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A long-standing transit activist/commentator since 1972. Blogs at http://stevemunro.ca since 2006. Winner of the 2005 Jane Jacobs Prize and 2024 CUTA Excellence Award.
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To the Tower of London perhaps?

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Adventures in voting: I set out to vote today sans a voter card. Turns out Elections Ontario had moved me back to a place I lived in back in 1979. Fortunately the $200 bribe from DoFo went to my current address. (1)

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TTC Feb 24 Board meeting wrapup: stevemunro.ca/2025/02/26/t...

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Overheard at the northbound stop on Jarvis at Esplanade (St. Lawrence Market) at the uncleared snow mound: this must be Olivia Chow not clearing sidewalks. It doesn't matter if it's bad contract inherited from Tory. Chow wears it. Heads should roll.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Starting in May, the City and TTC will rebuild a water main and track at King & Church requiring transit diversions and priority measures. They are good, but more could be done especially where streetcars must turn along their diversion routes. stevemunro.ca/2025/02/18/k...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

The TTC plans to install reserved lanes on Queens Quay East and on Front to improve bus service to the waterfront. A survey and consultation sessions are coming up this week. stevemunro.ca/2025/02/17/q... Now if only they ran more frequent service.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The TTC now publishes a list of streetcar slow order locations. It is embarrassingly inadequate and does not include standing orders covering the entire system. Even the sites listed contain errors. Why is TTC management so uninformed about its own system? stevemunro.ca/2025/02/17/s...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The Prince Edward Viaduct in snow.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

If you're trying to get on a streetcar, this is the scene on King St. Foot high windrows block loading areas. Transit priority?

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

A long read for a snowy evening with lots of charts. At least one reader will be very pleased ;) In stevemunro.ca/2025/02/12/h... I review the lack of headway reliability on 504 King with a look back at the situation in past years. (1)

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Wayfinding on transit is more than a consistent look and feel. An important aspect is placement and continuity so that riders see the message "this way" without gaps. Recently some bright spark at TTC decided to move video screens at some stations from edge to central spots on shared platforms.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

The Rosedale Bus on Glen Road and the Bloor-Danforth subway on the Prince Edward Viaduct in winter.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments