https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2023/02/02/is-torontos-transit-system-entering-a-death-spiral/ Haven't listened to this yet. Thought I'd drop it here for interest

That's what I wonder. Sometimes when I take the streetcar I feel like I'm the only people that does pay

An important question is how much security presence is appropriate. Currently, the desire is for more. Maybe security was too low. Can we successfully argue that it was too high or just right? It's a bit of alternate history, it's unlikely that an incident would happen in front of an officer...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/02/01/photo-radar-said-the-car-was-going-more-than-70-kmh-over-the-limit-how-the-owner-fought-the-charge-and-won.html "But under cross-examination, the officer couldn’t explain how the city’s speed cameras are powered, or when the device on Avenue had been...

The graph shows a dramatic increase in the rate of crime from pre-covid times. It's well over 2x I know many people including myself who avoid/reduce their transit usage due to recent events. I have seen this sentiment on this forum from others too. The feeling that transit is safe is...

https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/01/people-are-already-criticizing-increased-police-presence-ttc/ I'm very happy with the increased police and staff presence on transit. The noticeable increase in security presence makes the subway a less anxious ride for me at least. I'm pretty sure I'm not...

This seems interesting. It sounds like it'll cost a lot to build and run with hardly any revenue. Of note, it seems that they won't be enforcing the parking rules on the surface lot.

https://www.blogto.com/city/2010/10/ever_wondered_what_it_costs_to_advertise_on_the_ttc/ It's a bit old now. You'll find the 2018 advertising costs at the link.

Advertising doesn't provide much revenue for the TTC. Check out the budget. In 2018, that was $28.35m. Around the same as many of the add-ons that TTC has provided (2 hour transfer, under 12 free, etc). https://stevemunro.ca/2017/11/14/ttc-plans-flatlined-service-and-fares-for-2018/ That's all...

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/01/29/1931204/blocked-traffic-disrupted-firefighters-why-san-francisco-wants-to-slow-robotaxi-rollout These scenarios will generate pushback against self-driving cars

Saturday night I saw people walking down the ROW and another person reversing their car after getting onto this ROW. So the shoveling was for them 🤣

I went to Streetsville recently and I think it was alright. Mississauga is built for drivers and it's not advisable to have paid street parking while parking is free everywhere else. It's a disincentive to visit the paid parking places. As others have mentioned, there needs to be an alignment in...

Subway has been pretty good so far. I'd say about 20% of the time there has been a long enough wait to connect to the Wi-Fi

I do find the service discussions interesting. I've started taking TTC more now with the cold weather and I'm very happy with the service. The longest I've had to wait for a streetcar or subway train is 4 minutes. I'm not a daily commuter so I'm only experiencing a snippet. Very happy right now...

I was wondering about that too. When the owner needs to move, do they sell at market rates and gain all the upside? At that point, the unit would no longer be affordable.

Preferably both

Something to note in this conversation is that the parts of the city that we all love were built one home at a time, most likely by the homeowners themselves. It is more desirable to have human scale development. Unfortunately, with our population growth we don't have the luxury of only human...

Like you said.... https://www.blogto.com/city/2023/01/bystander-stops-man-peeing-toronto-subway-platform/

Drove on the newly expanded highway over the weekend. It was great. Traffic flowing on a weekend as one would expect. Decades late, but Happy its here.

That is surprising for me to hear. How are harassed defined here? Do they come by and ask for change once or is it when there is an aggressive interaction with you? I am with you that security needs to be ramped up big time on the TTC.