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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2020

Biz News: BYD, GILLIG deliver sustainable-conscious buses

Toronto Transit Commission and Rockford Mass Transit District take delivery of battery-electric and hybrid-electric buses, respectively.

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Newsby StaffJune 25, 2018

TTC to add 10 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses

The agency's electric bus program is focused on transforming its fleet into a 100% zero-emission fleet by 2040.

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Newsby StaffMarch 2, 2018

New app makes TTC station more accessible for blind passengers

Uses indoor navigation technology to deliver verbal descriptions of building floor plans and other details of the physical environment.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2017

TTC plan puts ‘customer at center of all it does’

The Toronto Transit Commission developed a five-year plan that put the customer at the center of all that it does, from service planning to service delivery, including a new station management model, customer charter, fleet and infrastructure renewal, and how it manages its people.

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Newsby StaffApril 4, 2017

Metrolinx President/CEO to step down

Bruce McCuaig's accomplishments include completing tunneling work for the $5.3-billionEglinton Crosstown LRT, implementing Presto on the TTC, launching the Union Pearson Express, and expanding the Georgetown rail corridor to vastly increase GO Transit service.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

TTC says bus, streetcar safety improvements saving lives

According to a report on the agency’s Safe Service Action Plan, from the start of 2015 to the end of 2016 there were six deadly crashes involving buses or streetcars. In the four years before that, there were 21 fatal collisions.

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Newsby StaffNovember 1, 2016

TTC warns suicide attempts on subway driving employee absenteeism

Toronto's auditor general found the TTC's paid sick leave costs increased to $33.9 million in 2015, an increase of some $1.2 million from the previous year.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2016

Man charged for hopping on subway tracks for Pokémon Go video

Toronto Transit Commission spokesman Brad Ross said Mark Correia, 20, has been charged with unauthorized access on subway tracks, which carries a set fine of $425.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2016

TTC adding app to fight sexual harassing, assault

Agency has had 35 reports of sexual assault through the end of May. There were 56 sexual assault reports for all of 2014 and 67 in 2015.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2016

TTC wants to integrate paratransit with regular service

The strategy is meant to stem the unsustainable demand and cost of Wheel-Trans, and free some riders from the constraints of advance booking and restrictions on when they travel.

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