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TTC Board is meeting, and talking about improvements to service. (not the official urgent motions yet, just general updates)

Councillor Josh Matlow struggling to get public discussion of transit signal priority, while TTC Chair & Councillor Jamaal Myers tries to keep the conversation "in camera" (not public), where the conversation can be "more forthcoming" and "free-flowing".

Will be very interesting to see what if anything becomes public on this.

#TTC #TOPoli

And speaking of line 5, it came out in the meeting that the contracted round-trip time is 98 minutes but will initially be 112.

That is 56min from Kennedy to Mount Dennis.

Taking line 2 and the UP express: 60 min, less with ideal connections.

#Transit #TTC #Toronto #TOPoli

Looking forward to the inevitable ‘we can’t run the trains faster because we value engineered the maintenance contract and don’t wanna have to pay extra for it’ #Transit #TTC #Toronto #TOPoli

I think the most amazing thing that I'm learning about line 6 and line 5 through this TTC board meeting is that schedule changes have to be run through three separate parties, Mosaic, the system operator, the TTC the Vehicle operator, and City of Toronto Transportation services.

If you thought any of those agencies were slow to adapt and react on their own, just wait until you need all three to reach census.

#Transit #TTC #Toronto #TOPoli.

TTC Board returns from lunch break to discuss speeding up Line 6 (and by extension line 5 in future), and streetcar routes too.

You can watch live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Xz9HS6ank

#TTC #TOPoli #Toronto #Line6

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TTC Board is meeting, and talking about improvements to service. (not the official urgent motions yet, just general updates)

Councillor Josh Matlow struggling to get public discussion of transit signal priority, while TTC Chair & Councillor Jamaal Myers tries to keep the conversation "in camera" (not public), where the conversation can be "more forthcoming" and "free-flowing".

Will be very interesting to see what if anything becomes public on this.

#TTC #TOPoli