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At least there's some lucky people in the city, the 501 in the west end was a bigger cluster**** than it usually is. But there Leary and his gang are clamoring that the cuts are only to routes that have suitable alternatives and wont leave wide gaps in service. Leary is one of the most incompetent CEO/GM's that the TTC has ever had. That rolling protest was ridiculous to me but i'm glad he got heckled.
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To double down, yes take the 110A/B. GO Train is even better as you wouldnt run into any risks of delays if you actually need to get somewhere on time. GO will get you anywhere on time most of the time, the TTC will get you to your destination late if you have a schedule to follow. There's no point wasting time on the 501B, one would be lucky to get from Long Branch to King/John in an hour and half if you factor in traffic, and the TTC's consistent screwing around of that "service". Just came back from waiting nearly 30 mins for the 501B just to do a local trip, and of course 2 buses show up back to back (even with absolutely 0 traffic whatsoever). Cant wait to see what Sunday has in store when the TTC hacks the hell out of service all over the city thanks to Leary and his idiotic crew.
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Glad to see the TTC is publicly acknowledging they wont meet the AODA deadlines for Islington. Side note, this shift the south end of the terminal happened weeks ago.
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TTC Delays and Disruptions
lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
Heck even the Twitter Service Alerts havent been great lately either. Last week the Bloor-Danforth Line was out mid-afternoon between Old Mill and Keele because of an emergency alarm, and they claimed shuttle buses were dispatched. I checked the Twitter feed and there was absolutely 0 info about the service suspension 30 mins after the fact (despite the fact the subway still wasnt running, and shuttle buses were no where in sight). I ended up taking a complete detour with the 77 and 80 buses. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
You can rant all you want, at the end of the day law is law, legislation is legislation. Employees can walk out all they want, the consequences are what I presented. Dont like it? Take it up with the province. Still dont like it then, sorry youre out of luck. Get bent. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
If hundreds of employees walked off work claiming unsafe work for the exact same reason, to which the courts refuse and say that their claim is illegitimate for X reason, than the TTC has the right to say the workers went on an illegal strike under current legislation. I dont know what's so hard to comprehend about that, it's not that difficult. If you dont know how legislation works, im not going to explain to you how it does. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
I dont know what youre getting at, anyone (including police, fire fighters, etc. technically has the right to refuse unsafe work). All that point is saying is that the situations in which those sectors can refuse work are more limited. The same thing goes for them, if they refuse work it can wind up in the courts as well, it's not mutually exclusive. Again, I never said TTC workers cannot refuse unsafe work, what I said is that this specific instance of claiming unsafe work would get thrown out of court because it isnt "unsafe work" just because the VISION system isnt working properly. As for Essential Workplaces, here you can go figure it out yourself: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s11002 https://ospe.on.ca/featured/ontario-orders-closure-of-non-essential-workplaces/ -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
Great, now dig out the Provincial Essential Work legislation. Heck even examine Part 5 of this act clearly, and you'll see the answer. If you cant pick it out, i'll get you started: I think you need to take a better look at this website, because you're calling me out when honestly it should be me questioning your Committee training: https://www.ccohs.ca/topics/hazards/#ctgt_1-6 Again, pulling from the same website I linked above since you all are going towards the OH&S route: Telephone's are always considered primary sources of communication, if that's not functional the rest are secondary. If the TTC provides any one of the following (not limited to): Cameras, automated warning/duress devices, global positioning systems (GPSs), two-way radio, site visits or satellite technology, those are all considered suitable alternatives. So the TTC can easily claim they had alternatives available while the VISION system is down, therefore the claim for unsafe work again would be thrown out. So to address your statement of: "if there is any safety feature disabled... yes, absolutely, the stores should close down! How is this even a discussion? Why should frontline workers put themselves in danger for people like you? What makes you so important?" If the workplace provides a secondary form of emergency communication, the work place would not close down. Period, end of story, no 2 ways about it. It's not about if I like it, or if I want it or not, that's how things are drawn up in the books (and in the books there are many books/laws/legislations that cover this to an extent). The one I pointed out is from the Canadian OH&S legislation. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
Well there goes the fantasy of drivers no longer being able to "refuse safe work" due to VISION being down. Good to hear it's back up if it is. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
So if a Chain Gas Station (all gas stations in the chain) had all their panic button inoperable for a brief period of time, all the Chains Gas stations should close? If a retail network's panic button system didnt work, all their stores should close down? There are certain safety systems that are considered "Life systems" that are absolutely needed at a base, for a store, factory, bus, truck, etc. to operate. Some of those things include: Fire Alarms, sprinkler systems, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, emergency braking just to name a few. I've never seen the panic button included explicitly in that list of things consistently across organizations. I never said it's a requirement, I said if the TTC can provide an alternative means to the VISION system for an employee to communicate with TC, I see no issue as to why employees shouldn't be out there doing there jobs. That's when the whole "right to refuse safe work issue" came up. Which i've repeated numerous times, wouldnt hold water in the courts in this instance. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
Im not suggesting anything period towards alternatives, what im stating is how the courts would likely see things. Nothing more, nothing less. I dont get paid to think of alternative forms of emergency communication, that's for the TTC to figure out. The point I was making has more to do with the right to refuse unsafe work, which is being taken out of context towards what unsafe work really is. The courts would see through this pretty easily if there were claims made under the pretense of "my work is automatically unsafe because I have no panic button". Yes there are cases where the panic button is needed, but no your job doesnt 100% rely on a panic button being present to perform your duties safely. Again, law always supercedes work policies. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
On a case by case basis (ie: not 1000+ employees claiming the same thing) the employer would more or less get fined if it was found they didnt provide a way for the employee to communicate that they were in an emergency *if they were in an emergency at the time they are claiming*. Rack up the fine even higher if the employer was preventing the employee from doing to. But to say there is no panic button, therefore im not going to work because there is a *chance* of an emergency happening or because this policy says so, than no it's not enough. Laws always supersedes company policy, whether someone likes it or not it's not my business. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
All of these things are dealing with the TTC's own internal policies, and are automatically assuming the work the ops are doing is unsafe. If we're playing legalese/lawyer, this wouldnt fly in the courts and the province could easily argue that this constitutes strike action if there was a mass walkout of workers. Basically it would be pitting drivers who are claiming their work is unsafe (internal policy) vs provincial law. Guess who would win that one. Now obviously there would be various incidents to which drivers could be placed in immediate harm, and if they felt as such they could refuse their work. But just to come out and say I feel unsafe because of X, and if this was repeated hundreds of times across the entire organization on the same day well the courts would put 2 and 2 together. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
^If ops have radio back up (similar to what many had a couple years ago when TRUMP units were being pulled) and are able to communicate with TC, then i see no issue. There's nothing which is directly causing their work to be unsafe. Indirectly sure, but is there an immediate danger here, no. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
Oh really now? I'm pretty sure if they didn't that would constitute strike action, which is illegal under current provincial law. They can try and twist it to health & safety concerns all they want, it wouldn't fly. -
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lip replied to 502 Downtowner's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
Ah so it's like 501 bus service, but on a city wide scale. Ops must be having the time of their lives. -
O-Train Line 1 | The Confederation Line
lip replied to octranspobusfreak's topic in National Capital Region
Of course the one time I decide to visit Ottawa in a couple weeks and ride the Confederation Line for the first time to travel part of my destination, is the one time they decide to have a colossal f** up and screw up service to the point that it's down for weeks. Well played Ottawa, well played. -
I also heard Orion will most likely win the bid, since their bid (of $0) is usually lower than both Nova and New Flyer.
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Except it isnt really, because the coating applied only lasted a couple years (if even that) before it completely wears out and virtually becomes a regular stanchion.
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Today's Special Sightings
lip replied to new.flyer.408's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
1014 on the 110C today. -
I think you missed the point that this is a "discussion board". Where points/ideas/topics are discussed. If you want to classify it as whining than by all means go ahead.
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They do, and we're all aware of those reasons it's not a secret. It's an idiotic decision; nothing more, nothing less. I've seen far more people get injured by stanchions far more compared to people flying off of rear seats. Does that mean stanchions should be removed? No they shouldnt. Actually in fact, i've never seen anyone fly off a bus seat in my life.
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If Mississauga really wants to start going backwards and screwing up the system that many have worked so hard over the years to improve to what it is today, that's good on them. This is by far one of the most brain numbing, stupid decisions i've heard from any Transit Authority over the past decade. Why dont they remove all stanchions too? I mean, since the risk is there that someone will hit their head on a hard break scenario right? Also while they're at it, why dont they remove some of the headlights on the Express buses? The risk is there that it might cause severe headaches and migraines to those who are light sensitive.
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It's no competition, this wont even make any kind of noticeable dent to Air Canada of WestJet. The way this service is being offered, along with the timing makes it clear that it's nothing more than an election bribing tactic from Ford's edict.
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Today's Special Sightings
lip replied to new.flyer.408's topic in Sightings for Greater Toronto Area
3631 on the 110C Friday evening.