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| - The TTC is a love and hate kind of thing for me. I must agree with Chris P. that the TTC does shape Toronto.
As a frequent rider, I must say the TTC is useful, but it is very slow for a transit system that serves such a large city. Especially, with budget cuts, my regular routes just got worse, and it was pretty bad to begin with. The one thing that gets me pissed off and angry (especially in the mornings) is when your bus/streetcar decides to take a short turn. This is the reason why I'm always late.
I must give credit to the TTC that it is relatively clean for a busy transit system. But, the price we pay, I kind of expected more room for improvements. When I was down in San Francisco, their bus system has some of the fastest routes. I only waited 5 minutes max on extremely busy routes and 10 minutes on the more suburban routes. My cousin told me that, especially in downtown SF, it comes every minute during rush hour. The bus system was very dirty, but the price they pay reflects this. As a student, I only paid 75 cents....yes.....75 CENTS. Plus, their transfer system is different - as long as it is before the time the driver ripped it, you can use it unlimited anywhere, any route, any transfer point. Unlike Toronto, one transfer for one major transfer point.
Paying $2 for bus fare is crazy for the slowest service ever. I also encounter many extremely rude drivers. I'm very disappointed in Toronto....VERY DISAPPOINTED.
However, on a nicer note, at least we're not Ottawa and have to pay $3.25 for a downtown bus fare.
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