Posts Tagged ‘Toronto Transit Commission’
2010 Toronto Mayor Candidates Performance Index

Image via Wikipedia Many of you have seen a significant amount of publicity on Toronto's 2010 municipal election including the two televised mayoral debates on CP24. About 40% of voters are still undecided at this stage so we felt it would be worthwhile to look at this election from a different perspective. Lets assume the main goal is to [...]
Gas Price Impact on Toronto Transportation

The data seem to indicate a very close correlation between price of gas and mode of travel. Could it be that record usage of transit may have little or nothing to do with who is running it but more to do with gas prices? and should TTC be proud of their record numbers when comparatively the percentage increase in cycling and walking is [...]
Toronto Transit Budget Gap

Image by Allan Rostron via Flickr The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates 3rd busiest transit system in North America. Ridership 280M per year Annual Operating budget 1.4B Employees 11,861 This would make the cost per ride about $5. If you compared this against New York Public Transportation [...]