Commuters are finally feeling some relief from outrageous commute times amid a long-term TTC repair project that has seen one of the city's busiest...
Commuters are finally feeling some relief from outrageous commute times amid a long-term TTC repair project that has seen one of the city's busiest streetcar routes replaced with buses.
Since buses are limited by their width and cannot use the same designated right of way as streetcars, TTC vehicles were forced to mingle with traffic,when councillors voted in favour of designating a temporary express bus-only lane along the most congested stretch of the thoroughfare., with cars treating the bus lane as their own personal express pass through traffic, the TTC is touting the council's move as a win this Friday.
The transit agency posted on X, noting that travel times have been shortened by an average of 13 to 36 minutes since the priority bus lane was introduced.Trip times on the most congested part of Spadina southbound have been shortened by 13-36 mins in the week since we worked with theObservations from the first week of the lane's implementation show travel times of 11 to 20 minutes between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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