Service & Reliability

Olivia Chow is committed to increasing service and improving reliability so that it’s easier to choose TTC wherever you are in Toronto. As Mayor, she made a different choice than past administrations: freezing fares and increasing service. To grow ridership, she will invest in service, install the fixes that make surface transit move faster, and continue clearing the state-of-good-repair backlog so that Reduced Speed Zones are a thing of the past. 

This is my Clear the Lanes plan: RapidTO dedicated lanes for buses and streetcars, network-wide streetcar reform (priority, signal priority, accessible boarding, enforce blockers), eliminate subway slow zones with real state-of-good-repair funding, and more frequent service — not cuts. One streetcar moves ~250 people; trapping it in traffic is a policy failure. Free, frequent, on-time transit is how we win riders back and cut gridlock.

When you use the word “commit” i cant commit to anything before seeing the route and overall data but i will try my best to make it efficient for ttc riders and drivers on the road.

Safety on the system comes first, and fiscal discipline at the TTC means scrutinizing waste before committing to more spending or frequency. I support competent state-of-good-repair work and fixing slow zones. I am not making a locked RapidTO, network-wide streetcar, or service-frequency pledge, and will not invent a fare, expansion, or price-tag commitment.

There is a stop I noticed in Scarborough near VP station (Teesdale) that says it can go out of service during inclement weather. I know that this is a vital stop for the community (I grew up in Scarborough and took the 67 bus nearly every day!), and I want an immediate review of alternative service for this route instead of forcing riders to use another stop.

Free TTC only works if people can actually rely on the TTC. My priority is a system that is frequent, safe, accessible and dependable. That means addressing slow zones and state-of-good-repair needs, improving surface transit, and making better use of dedicated transit infrastructure where appropriate. Riders should not have to choose between transit and driving because the TTC is unreliable.

Faster , Safer, reliable,transit and better service 

Too often riders face delays with no explanation and shutdowns with no warning. Toronto needs to treat transit riders better.
Streetcar reform is central to my platform. As Mayor, I will move streetcars through intersections faster, speed up the doors, take a hard look at left turns for cars on streetcar routes so a full streetcar never waits on one driver, and deliver real signal priority.
I support RapidTO lanes as part of a real transportation master plan, prioritized using ridership and delay data rather than decided project by project.
I will improve frequency on major bus routes, especially those connecting to subway and LRT lines, and coordinate schedules on nearby parallel streets so buses run at alternating times and riders have a reliable backup. Fixing slow zones and aging infrastructure is basic maintenance, and must be funded.  If the TTC is going to regularly shut down for maintenance, inconveniencing the public, riders deserve to see results.