Actually, this site http://transit.toronto.on.ca/ does more than simply buy into TTC b++l s++t - it actually manufactures it.
Appararently, a streetcar derailment has severly damaged the tracks used by a number of streetcar routes West of Bathurst. One of the routes (511 Bathurst) is now routed to Union Station instead of heading to the Ex. Buses are being used for the Harbourfront LRT west of Bathurst.
It appears that the TTC is keeping this hush-hush. With the recent announcement of the 'Transit City - LRT" boondoggle - er plan - the last thing the TTC wants is everyone seeing how easily the service can be disrupted.
Well - James Bow writes this up as positive - something that was planned:
The planned reconstruction of the tracks on Fleet Street in May will replace the dilapidated trackage with smooth, well-built private right-of-way, and fast moving streetcars once the service is restored.
What c++p! Boys, men, guys and their trains. Maybe Bow's dad never bought him a toy train set. When are people like this going to realise that Toronto isn't their private train layout. PULEASE Jim/James - go into your basement and set up some toy trains - and leave us the h++l alone!
Saturday, April 07, 2007
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Out of curiosity, did you ever receive my first comment on this post?
Sorry no - no earlier comment was received.
Apologies for the double post; I loused up the last one, and you can feel free to delete it.
Weird.
Anyway, I was saying that I believed that you misread my post, although looking back on it, I admit that it wasn't clearly written, probably because I was in a rush at the time. I wasn't intending to write this up as a positive. And I have to say that I stand in awe of the TTC's communication department that I ended up being the one breaking the story on this. That shouldn't have to have been the case.
It also turns out that the emergency repairs were just that, and that the planned trackwork has been delayed AGAIN, to after Labour Day. That's going to be an embarrassment. Personally, I'm with Steve Munro on this. Better to declare this section abandoned until such time as work could be done then doing the bare minimum work, and then doing the proper work again.
But I don't think this was a deliberate hush-up. As they say, never ascribe malevolence when simple incompetence will do. About the only thing that seems to hit the media when delays hit the TTC is when the subway is involved, and that's not acceptable. But it also suggests that this is a widespread problem and not a conspiracy. Certainly, it's hard to cover up facts like this when passengers see the evidence driving past them with "emergency shuttle service" on the rollsign.
Anyway, I hope this clears things up. I admit I was a little taken aback by the anger I saw on the original version of this post. We stand on different sides of the issue when it comes to the place Toronto's streetcars should have in this city, but we both want transit improvements, so I hope we can agree to disagree.
I also have no special standing at the TTC, or City Hall or anything like that. I'm not on the TTC's payroll and I make no money off the Transit Toronto website, save for just enough to cover webhosting costs. I'm just a private citizen, as you are. I'm not buying into TTC hokum; I believe what I believe and I speak what I believe, just as you are doing are doing here on your blog.
All the best!
I appreciate your gentlemanly comment. I did find your original post on Transit Toronto had a celabratrory tone rather than one of consternation. Well - this can happen in this media - both in writing and in reading.
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