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W. K. Lis said:
But for profit can do no wrong!!

TfL crisis latest: entire Tube line may have to close and bankruptcy notice issued​

TfL commissioner says problems are even more challenging than Crossrail as bumper fares hike looms

From link.




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TfL commissioner Andy Byford: Funding crisis is even worse than Crossrail
/ Jeremy Selwyn
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Someone needs to convince Boris that Peppa Pig would want the government to fund TFL.
 
Admiral Beez said:
Perhaps not. Shall we bring him back?

www.bbc.com

TfL: London transport chief Andy Byford to leave role

Andy Byford joined Transport for London during a time when the Covid pandemic hit its finances.
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Please. Down with that disappointment Rick Leary who's currently running the TTC.
We should have a rule that no American from outside of NYC is ever allowed to run transit in a Canadian city. In fact, future job postings should be limited to applicants coming from European/East Asian/Australian systems only.
 
Sorry, but my purely speculative opinion is that Byford is now too big a catch for the GTA, either TTC or ML. He is destined for a bigger pond. And with little or no evidence of the political will in Ontario to make tough decisions, why would he come ?

My totally unfounded bet is that he turns up somewhere in the American HSR transformation - maybe sorting out California. Just spitballing, but if it ever happens, remember who said it first.

- PUl
 
crs1026 said:
Sorry, but my purely speculative opinion is that Byford is now too big a catch for the GTA, either TTC or ML. He is destined for a bigger pond. And with little or no evidence of the political will in Ontario to make tough decisions, why would he come ?

My totally unfounded bet is that he turns up somewhere in the American HSR transformation - maybe sorting out California. Just spitballing, but if it ever happens, remember who said it first.

- PUl
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Sadly I agree. The lone oddity that makes me think there's a chance Byford returns to lowly Toronto transit is how short his tenures have been.
Eventually that becomes a liability for prospective employers, who will wonder if he'll stay long enough to bring the transformation they seek.
 
I don’t understand how can anyone move around so much and really actually contribute too much to the transit in that area. It takes time to understand the areas needs. Then it takes forever to get people onto the idea that this is worth supporting. I have nothing against Andy I am just confused how he moves around sk much yet has a reputation of sorts despite not seeing much through.
 
sixrings said:
I don’t understand how can anyone move around so much and really actually contribute too much to the transit in that area. It takes time to understand the areas needs. Then it takes forever to get people onto the idea that this is worth supporting. I have nothing against Andy I am just confused how he moves around sk much yet has a reputation of sorts despite not seeing much through.
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It is strange and I agree he could have done a lot more for the TTC.
At this point I would be satisfied if we had a CEO who wasn't actively hostile to the streetcar network. Down with Rick Leary.
 
felix123 said:
It is strange and I agree he could have done a lot more for the TTC.
At this point I would be satisfied if we had a CEO who wasn't actively hostile to the streetcar network. Down with Rick Leary.
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Leary may be hostile to the streetcar network but he is also totally unable to get streetcars OR buses to run on time or properly spaced. The TTC has been a series of silos who do not communicate with each other for decades and he has done NOTHING To improve that and his CEO Reports are filled with rather meaningless statistics that try to show that everything is wonderful. Clearly some of this lack of 'connecting things' pre-dates him and Andy Byford was not able to do much about it either but we do deserve better!
 
crs1026 said:
Sorry, but my purely speculative opinion is that Byford is now too big a catch for the GTA, either TTC or ML. He is destined for a bigger pond. And with little or no evidence of the political will in Ontario to make tough decisions, why would he come ?
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My guess is that with that philanderer, touchy Cuomo and his obstructionist ways gone, Byford might return to NYC to finish what he started, but this time working at some high state-wide level for Kathy Hochu, the new governor. NYC subway is mostly run by the State not the city.
 
sixrings said:
I don’t understand how can anyone move around so much and really actually contribute too much to the transit in that area. It takes time to understand the areas needs. Then it takes forever to get people onto the idea that this is worth supporting. I have nothing against Andy I am just confused how he moves around sk much yet has a reputation of sorts despite not seeing much through.
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Doesn't seem entirely fair? He spent five years here, that is more than many C-suite types.
 
drum118 said:
Maybe he will head to Boston that has an opening for his skill
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If it was me, my four wishes:
1) Below the snowbelt, above the wildfire zone
2) A city with both interest and funding for light railway transit
3) A city without overblown encampments and street junkies (that's just a standard of living thing)
4) A nice urban downtown vide
 
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