services. Perhaps the contract in whatever city you are referring to was up for renewal and Lime offered better terms than Bird. Other cities deal with both companies, for example Mississauga and Vaughan made deals with both. Since you kept it cryptic and didn’t name the city we can’t provide more colour on the switch.

Why not just add those buses to the 84 service, would make midday weekday service every 6.5 min instead of 7.5m. Adding 2 buses to 185 would make service ~every 20 minutes, so you would be increasing service east of Yonge at the expense of service west of Yonge. Not sure people west of Yonge would appreciate that.

That is a terrible idea. There is a lot of ridership between Dufferin and Yonge, 15-20min frequency would not be enough to cover demand. Is this your bright idea or is that in the servey?