Restoring order at TTC first priority, Stintz says
Posted February 23, 2012 4:46 pm.
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Toronto’s Transit Chair Karen Stintz said keeping the system on track is her first priority in the wake of the firing of TTC General Manager Gary Webster.
“We do need to bring stability to the chaos,” said Karen Stintz at North York subway station Thursday.
Stintz said the firing has been “turbulent” for the TTC and staff.
Interim General Manager Andy Byford said staff are committed to carrying on Webster’s directives despite the shock of his dismissal.
“We got to move on, we know that our focus is on the day job, we’re very determined to carry on that very important work that Gary started,” he said.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is still pushing his subway-building agenda, even suggesting a levy on parking to raise up to $90-million a year for transit, something Stintz found curious.
“The big question for Mayor Ford that he needed to answer is how was he going to get his financing, it appears that he is now wrestling with that question”, Stintz said.
Stintz commented after the launch of a joint project at North York subway station between the TTC and the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces Foundation.
Two-hundred-and-fifty students or “Future Aces” will fan out on the system to hand out “positive tickets” to people seen picking up litter, giving up a seat to someone or any other positive act.
