This post continues from Part I, and is broken off from it simply in the interest of keeping each article a reasonable size. For introductory comments please see Part I. Routes included here are: 65 Parliament70 O’Connor72 Pape75 Sherbourne83 Jones87 Cosburn88 South Leaside 91 Woodbine92 Woodbine South111 East Mall112 West Mall114 Queens Quay East154 Curran […]| Steve Munro
The City of Toronto has announced that work at King & Dufferin is finished and the intersection will reopen to traffic on Wednesday, October 29 after 7pm. Regular service will be restored on 29…| Steve Munro
The 30-day Revenue Service Demonstration for the Finch West LRT is complete, and the TTC will take full operational control of the line no later than Monday, November 3, 2025 according to an announcement by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. A date for revenue service will be decided by the TTC. The next planned schedule […]| Steve Munro
The TTC has an open RFP on the Bonfire site for a Triennial Contract for design services for its streetcar overhead contact system. Much of this document is boilerplate legalese, but the scope of work shows that the TTC plans to address key issues with systems related to streetcar overhead. Five specific tasks are listed […]| Steve Munro
Many of the service analyses on this site concern larger, major routes like the streetcar lines and bus routes crossing substantial distances in the suburbs. The picture of service quality is not a…| Steve Munro
In previous articles, I have reported on the number, location and longevity of reduced speed zones on the subway. See: Reduced Speed Zone Tracking: Update to August 2025 A recent problem with the T…| Steve Munro
Major Update October 10 at 12:50pm: Additional information on bus bay assignments at various stations, on street stop arrangements pending Line 5 opening, and service changes not mentioned in earlier versions of this post. Also added are various tables and charts of fleet allocations and other information. Updated October 10 at 11:30pm: The spreadsheet showing […]| Steve Munro
The TTC Board met on October 6, 2025. Many items on the agenda were confidential in whole or in part, and the meeting immediately recessed into private session. Four hours later, the public session resumed. Extended private sessions have been a “feature” of recent Board meetings, and this is a major inconvenience for people who […]| Steve Munro
In a previous article, I examined headway reliability on several routes that had been flagged for improved management by the TTC. The 512 St. Clair car received improved service in September 2025, and this article updates the charts with headway stats to September 30 showing the combined effect of more service and route management. Weekday […]| Steve Munro
On Friday, September 26, the TTC issued an internal notice that there would be a freeze on all non-union hiring. This is in reaction to the need to find $141-million in savings to get the anticipated 2026 budget deficit down from $232-million to the Mayor’s target of $91-million. All non-union requirement is subject to the […]| Steve Munro
For many years, the TTC reported bus reliability as a mean distance before failure (MDBF) as shown in the charts below. A fundamental problem with these charts is that the values for Hybrid and Clean Diesel buses are capped at 30,000km and 20,000km respectively, although the actual values could be higher. This makes the values […]| Steve Munro
At its September 22 meeting, the TTC’s Audit & Risk Management Committee passed a revised motion regarding this report. There are two effects: Original Recommendations Revised Receive the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Peer Review report and direct staff to evaluate the feasibility, cost, timing, and alignment of its recommendations with TTC’s mission and […]| Steve Munro
One year ago, the TTC’s Audit & Risk Management Committee endorsed management’s proposal of a peer review of subway and streetcar assets and maintenance programs by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). Much of the review concerned asset management, inventory of system components, condition tracking and planning for maintenance and replacement. There is also […]| Steve Munro
The TTC has a Request for Bid open on merx for the retrofit of pantographs on up to six legacy streetcars. The base bid is for one car, with an option for five additional. If this work goes forward, Toronto might still see its legacy fleet returned to occasionally active duty, but there is no […]| Steve Munro
Route 154 Curran Hall was created in September 2024 in part by carving off the Orton Park branch of 54 Lawrence East. It operates from Kennedy Station to University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC) and uses the Midland/Kennedy red lanes between Eglinton and Lawrence. From there, the 154 runs east to Scarborough Golf Club Road […]| Steve Munro
In the Major Projects Update on the TTC Board’s September 2025 agenda, there is a troubling reference under three subway maintenance projects in progress. Rogers 5G Implementation “The schedule may be impacted because of workcar and resource availability, which prioritizes state-of-good-repair activities. The TTC will co-ordinate with internal departments to prioritize Rogers work (where possible) […]| Steve Munro
James Bow has announced that the YouTube channel associated with the Transit Toronto website is moving to a new home. He asks that all subscribers migrate to it so that the new channel’s numbers will climb to a level ensuring YouTube revenue which is key to supporting the site. The new channel is called Transit […]| Steve Munro
On September 18, 2025, Toronto & East York Community Council will consider a report recommending a revised proposal for speeding up bus service on Bathurst Street. Back in July, the original proposal would have seen red transit-only curb lanes in both directions from just north of Bathurst Station to Eglinton Avenue. This proposal encountered substantial […]| Steve Munro
One of the TTC’s premier shops will hold an open house as a fundraiser for the United Way. Saturday, September 20, 20259 a.m. to 3 p.m.TTC Greenwood Complex – 400 Greenwood AvenueAdmission is $5, kids two and under are free. This event is accessible. Bus and Wheel-Trans shuttles between Coxwell Station and the event will […]| Steve Munro
The TTC’s Strategic Planning Committee met on September 4 at 10:00am in the Board Room at 1900 Yonge Street, TTC headquarters. The agenda included a presentation on the 2025 projected results and the outlook for 2026. This includes comments on the Capital Budget and Plan which I covered in a previous article. 2025 Projected Operating […]| Steve Munro
As a long-time transit activist, issues accumulate over the years and decades. Attempts to discuss “what needs to be done” quickly become a tangle of interlocking subjects. There is no …| Steve Munro
In previous articles, I have tracked the evolution of subway segments where Reduced Speed Zones (RSZs) are in place since February 2024. Recent comments in other articles suggest that readers have …| Steve Munro
Several routes in the TTC network are scheduled to operate partly or completely with 18m articulated buses in place of the standard 12m varieties seen on most of the system. A problem commonly foun…| Steve Munro
The TTC Board met on June 23. Among the items on the agenda were: CEO’s Report Monthly Key Performance Indicators Financial and Major Projects Update for the Period Ended April 26, 2025 Major…| Steve Munro
At its meeting on June 23, the TTC Board considered a report on platform doors for its subway system: Platform Edge Doors Study – Outcome of Feasibility and Business Case Studies Platform Edg…| Steve Munro
In anticipation of transit demands for the FIFA games in June 2026 as well as general route reliability, Toronto proposes to install transit-only lanes on Bathurst (Eglinton to Lake Shore) and Duff…| Steve Munro
The TTC Board met on April 16 with many items on its agenda including a report on Extreme Precipitation Planning. Anyone living in Toronto will remember the heavy rains of July 2024 and the snows o…| Steve Munro
Information on large transit projects and their status is scattered through several reports. Two of these appear on the TTC Board’s April 16, 2025 agenda, but for a broader picture we must lo…| Steve Munro
This morning (November 20), I was honoured by the Canadian Urban Transit Association with one of their two 2024 Excellence awards. In my case, it was for decades of transit advocacy, and my co-winn…| Steve Munro
January 31, 2006 saw the first post on this blog, a compendium of film festival reviews I wrote going back to the dark ages of 1986 on another platform, the long-departed “Artworks” BBS…| Steve Munro
This article covers: The January 2025 CEO’s Report A follow-up on the report re Subway Streetcar Fleet and Infrastructure The proposed interim wayfinding strategy An update on fare collection…| Steve Munro
The TTC produces a monthly summary of On Time Performance for its bus and streetcar networks. To call it superficial would be generous, but there are pretty charts. First and most obvious among the…| Steve Munro
The agenda for the January 27 TTC Board meeting contains two reports containing information about infrastructure work planned on the rail networks in 2025. Subway and Streetcar State of Good Repair…| Steve Munro
On December 9, 2024, the TTC issued Requests for Proposals for two major contracts affecting the future of Line 2 Bloor-Danforth: one for new trains, and the other for a new signalling system. Alth…| Steve Munro
