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| TTC delays: frustrating but common. (Courtesy of Flickr user jaygoldman) |
Last August, a Statistics Canada report once again placed Toronto as the country's worst region for commuting times. As the Toronto Star reported, public transit commutes took on average 20 more minutes than driving in 2010.
Part of the problem is delays. Accidents and mechanical issues cause scores of service interruptions each week. But these issue are made worse by budget constraints and inefficiencies.
It's an issue Torontonians care about.
The TTC announces delays to an email list and through its own Twitter account, though an unaffiliated account aggregates the tweets of frustrated commuters.
Local app developpers have created tools to make commutes more bearable, like Rocket Radar, an app that uses GPS tracking to give a real-time countdown of when buses and streetcars are arriving.
As I was writing this post, trains were turning back between Sherbourne and Castle Frank in the middle of rush hour. Stay tuned.
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