Friday, February 5, 2010
Feb 5
Today is 5 February. I just had a very pleasant drive to Mugsville. The present temperature is -4°C, it is overcast and today's topic of conversation on the CBC was the Toronto Transit Commission. There are reports of ticket takers sleeping in their booths and the latest is a driver who pulled his bus over to the side of the road, went into Tim Horton's, sat and had a coffee. Somebody captured it on the video camera and posted it to You Tube.
The chief general manager of the product transit commission was interviewed this morning, and he talked about dealing with these problems. The interviewer suggested that there is probably systemic problems within the employee group of the Toronto transit commission that has a morale problem.
My feeling is is that there needs to be a major capital investment either in infrastructure or in the new equipment. I think companies are a lot like a life, there has to be rebirth and from what I've seen lately the Toronto transit commission is still operating old buses, old streetcars, and old subway cars. I know that at Air Canada there was an enthusiasm when a new type of airplane was introduced. It may be simplistic, but the TTC is tired.
The chief general manager of the product transit commission was interviewed this morning, and he talked about dealing with these problems. The interviewer suggested that there is probably systemic problems within the employee group of the Toronto transit commission that has a morale problem.
My feeling is is that there needs to be a major capital investment either in infrastructure or in the new equipment. I think companies are a lot like a life, there has to be rebirth and from what I've seen lately the Toronto transit commission is still operating old buses, old streetcars, and old subway cars. I know that at Air Canada there was an enthusiasm when a new type of airplane was introduced. It may be simplistic, but the TTC is tired.
// posted by jhb @ 9:01 AM 
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