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Just as I suspected. The 506 is a huge pain in the ass going east. 6 cars going west, only 2 going east between Euclid and Parliament. No wonder I'm late for work when I decide to TTC it there sometimes.
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woohoo! thanks for providing the link, as a long suffering 501 rider in south Etobicoke who can almost never predict when a streetcar will come, the schedules are a joke, I'm loving this! There's often gaps of 30 minutes or so followed by a pack of 3-4 streetcars, if this works it will make living on a line with crappy reliability not so bad.
A sad update from Spacing: all but the 509 and 510 routes are now disabled, because "The TTC said all other routes are not GPS-to-web enabled."
What's the point of tracking late buses and streetcars?
I won't get where I'm going any faster.
I know this is a stupid question, but what technology is recommended to use this service?
I don't know anything about phones. When I press the Internet browser button by accident I panic and frantically press the hang up button over and over, and then I shut it down, because I am afraid that I will incur exorbitant charges. I used it to check my email once but it took forever to type in my username and password so I never did it again.
That's a shame, even if they just showed the streetcars with the GPS units it would've been a great help in avoiding standing on the side of the Lakeshore for 20 minutes or more if I knew when at least those few were coming. Still, and sadly, this looks like it will be the biggest improvement in my transit riding experience for a very long time.