According to a new report by the transit advocacy group TTCriders, only ten of the TTC’s bus and streetcar routes are meeting the benchmark for on-time service during rush hour throughout the city. Catalina Gillies with the details.
A new report by the transit advocacy group TTCriders suggests that the TTC’s on-time metrics don’t actually match the transit rider experience.
The report says that riders wait 50 per cent longer than scheduled on 10 routes across the city and transit users wait 30 per cent longer than scheduled on 41 routes. The issue is apparently due to “bunching” – when one bus falls behind and the bus behind it catches up.
The report found that riders on routes where “bunching” is common waited an average of four minutes longer than scheduled.
Transit agency piloting bunching reduction program to ensure vehicles evenly spaced
says @MooreintheAM. @VincentTuronno Puhakka at @TTCRiders talks how this will be a year full of bad service from the city’s transit agency.
TTC delays and closures are expected to get worse — and longer — this year before overall service gets better, according to the transit agency.
The TTC published its annual report Monday outlining which closures and diversions will be needed carry out “necessary” repair work to upgrade or maintain its aging infrastructure and expansion projects. The agency has pegged its need for state-of-good-repair work at $11.2 billion over the next decade.
The report shows that subway and streetcar delays that frustrate commuters trying to navigate the city — amidst world-famous congestion on the streets — will continue. It’s a necessary part of the city’s transit growing pains, TTC staff say, with new subway lines and cars on the horizon.
Ben Spurr and Ben Cohen of the Toronto Star report on the 2025 City Budget. TTC riders are considered winners due to the investments being made in transit!
Free TTC wi-fi is a safety and accessibility need. Toronto Today covers the issue and our Integrity Commissioner complaint, made "after the TTC board voted down a proposal to receive more information about a contract and cost estimate provided by Rogers."
TTC’s paratransit service’s reassessment of its riders’ disabilities has some fearing they will face restrictions on their use of door-to-door service. Mahdis Habibinia and Abby O’Brien of the Toronto Star speak with TTC rider Jane Field.
Bryann Aguilar of CP24 covers the motion to extend the deadline to use legacy fares on the transit system passed by the TTC board on December 3, 2024.
The TTC board voted unanimously to extend the deadline to use legacy fare like tokens, tickets and day passes. Dilshad Burman of CP24 with further details about the new deadline.
