People have paid a premium for the 143/144 buses for years. Whether the 900 series express are at that level, probably not. All I was saying is that being all in on Presto makes it easier for the TTC to explore some of these additional fare options including premium routes, zones and off-peak...

4520 is now trackable. http://www.ttctracker.ca/detail.php?v=4520

Another pic (not mine!) showing damage to the front open side. I can't make out a car number.

Flexity involved in a collision with an auto on St. Clair this evening. No idea on the damage yet but twitter post suggests the car derailed. Not sure what the number is.

Presto opens up a lot of new avenues for the TTC to encourage different usage patterns. Both peak fares (higher fares during rush hours) and zones would be doable. Peak fares is likely the easier of the two since we don't have a tap off system or habits. The subway might be a good place to start...

4519 is now tracking.

4517 is in service on 512 (as of right now): http://www.ttctracker.ca/detail.php?v=4517 4518 is finally tracking today and at the Barns: http://www.ttctracker.ca/detail.php?v=4518 4572 is tracking but the GPS is whack again: http://www.ttctracker.ca/detail.php?v=4572

We bought a condo at Don Mills and Eglinton in 1998 that included the LRT (now the Crosstown) in the marketing materials. It'll be a full 20 years from when we moved in until it finally opens. We moved out 11 years ago, before construction even started on the Crosstown.

Strange that 4518 isn't tracking yet. What's the protocol for installing and activating the GPS on these cars? I assume it's done after delivery at the Leslie Barns as part of the acceptance.

Things seem to have drifted in this thread towards general sightings of Flexities and away from the specifics of deliveries and testing of new cars. Might I suggest the CPTDB (https://cptdb.ca/forum/25-sightings-for-greater-toronto-area/) if you are looking for sightings and general transit chat...

Sadly, this is how "media" works now. It's all about generating clicks with clickbait BS stories. You get some virtue-signalling social justice warrior concern trolls who invent stories about how Presto disadvantages the poor or some other group. The media loves this stuff to death because they...

The corner windows on the south-east corner are a real disappointment. It looks like they were supposed to be rounded glass, but they stuck some squared off ones in those units instead. They don’t match up with the precast and just look wrong.

Is there a list of the remaining ALRV’s?

Seems unlikely that those will be "in service" by December 31 at this rate. Assuming the two arrive and are offloaded by Monday (Christmas Eve), which is probably a stretch, that allows just a few "working" days to get them in service. That doesn't account for the Kingston car either. I think...

I did some updates to my little tool that quickly tracks certain Flexity cars. https://www.jameskoole.com/flexity/ New: - better mobile support for viewing on tablets and phones. - added a few "interesting" cars to the list including the flood damaged cars, the cars that went back for welding...

4572 is heading to Leslie Barns under its own power. Just saw it go through Broadview and Queen.

Adding more cars to the array would be simple, but there are better sites for that (transsee.ca, for example). It’s a lot of API calls to get all ~115 as well. You’re right though, I should probably use the time I have this week to make some improvements. Better mobile support first!

I hacked together a quick page today to make it super easy to quickly check which of the 4500 series cars are tracking. Maybe someone other than myself will get some use out of it. https://www.jameskoole.com/flexity/ I'm showing the car number, time since the last update, and also the route the...

The Starbucks on the north-east corner is gone as of yesterday. They closed up at 4pm, took down all the signs and papered the windows. The new location in the former CIBC branch on the north-west corner is not ready yet but it's close to done and they plan to open December 16. There's no sign...

4513 is now tracking. It's at the Barns, outside. https://www.transsee.ca/fleetfind?a=ttc&q=4513&Go=Go