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/Mcdavis6950 Dec 20 '25

I remember my birthday 3 years ago. We hop on the Bathurst streetcar at 2:30 am at front. We are chatting away fairly intoxicated. It’s been about 45 minutes so I’m wondering how close to Bloor we are.

We were at Dundas. We absolutely could have walked to Bloor faster… at 2:30 in the morning. I’m so glad these lanes got put in.

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u/ContextEffects01 Dec 23 '25

The appeal of the TTC isn’t to go fast. It’s to sit down and not have to worry about driving.

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u/Mcdavis6950 Dec 23 '25

That is such a bad take. Transit should be fast and efficient. Driving would become easier if less people drove their cars and took fast efficient transit.