This is all part of our strategy to match service to demand and ensure that we are meeting the needs of our riders,” TTC CEO Rick Leary said in the release. “The TTC is continuing to focus on delivering more frequent service to the areas across the city that need it most. In a press release Wednesday afternoon, the TTC highlighted service improvements it was making but did not mention cuts. A death spiral occurs when a transit agency cuts service in response to lower ridership and fare revenue, driving more riders away, necessitating more service cuts. “It’s the classic beginning of the death spiral for transit,” she added. “They say that they’re adjusting schedules to (match ridership), but ridership will also respond to schedules.” The TTC is “doing this backwards,” said Shoshanna Saxe, engineering professor at the University of Toronto and Canada research chair in sustainable infrastructure.
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