Express mode should be working at St Clair and rolled out to the rest of the network soon (maybe mid-September). Testing for Apple Pay virtual cards has started. It's hard to give definitive dates long before because not everything goes to plan and features get added and dropped. For example...

https://transittoronto.ca/subway/5107.shtml According to this, the wheel slip/flat issue comes from braking. The current SRT uses the reaction rail to help stop the train via regenerative braking. A train with conventional wheels would have to rely solely on the running wheels to stop the...

All of those things you listed could have been required either way because the SRT would have to be shut down for a period of time to perform the upgrades. Yes, it's possible to run an on-street shuttle without priority and avoid those costs (which the TTC has already been doing for over a...

After you account for inflation and required infrastructure improvements. The cost estimates for both the subway and the LRT have gone up 3x or more at various points in time since the 2006 report was published. I find it hard to believe that the cost of upgrading the SRT with new vehicles...

https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Public-Meetings/Board/2006/August-30/Other/Scarborough_Rt_Strat.pdf?rev=d4c0047868f3476684104162f670d432&hash=3C2D83E8CC6515FBD8877F59BA160207 You'd lose that bet by almost a billion dollars (if you use the report's...

A software update is scheduled for that date.

September 1

College Park is UFCW 175. They ratified an agreement last year. I suspect UNIFOR is asking for more than what UFCW members are getting from Metro

TTC Fair Pass eligibility was expanded on July 27. https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-expands-fair-pass-transit-discount-program-eligibility-to-make-transit-more-affordable-for-more-low-income-residents/

Corporate policy for public communications is still zero-tolerance, hence the $35 fine for first offenders on the website. A Revenue Protection officer will not get in trouble for issuing a $35 fine for someone committing a first offence, especially for occasional travellers (which is what...

In almost all cases, credit/debit transactions are uploaded to the back end in real time. If everyone said that they tapped their debit/credit card and revenue protection took their word for it without taking down details, it would be a rampant hole for fare evasion, and offering contactless...

GO has had a zero-tolerance policy for fare enforcement since the spring of 2019. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/i-was-panicking-commuter-fined-240-says-she-had-just-loaded-her-presto-card-1.4777682?cache=eqlkpruxkingcp%3FclipId%3D68596 Administrative penalty systems have been tested, and have...

This happens if the reader you used to tap on is running in offline mode (not connected to the internet). The reader is supposed to upload credit/debit/virtual card transactions to the back end in real-time. GO and UP Express originally used the inspection fare system. There are pros and cons...

Something is happening really soon, feeling a bit nervous.

The overcrowding problem with Niagara seems to only happen in the summer. If you go in the winter (January/February), the place can almost seem like a ghost town (this is when the $10 pass is great at boosting tourism). I'm honestly surprised by how popular WEGO has gotten. When the $10...

The part of me who plays Cities Skylines is worried that this is going to be a massive pinch point for busses getting off the busway at Lawrence (it's only wide enough for one bus at the moment). https://stevemunro.ca/2022/04/08/scarborough-rt-express-bus-replacement-plan/ If they're going to...

Maybe... But, it will be at least early next year before construction on the SRT busway can begin assuming they try to keep it running until November. That'll be enough time to determine whether a busway is warranted. As of this week, the TTC cut at least 4 buses from the Line 3 shuttle...

Well, since they already announced it... Here's another teaser.

Is there something wrong with the existing on-street shuttle bus that's currently operating? I thought Midland would be a lot more congested, but it hasn't been. The shuttle buses operate much more frequently than the SRT. The walk to transfer between busses is shorter. Most of the shuttles...

https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Toronto_Transit_Commission_3000-3027 Maybe 3000 could be attached to 3017.