Better TTC

Slow down please, this is Canada! Canada's digital networks are some of the slowest in the world, running between one hundred to a thousand times slower than other countries in the developed world. In this episode of "Our Digital Future - The Need for High-Speed", Bill Hutchison, Executive Director of Intelligent Communities for Waterfront Toronto describes the sorry state of our digital infrastructure, stressing the need for major investments in advanced broadband networks. Bill Hutchison is a renowned business and social entrepreneur.

Salary for last 10 years did not increase but housing price have been almost doubled. Housing Affordability are getting lower and lower. Even though the CPI index was well under control. But, the index was not reflecting the increasing price of house.

The great art gallery is a hidden feature of the TTC system. Earlier, the subways of Toronto used to seem like an age of no designs and frills. The stations of such system of transportation used to be efficient and tidy. At the same time, it also used to be institutional and drab.

The Transit Commission of Toronto or TTC chairman recently made two new announcements concerning their customer service. The first announcement was the inauguration of customer-service focused committee. This panel made especially for customer Liaison is said to be made up of members like TTC staff and its customers along with TTC commissioners. This panel will hear the grievances, experiences and concerns raised by all the customers and suggestions put forward by various customers and staff will be thought upon and implemented.

Getting to work in Toronto and Montreal now takes longer than in some of the world’s largest cities, including New York, Los Angeles and London.

Average time, in minutes, of a trip to and from work (including suburbs) of census metropolitan areas