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Jan 9 9 tweets 5 min read
With upcoming service cuts, you could be waiting up to 30 minutes for the 57 Midland Bus! New crowding standards could mean more crowded buses and longer wait times for riders /1 Graphic: You could be waiting up to 30 minutes for the 57 Mi
57 rider Ryan Wong uses the bus to get to popular food places and essential shopping trips. He says "Even before the latest service cuts, I have found myself taking alternatives because the Midland bus was already so infrequent" /2 Graphic of Ryan Wong's quote, a 57 Midland bus rider: "
Potential cuts under the new crowding standard could mean that Midland bus service could be reduced from every 22 minutes to every 30 minutes in the late evening /3 a graphic showing current service versus potential service a
The TTC plans service based on an average loading of 35 people per bus anytime outside rush hours. But the TTC is planning to increase the average off-peak load to 45 people. Your bus will come less often, and it will be more crowded /4 Graphic that reads:  So, what is the crowding standard and h
For example, let's say if the 57 Midland bus carries 90 people every hour. Service on the 57 Midland has already been cut recently. Starting January 8, service in the late evening will be reduced from every 17 to every 22 minutes
/5 Graphic that reads  57 Midland Bus: Current Service  For exa
Under the new service standard, TTC would plan for 2 buses every hour instead of 3. Your bus would come less frequently and it will be more crowded, if planned TTC cuts and changes to the off-peak service standard get approved. More people will be taking fewer buses.
/6 Graphic that reads:  57 Midland: Potential Cuts  In this exa
Buses will come less often if service is planned for 45 people per bus instead of 35. Cuts to off peak service will affect shift workers, women, and low-income and racialized riders the most, who travel more outside rush hour, according to TTC data. /7 Graphic that reads:  10 more people per bus doesn't sound ve
Under the Family of Services program, thousands of Wheel-Trans users will lose full door-to-door rides.

More crowded buses, streetcars and subways will make the conventional TTC less accessible because there will be less space to board and navigate using mobility devices. /8 Graphic that reads:  How will this affect Wheel-Trans users
Speak out against TTC cuts to bus, streetcar, and subway service across the city by signing our petition! /9

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ttcriders.ca/budget2023 Graphic that reads:  References  2023 TTC Operating Budget T

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Jan 9
Read our letter to the TTC Board, against the proposed service cuts and fare increases. Service cuts and fare increases will only drive more transit riders away /1 Image
The Fair Pass transit discount won't be expanded to everyone living under the poverty line. The 3rd phase of the Fair Pass was designed to expand to everyone living under the low-income measure cutoff plus 15%... /2 Image
Increasing the cost for some transit users under the poverty line to fund a discount expansion for other transit users under the poverty line is unfair - the Fair Pass was designed to be subsidized by the City Budget, not the TTC budget, to avoid such fare increases! /3 Image
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Jan 9
We're here at the TTC Board Meeting this morning, January 8!

We will be live tweeting this meeting!

Currently, we are going through a slidedeck about TTC data from 2022 and the operating budget and priorities for 2023 /1
as a reminder, we have covered the changes happening in this operating budget on our website including service cuts, fare hikes, and increased policing budget - seen here:

ttcriders.ca/2023ttccuts
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Deputations have begun!

Adam Cohoon says "the TTC is not really invested in all in trying to figure out a path to get the TTC to work with new technology" - that buttons used to connect riders to customer service and staff during emergencies are not accessible for everyone /3
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Nov 12, 2020
Toronto's Economic & Community Development Committee is meeting this morning. Item #2 on the agenda is the future of the Fair Pass #TTC discount program. You can watch the meeting here:
.@BenSpurr reported that the City quietly paused new applications to the Fair Pass program in March. But some current Fair Pass users, including @Sarah_Colero and @arc23, reported that they weren't able to renew. thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
The City plans to bring Fair Pass back next month. @arc23 told the Star: "I was given the run-around when trying to renew my Fair Pass discount this summer. It’s good that the program is being reinstated, but people have already fallen through the cracks."
thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
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Jan 14, 2019
Fact-Checking @OnatrioNewsNow: A Thread. The province says that taking over parts of the #TTC will get transit projects built on time and on budget. But relying on the private sector to build transit stations could mean even more delays, as Metrolinx has admitted.
As @BenSpurr reported in Nov, Metrolinx admits that private sector transit funding “comes with risks related to project timing and real estate market conditions.” Leslie Woo stated that market-driven stations "could be delivered sooner or possibly later." thestar.com/news/gta/2018/…
Vid says ON will “own the network and make sure it is maintained to be safe and reliable.” But the $$$ proposed for maintenance is (in @swanboatsteve’s words) "woefully inadequate" because #TTC "capital budget for ongoing maintenance is much, much larger.” stevemunro.ca/2018/06/04/so-…
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