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Image Source: City of Toronto   The City of Toronto is extending peak hour restrictions along  Dundas Street, College/Carlton Streets, and Queen Street West to improve travel times with TTC streetcar service along these routes. What are peak-hour restrictions? The City of Toronto explains peak-hour restrictions as “driving and parking restrictions during morning and evening rush hours, or ‘peak hours’. …

TTC Toronto Tries-Out Its New Brand If you are a regular commuter of the 94 Wellesley route, you may have already noticed new system maps in some of the bus shelters.  Earlier this week, the TTC discretely implemented new street maps and service poles as part of a trial-run.  These maps are clearly labelled with route markers and are colour coded to …

Check out these cool shots of the city’s abandoned subway and TTC buses here. The H4 series of subways was last used in 2001.

Check out a collection of vintage promotional ads for the TTC that ran on the Toronto subway and streetcars. Most of them are from the 1940s to 1960s – some even earlier as they were not dated. Enjoy!

We all know that the debate to extend our TTC Subway line has been ongoing for ages, so now it’s reassuring to see that construction is successfully moving along steadily for the Yonge-University-Spadina subway extension line north, towards Vaughan. The expected completion date for the new line is December 2015. The project’s full schedule and construction status can be found …

I love the history lessons about different aspects of Toronto.  I came across a visual history of Toronto Streetcars that I really enjoyed.  I’ve included the link of the original post in the bottom on the page and all photo credits are listed there. Enjoy!   Source: A visual history of Toronto streetcars.

Back in May, we saw the new trains order by TTC unveiled at the Open Doors Toronto Event.  The trains have been a great hit and been getting positive review on different websites such as Urban Toronto.  Here are some pictures that I’ve found of the new trains. Have you been on the new subways?  If so, share your thoughts… …