The team will provide advisory, planning and engineering services on the capacity enhancement of TTC’s Line 2 subway in Toronto.
Daily ridership is now at 50% of TTC’s pre-pandemic levels and customer trips are more evenly spread throughout the day.
The delivery represents a significant advance toward TTC’s goal of purchasing all emission-free buses beginning in 2025.
CEO Rick Leary announced temporary layoffs in April in the wake of a historic ridership drop caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shut down of schools and non-essential businesses.
Government orders to stay at home, social distancing recommendations, and an unfortunate rise in unemployment have meant that transit ridership has plummeted across the globe.
Toronto Transit Commission and Rockford Mass Transit District take delivery of battery-electric and hybrid-electric buses, respectively.
The agency's electric bus program is focused on transforming its fleet into a 100% zero-emission fleet by 2040.
Uses indoor navigation technology to deliver verbal descriptions of building floor plans and other details of the physical environment.
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.
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.