Sent the following to the TTC complaints line; I’d have called, but their lines close at 5:00pm apparently.
For an organization that’s trying to get people out of their cars and onto public transit based on an appeal to how environmental they are, you’d think that this would be reflected in how their employees behave with company property. If it’s too warm or too cold out, and they need to take their break? There’s a nicely conditioned Starbucks right around next door, and there’s a handful of small restaurants and coffee shops nearby as well.
The City of Toronto has an anti-idling bylaw, which they enforce only sporadically, it would seem; not unlike the parking bylaws.
I’ve sent emails and images in the past inquiring about the TTC’s stance on NON-BUSES idling for lengthy periods in the station bus loops. Previously it was during cold weather, when I was informed that the TTC and the City don’t take any action on long idling vehicles if the temperature could be considered cold.
Today, it’s 26 degrees with a nice cool breeze blowing through the station’s bus loop… a breeze that brings with it the stink of vehicle exhaust.
Does the TTC endorse TTC maintenance vans being used in this fashion?
The man in the passenger side of the van (VAN 518, by the way), yelled at me when I took a picture of the van with my cell phone. I couldn’t hear anything he said over the sound of the van’s engine; the only distinct word was “picture.”
I’m guessing that leaving the cool interior of an air-conditioned van wasn’t on the agenda, because he didn’t repeat his question, and just closed the door. He continued to glare out the window as I posted to twitter.
http://twitter.com/xinit0/status/18944253834
http://twitter.com/xinit0/status/18944384900
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