So Metrolinx shoulders most of the blame for Presto's stumbling stage debut in Toronto. Although just because people from the 905 region are used to using Presto doesn't mean the TTC couldn't have installed Presto and then made it live after a complete installation. The only reason I can see to...

Thanks for your reply. Based on what you, EastYorkTTCFan, and WillTo have said, I can draw two conclusions: 1.) TTC customer service is more customer friendly in regards to Presto card problems. They seem to be more willing to acknowledge problems with the system and not immediately assume...

This is why I still haven't switched to Presto even though I'd like to use a refillable card. I'm self-employed and I don't have a lot of money and I can't afford multiple fares on a simple subway ride. Do you mind if I ask if you did eventually get refunded in full?

As a fellow East Yorker I salute your creative use of the English language. I agree that Poles should be encouraged to use buttons et aussi que les buys sont toujours pressés! :D

Better relations between the TTC and Bombardier or just some good PR spin? All we can do is hope. Meanwhile, of course, Metrolinx and Bombardier are really going at each other...

The bottom line is that this is all speculation; we'll just have to wait and see. Now, everyone slowly count to ten...;)

Having been on the 510 yesterday I can definitely appreciate this quote from the above article. "The trains have pantograph heaters that are activated in snow and ice, and these also help prevent ice from accumulating." But then maybe TriMet gets substantial and sustained funding from the...

Agreed. Maybe it's just inertia within TTC management that has stopped the two-hour timed transfer from being adopted. Bureaucratic inertia is a force unto itself!

The Star has a nice article about the arrival of 4431. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/02/03/welcome-to-toronto-streetcar-4431-arrives-from-thunder-bay.html Quote: "In the early days of the program it could take up to 20 days to get a new car into service, but Mada said the TTC and...

John Tory is a Conservative idiot who believes running a large city is "just like running your household budget". Conservatives do not understand economics.

I think it would be a great idea too, I'm in agreement with you. But what I've noticed about people in the GTA is that they are hyperlocal. They don't seem to want to pay for anything that they themselves don't use and they have no vision of the city as a society. Maybe this is a negative spin...

It would be a good idea but I can just hear the petty bickering about how some people in the GTA would get "a better deal" than other people. Denizens of the GTA don't think in terms of what's good for the city as a whole, just what's best for their little neighbourhood. Nice idea though.

Just more proof that the TTC needs proper funding by all three levels of government. The economy of the GTA represents almost 50% of the economy of Ontario (source: http://www.oecd.org/gov/regional-policy/oecdterritorialreviewstorontocanada.htm) so if someone living elsewhere in Ontario says...

Well, someone on the Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board reports a sighting of 4431 on a train at Dupont and Bathurst the night of Feb. 1. Progress, ever so slow, but progress... https://cptdb.ca/topic/80-streetcar-news/?page=227

Dunno why but I have this strong urge to attend the ballet while munching down on a Big Mac and fries.

It would be interesting to know: 1.) If there are recurrent deadlines in the contract, or if the public discussion has thus far centred around estimates given by Bombardier to the TTC to allow the TTC to schedule the retirement of its CLRV/ALRV fleet. However, the TTC is suing Bombardier for...

So with an option the price is set and can't be changed (e.g., to account for inflation or any other factor Bombardier could think up)? This is an honest question, I'm not that familiar with commercial contracts like this. Could Bombardier refuse to give the TTC free streetcars in compensation...

That may be true but Bombardier first has to honour the original contract. You have to be able to walk before you can run. I wonder if the current slowdown at Bombardier is related to the retooling they are supposed to be doing for the second Thunder Bay Flexity line. If so, once they do get...

Too bad about no new Flexities in January. Let's hope that this delay is not setting a trend for Bombardier in 2017.

Re the definition of a "fault" in determining the MDBF, I found this on Steve Munro's website: The basic standard is that any fault causing a delay of five minutes or greater counts, while all others do not. There is no distinction between a fault that represents a severe failure of a...