A new report going to the TTC’s Sept. 26 Board meeting recommends using $10.3 million in projected 2023 savings to hire new, high-visibility customer service agents and bus, streetcar, and subway supervisors.
The GM/CEO’s employment agreement is retroactive to January 2023 and extends to January 2027.
Now in its ninth year, the Innovative Solutions Awards honors bus operations and their supplier partners for successful partnerships that positively impacted them. This year's crop also expanded to include passenger rail operations and their supplier partners who have done the same.
From Sept. 5, the TTC will be restoring 126 school trips for elementary and secondary schools and will be increasing frequency on nine routes that serve post-secondary institutions.
The first feature is a subway-style, rear-door exit chime on new hybrid-electric buses.
BAE Systems’ electric propulsion technology has been operating in TTC buses since 2006.
The TTC and ATU Local 113, working together with ATU International and Centennial College, have also begun work on a new system that will improve air quality.
The total contract includes a firm order for 186 Xcelsior CHARGE NG heavy-duty transit buses.
New schedules on some routes will improve reliability along busy corridors, add seasonal service to key city attractions, better align capacity with ridership demand, and accommodate construction across the city.
This funding will enable the TTC to purchase 340 zero-emission buses and 248 bus chargers.
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