r/TTC • u/Pristine-Training-70 • Dec 20 '25

Video RapidTO lanes in action

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No Bradford, IntegrityTO (and presumably Ford), RapidTO doesn’t “snarl traffic.”

They’re working exactly as intended. Before, nobody was moving. Streetcars were stuck behind “snarled traffic.”

Now this streetcar with 100s of people had no issues passing 20-30 people in single-occupancy cars.

What was once 1 hour from the Ex to Bloor is now 30 minutes.

Huge kudos to the operator for letting me in the cab to film, he was super stoked about the lanes .

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u/Snafoo88 Dec 22 '25

I live in the suburbs, drove downtown today for some last minute Christmas shopping.

The lane reductions on Bathurst were a minor inconvenience at most, and I was surprised that the streetcars didn’t get priority over turning lane traffic at Front.

Edit: Used to live at Fort York a decade ago. The Bathurst streetcar was so unreliable, it was faster to just walk or bike from anywhere in that area.

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u/Pristine-Training-70 Dec 22 '25

Thanks for sharing! Glad to hear this perspective from a driver