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Here is a description of the symbolism in the seal found in the hologram on your metropass, tilt it so you get the 1954 commerative TTC seal displayed.

There is first the obvious symbolism of energy being applied to wheels in order to give motion, and of course canada being part of the Commonwealth we have the usual British Crown with the sprig of maple leaves at the bottom. The crown is made of bricks of course indicating construction.

But if we turn the hologram upside down we get the sprig of maple leaves over their "fruit keys" fluttering through the ground and looks like energy is coming out of them. E.g. those "whirly bird" things we played with when we were kids - how maple trees deposit their seeds.

So we end up with the symbolism of "Perpetual Motion", "Bearing Fruit" (here the fruit of invention, etc., Also when the hologram is turned up-side down the british crown is at the bottom, which represents Canada's desire to be independent from the uk and the ttc's proof that Canada can do something great (build a transit system) on their own.

There is always a danger of going overboard with symbolism a la Dan Brown, lol :), done tonge-in-cheek
Also the shape of the fruit keys with the lightning bolt (a symbol representing Zeuss power and his actual weapon) looks alot like the caudeuceas of Hermes, which represents a union of opposites (e.g. male/female, intuition/reason etc.). and the word courtesy placed between service and safety correpsponds to the triplet maid,mother and crone with mother being over the fruit keys thus corresonding to giving birth bearing fruit, etc. blah, blah, blah.

Comments?

keiichicom

Instead of insisting on raising fares to make up the difference in the operating budget, perhaps the TTC should implement efficiency measures to reduce operating expenses. Below are a number of efficiency measures with vary degrees of implementation costs:

1. Replace all incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent light bulbs in a staged approach not as individual light bulbs fail.

2. Install ambient light sensors in stations to adjust lighting depending on sunshine, i.e. does Yorkdale subway station require all lighting on in the middle of a bright sunny day?

3. Install a motor efficiency controller on all TTC escalators. This does not change the speed of the escalator it simply reduce the energy consumption of the motor based on the load, i.e. number of people, on the escalator providing savings from 25%-40%.
http://www.powerefficiency.com/pdf/vt_brochure.pdf

Any other ideas out there to save the TTC money and save us money besides eliminating the collector booth attendant.

Instead of insisting on raising fares to make up the difference in the operating budget, perhaps the TTC should implement efficiency measures to reduce operating expenses. Below are a number of efficiency measures with vary degrees of implementation costs:

1. Replace all incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent light bulbs in a staged approach not as individual light bulbs fail.

2. Install ambient light sensors in stations to adjust lighting depending on sunshine, i.e. does Yorkdale subway station require all lighting on in the middle of a bright sunny day?

3. Install a motor efficiency controller on all TTC escalators. This does not change the speed of the escalator it simply reduce the energy consumption of the motor based on the load, i.e. number of people, on the escalator providing savings from 25%-40%.
http://www.powerefficiency.com/pdf/vt_brochure.pdf

Any other ideas out there to save the TTC money and save us money besides eliminating the collector booth attendant.

TTC has limited the number of tokens anyone can purchase to a max of ten tokens from the collector booth and ONE from the Token Vending Machines. If the TTC can not maintain sufficient tokens to operate a transit system perhaps a modern solution such as the PRESTO card should be implemented immediately.

http://www3.ttc.ca/News/2009/Novembe...oken_sales.jsp

Now that Toronto has won the 2015 PanAm Games, what if any additional transit improvements will the governments be paying for?

I heard that the Scarborough - Malvern LRT line will be built to connect to the new aquatic centre at UTSC.

Will the Spadina extension to York U be open in time for the games? Will we have any airport rail connection by then?

Those are the only projects that come to mind which would be related to the games.

Today is the premier of CP24's new show with host Adam Giambrone broadcast live from a runing TTC streetcar 8pm to 9pm. Viewers can phone, email, tweet, or board the streetcar to contact the show.

It's an interesting concept, and looks good so far.

I've seen on more than one occasion dark, empty TTC subway cars in trains put into regular service. Today I bumped into one on my morning commute in the Sheppard Subway.

I think this not only an embarrassment to the TTC and to the city, but this also reduce much-needed capacity on the subway system. On this Sheppard train 1/4 of the train's capacity is take away by this car not being used, and passengers are forced to cram into adjacent cars.

Better barrier for subways 'an obsession'
Inspired by news report, small-town inventor pitches her idea to any civic official who'll listen
Published On Wed Nov 04 2009

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tran...s-an-obsession

Sharon Yetman totes a reusable grocery bag of props through a day of meetings that would wear on a seasoned executive.

The Sundridge, Ont., hockey mom, who works the phones and Internet constantly, spent three days last month in Toronto calling on any civic official willing to hear the pitch she makes Wednesday night on CBC's Dragon's Den.

Based on a brief news report about 18 months ago, Yetman set to work designing and patenting a subway barrier system she claims would perform the double function of crowd control and blocking access to the tracks.

The TTC has taken a pass on her idea, but she is not discouraged.

"This has become an obsession, because when you know you are onto something important you can't stay silent," she said of her mission.

Rather than the de rigueur PowerPoint, Yetman uses her interactive, homemade model to demonstrate how a series of gates and designated platform waiting areas would prevent the chaotic rush-hour collision of TTC riders entering and exiting trains.

To simulate the crowds of commuters in her model, she has borrowed the figurines from a decorative Victorian Christmas village.

More importantly, she says her system would save lives by barring access to the tracks.

"There are several designs," she said. "You can use basic railings, you can use a lift-arm gate, you can use automatic glass doors – your traditional grocery store. It can be as simple as a dog fence. Anything's better than nothing."

Yetman suggests motorized screens could run all along the yellow line of the platform, ascending only when the train is in the station. The cost she estimates at about $500,000 per station is a far cry from the TTC's rough estimate of $5 million per station for glass platform-edge doors. The high-tech gates rely on a computerized signalling system, already being installed on the TTC, to line up precisely with the train doors.

TTC officials believe Yetman has grasped the problem and the principle of a solution they are already investigating.

"Ms. Yetman is on the right track with respect to crowd control but the solution she brings doesn't quite meet our needs and standards with respect to engineering," said TTC spokesman Brad Ross.

As she demonstrates her design for a reporter, a piece of wire falls off the model. Turns out it's a piece of hamster cage that the determined inventor has pressed into service to simulate a gate that swings open to let riders board a train once everyone has exited in the station.

A companion binder carries dozens of letters from people who have heard Yetman's pitch. There's also a photograph of her in the life-sized simulation she made in her Sundridge basement recreation room.

Inevitably there have been some brush-offs. But, she said, "If I can save hundreds of millions of dollars for a city it's worth being hurt."

When she contacted an official at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Yetman said, "I blew him away. All he could say is, 'Wow, wow, wow.' "

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tran...s-an-obsession

I have a friend who lives in Etobicoke between Islington and Kipling near Lakeshore Blvd, and am planning to visit sometime in the this month. I have not yet found a way of getting there in under 3 hours from Kitchener. With the introduction of GO bus service between Kitchener and Square One, I was wondering which would make more sense:

A) Transferring from the GO bus at square one to another GO bus to Pearson, and then paying the flat fare on the Airport Express 192 and Kipling 44

B)GO bus to square one, get on a MT bus and find my way to Kipling, Islington or Long Branch, and pay additional cash fare for TTC streetcar or bus

C) Coach Canada to McMaster, transfer to GO bus/train, transfer to streetcar at Long Branch.

D) Continue to take the VIA train/Greyhound to Union and backtrack on the 501 Streetcar from downtown as I have in the past.

If anyone would introduce an intercity bus route that services Kitchener or Guelph from aldershot, this would make my life infinitely easier.
Also, I am a WLU student, am I allowed to use the Fed Bus (University of Waterloo)?

Creating it to a 3 platform station to help prevent overcrowding and both sides of subway will open!