The TTC won not one but two Innovative Solutions Awards this year, thanks to a rail partnership with Hatch and a "Green Zones" partnership with BAE Systems.
Initiatives intended to improve community safety and wellbeing on the transit system continue to progress and are ongoing.
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.
With this procurement, one-third of the TTC’s bus fleet will be made up of low or zero-emissions buses by mid-2024.
The budget also recommends a 10-cent fare increase on single cash and PRESTO rides.
Eligible employees whose employment was terminated as a result of the policy will be offered the opportunity to be reinstated by the TTC. They will not be eligible for back pay but their seniority will be preserved.
Although TTC ridership throughout the summer has been in the 55% to 60% range, current models predict a further 10% to 15% jump over the coming weeks and months, barring any new pandemic restrictions.
HDR has assisted Metrolinx as technical advisor on the approximate $8.8 billion Ontario Line project since 2020.
The $2.24-billion operating budgets for both conventional and Wheel-Trans services will fund restoration of service to 100% of pre-pandemic levels on the conventional network with some room for new and enhanced TTC programs.
As of earlier this week, 91% of unionized and 95% of non-unionized employees have shared their status, with the vast majority already fully vaccinated.
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