{"id":3729,"date":"2008-11-20T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/11\/20\/the-bus-stops-here\/"},"modified":"2008-11-20T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T19:30:47","slug":"the-bus-stops-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/11\/20\/the-bus-stops-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Minimum service standards introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/eskimo_jo\/456189777\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/206\/456189777_f35337328a.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> The TTC has just issued a press release heralding the\u00a0surface route\u00a0service improvements coming this Sunday. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.ttc.ca\/Service_Advisories\/Service_Changes.jsp\">TTC website now has the details here<\/a>. The press release also says that the TTC has also just hit a new record for ridership from mid-November 2007 through mid-November 2008, of 465 million rides. This breaks the 1988 record of 463.5 million, yet we are not yet at the same service levels on many routes (particularly the streetcar network) that we had 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Previously posted October 26:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The oft-delayed TTC Ridership Growth Strategy reaches a milestone on November 23, when all routes currently operating are subject to a new maximum headway (the time between scheduled buses on a route) of every 30 minutes. Effectively, this guarantees nearly every city resident bus service until after 1AM, 7 days a week, even on the least-patronized routes, like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.ttc.ca\/Routes\/120\/Eastbound.jsp\">120 Calvington<\/a>, where buses only run hourly during peak periods. In addition, there are some other minor service improvements to some of the busiest routes intended to help with overcrowding. Finally,the new Mount Dennis garage will open to handle the increased number of buses. Both these service improvements and the garage opening come a year late due to David Miller&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/08\/10\/breaking-news-city-torches-services-fireworks-ensue\/\">controversal mandated TTC funding cutbacks. <\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The last major service improvement, in February 2008, <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/02\/14\/bus-improvements-coming-but-why-the-secrecy\/\">was kept from the public until two days before the scheduled implementation<\/a>, going so far as to embargo the service summary that is normally posted on the website a week or two before the changes. However, Steve Munro obtained details on the service improvements early, and can be found as a <a href=\"http:\/\/stevemunro.ca\/?p=1329\">link on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the planned service improvements were going to guarantee a bus every 20, not 30 minutes. We may not see the 20-minute standard take place for at least another year, partly due to delayed funding. As well, hiring enough new drivers, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/519770\">failures of the hybrid buses<\/a> are also complications. <a href=\"http:\/\/stevemunro.ca\/?p=1344\">Munro also notes<\/a> that even with massive ridership growth over the past few years (rivalling, or even surpassing the 1988 ridership record of 463.5 million), the total amount of service hours are still slightly below that of 1990. As anyone who has been stuck on a crushloaded streetcar or bus can attest, there is still much work to be done.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/eskimo_jo\/\">eskimo_jo <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The TTC has just issued a press release heralding the\u00a0surface route\u00a0service improvements coming this Sunday. The TTC website now has the details here. The press release also says that the TTC has also just hit a new record for ridership from mid-November 2007 through mid-November 2008, of 465 million rides. 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