Even a day after the blizzard hit the city of Toronto, between 350 to 400 TTC vehicles still remain trapped in the snow.
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Like I can understand the snow fall was significant, but come on, get a tractor or truck tow to pull them out! The dramatics gawd!!! 😒
They’re to busy blocking the highways and borders over the mandates! But they don’t cover that kind of journalism. 🤷
Presumably the rotators were all busy with ditched semis
@Andrey V thats where the money is at. I would also assume clearing up the highway takes a slightly larger priority.
Uh, that’s what they’ve been doing all along. There’s over 800 of them to retrieve.
Every time it snows more than a little, the TTC buses become stranded. You’d think after 70+ years of service interruptions they’d have addressed that issue at some point.
You would think that the TTC would think of equipping their fleet with tires that are more suited for winter conditions. Even fitting them with tire chains would be a step forward.
@Negevs are for pros not just TTC. No transit agency swaps the tires to winter’s.
The TTC has always been a totally dysfunctional system. I’ve watched it for 60 years.
Looks to me like the supervisors are just milking overtime and do not know how to drive a four wheel drive truck to give a tow
that was bad ! lol never in my 35 years in this city have i ever seen this ….i miss lastman !!
I can’t help but notice how these new type buses are constantly getting stuck. Do they have snow tires? Maybe they are not made for Cdn winters. The old buses were reliable & truly the better way no matter what the weather. Some guy in an office got a big bonus when he gave the contract to his friends for these tin cans.
Absolutely not reliable… especially the new electric buses mainly in use on the 165 Weston Rd line! The engine literally sputters when the drivers hit the Brake. Absolute mess!!
@Blu H electric buses dont have engines….
Automatic traction control on these buses automatically cuts out propulsion whenever the rear duals slip or skid. That’s the reason.
@Tal,Scriver that’s why i never drive with the ATC on. Never got stuck
electric power lol..? The old GM fishbowls were the best !
never cover when something similar happens in western Canada. East Canada and West Canada are two different countries practically.
Simple solution. Treat the busses like any other abandoned vehicles. Get some heavy tow trucks and tow the busses to an impound yard, and leave them there until the transit agency comes and pays the towing and impound fees to get them out. 👍
The TTC is digging out there own buses and using there heavy lift truck to tow them out. Thanks for the advice though.
@Scott Ewing They are doing a terrible job at it. At 0:34 the street is completely clear right down to the pavement. I would bet any amount of money that if those were four private vehicle sitting in the middle of the street they would have been towed immediately by the city.
I Swear every Montrealers watching this is laughing! Toronto has absolutely no clue on how to properly remove Snow
..or drive
Ageed!
The ttc just showed how this whole government works! Overpaid government employees getting shoveled out by the taxpayers, again!
The 310T mechanics in the private sector actually make a little more now…..
TTC workers seem a bit lazy i shovel more out of my lane after snowfalls common
Wow such great reporting. Busses stuck in the snow in Toronto in January. I’m going to see if BBC is covering this catastrophic event.
I want a refund, we were promised climate change and warmer weather if we paid carbon tax.😤
This is typical Canadian weather and another unprepared mess. Incompetence
What happened to snow ploughs? Why do they wait till the snow stops before doing anything? Ridiculous!
I have been a regular TTC user for 41 years and this was really an unprecedented event. This was not a normal snowy day and really dangerous driving conditions.
Thanks to the TTC drivers and the entire TTC team for trying to operate on Monday.
This is the fault of TTC vehicle engineering failing to install an override on the bus’ automatic traction control system. Every modern car with ATC has a disable button for these very same situations. Why not buses?
Wow! Love the spirit of Torontonian!
Love Canada 🍁 🇨🇦 !
All new buses are manufactured with summer thread tires. Each transit operation should request all season tires. Problem solved.
Marvin is right, in some areas it would have been wise to hold back buses, if you know one bus is stuck why send in three other buses only to themselves get stuck, thats what happened all over the city.
There was fair enough warning about the incoming weather before it hit.
This was just all disorganized.