TTC email alerts will warn riders of delays

TORONTO - The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has launched a free e-Alert subscription service to notify customers by email of service disruptions and delays. Messages will be sent out if the subway and/or rapid transit trains are delayed by more than 15 minutes, and let riders know if a shuttle bus service is in operation. Notification for delays on bus and streetcar routes is currently in the development stage, the press release said. The TTC is also planning to launch a web-based trip planning application this summer to offer riders a “self-serve” means of planning their transit trips using routing...