TTC changes course on wait times for subway service

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TTC changes course on wait times for subway service
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Instead of a planned 8-minute wait after 10 p.m. on weekdays, the maximum wait time will be 6 minutes.

is changing course on recent cuts to its subway service that had riders waiting up to 8 minutes for trains late at night.

Meanwhile, transit experts have warned cutting service due to decreased ridership will set off the beginning of a “death spiral,” a process that occurs when a transit agency cuts service in response to declining ridership, which in turn drives away more riders, necessitating more cuts.“In our 2023 budget we built a service resiliency into it to ensure that we had enough operators available to cover our scheduled service in the event of a resurgence of COVID,” he said.

On May 7, schedules were changed on 18 routes to improve reliability and service was increased on six. Taken together, before today’s reversal, the changes resulted in 1,238 fewer service hours per week.

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