Junction Triangle

The news is full of stories of the expected TTC service cuts that will take effect on January 8 2012. You can read any of these articles to get a general overview of which services are affected. (Aside: Does Rob Ford remember repeatedly promising to not cut services during his election campaign?)

Media links: Torontoist, BlogTO, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, etc...etc...

Here's a summary of local service changes in and around the Junction Triangle. Full details are in the announcement on the TTC's website.

29 DUFFERIN: Reduced service
Note: This is already one of the busiest bus routes in the city and is already frequently overcrowded and bunched. It needs a service increase, not a reduction.
"Service will be changed, to reduce the TTC’s operating costs. From Monday to Friday, the combined service between Tycos Drive and the Dufferin Gate in the morning peak period will change from every 2 minutes 37 seconds to every 2 minutes 50 seconds. Service north of Tycos Drive and south of Dufferin Gate will change from every 5 minutes 15 seconds to every 5 minutes 40 seconds. The combined service between Tycos Drive and the Dufferin Gate in the afternoon peak period will change from every 3 minutes to every 3 minutes 15 seconds. Service north of Tycos Drive and south of Dufferin Gate will
change from every 6 minutes to every 6 minutes 30 seconds. The service in the early evening will change from every 3 minutes 45 seconds to every 4 minutes. The service in the late evening will change from every 6 minutes 30 seconds to every 7 minutes 15 seconds.
In the morning on Saturdays, the service will change from every 3 minutes 45 seconds to every 4 minutes 20 seconds.
On Sundays and holidays, the service in the morning will change from every 4 minutes 45 seconds to every 5 minutes. The service in the afternoon will change from every 3 minutes 10 seconds to every 3 minutes 23 seconds."

505 DUNDAS Streetcar: Mostly reduced service, with a small weeknight increase.
"Service will be changed, to reduce the TTC’s operating costs. During the midday from Monday to Friday the service will change from every 5 minutes 30 seconds to every 6 minutes 30 seconds.
On Saturdays, the service during the morning will change from every 6 minutes to every 6 minutes 45 seconds. The service during the afternoon will change from every 4 minutes 45 seconds to every 5 minutes 30 seconds.
During the afternoon on Sundays and holidays the service will change from every 5 minutes 40 seconds to every 6 minutes 20 seconds.
Service will be increased in the late evening from Monday to Friday, to reduce crowding. The service will be improved from every 14 minutes to every 12 minutes."

26 DUPONT: Reduced service
"Service will be changed during the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce the TTC’s operating costs. The service will change from every 13 minutes to every 16 minutes."

40 JUNCTION: Increased service
Amazingly, service is being increased by 50% during many parts of the week. I wonder how they manged to get that.
"Service will be increased, to reduce crowding.
The service in the midday from Monday to Friday will be improved from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes.
The service in the afternoon on Saturdays will be improved from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes."

504 KING Streetcar: Reduced Service
"Service will be changed on Saturdays, to reduce the TTC’s operating costs. During the morning the service will change from every 7 minutes to every 8 minutes 20 seconds. During the late evening the service will change from every 8 minutes to every 8 minutes 45 seconds."

47 LANSDOWNE: Reduced Service
"Service will be changed in the midday from Monday to Friday, to reduce the TTC’s operating costs. The combined service south of St Clair Avenue will change from every 7 minutes 30 seconds to every 10 minutes. The service north of St Clair Avenue will change from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes."

168 SYMINGTON: Increased morning service
Well, at least this is positive. The morning bus can be jam-packed with students, so this should provide some relief.
"Service will be increased in the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce crowding. The service will be improved from every 5 minutes to every 4 minutes 30 seconds."