TTC Opens Ears To Public In Bid To Improve Service

It’s hard to imagine Queen Street becoming a car free zone, but that was just one of the many ideas being floated around at the TTC’s annual public meeting on Tuesday night.  

The public transit organization welcomed suggestions on how to improve service , vowing to implement the good ones in as little as six weeks time.  

One of the more controversial ideas involves banning traffic on both King and Queen Street , making them essentially transit-only routes.   That would take a few years to implement, but it’s an idea TTC Chair Adam Giambrone wants to seriously consider.

“Our two biggest routes are King street and Queen street . They’re packed with traffic. That’s why we’re proposing the King street plan,” he said.   “We’re doing a pilot project a year from this summer. We will test it out. If it doesn’t work, fine. But if it works we have a model for Queen street .”

Giambrone got an earful at Tuesday’s meeting.   Torontonians are brimming with ways to improve the transit experience.

“We would be much better with hybrid buses,” one attendee suggested.

“Service on Sunday for the subway, now currently starts at 9:00am . It should be 7:00am ,” added another.   “A lot of people work on Sunday.”

Despite the open forum and the plethora of ideas, cash remains an overwhelming issue.  

With no money from Ottawa or Queen’s Park, it will difficult to make costly ideas a reality.   That was evident when a proposed $6 billion expansion plan was halted.  

Regardless, Giambrone is intent on making ‘The Better Way’, the best it can be.

“Transit moves this city, not the private car, and it’s just a reality,” he said.


The meeting may be over, but you can still  make suggestions by calling 416-393-3030 between Monday-Friday, 8-5pm

For more info, log on to  http://www.ttc.ca/

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