TTC To Launch Email Alerts Wednesday
We've just received news that the TTC plans to officially launch their "E-Alert subscription service" this Wednesday at 1pm during a news conference chaired by Adam Giambrone. While the press release sent to us was short on specifics, it did promise that "E-Alerts will allow customers to receive information for subway/rt service disruptions via email".
We'll post more info as soon as we have it.
Comments (10)
addict - you can sign up using your SMS email address.. e.g. for bell it's [yournumber]@txt.bell.ca; fido is [yournumber]@fido.ca; and rogers is [yournumber]@pcs.rogers.com
as great as email alerts are, I hope there will be someone in Transit Control actually sending alerts out. 95% of delays (my estimate) never end up on the TTC's homepage right now.
Now all we need is data service in the subway to bring us the news that we are stuck in the tunnel between Bloor and Wellesley...
This is great news and I'm glad I didn't have to work out a solution of my own with TTCupdates ;-) I was under the impression that we might see something for BlackBerries this week as well.
seriously, i am not sure how this is going to help..do you really need a text message to tell you aboout a bus being delayed? it's a waste of resources... we all know how inconsistent ttc service is
If you depend on public transit to get you everywhere, the e-mails could be a huge help. Sure, the TTC is inconsistent. But at least this way people potentially won't waste their time freezing in a shelter waiting for a bus that isn't going to come.
do you actually need an email to warn you the bus is not going to come after having waited for 30mins? even if the email says it is coming, do you think it will come on time? and if you don't wait for the bus, do you really have an alternative? at the end, it is a waste of resources, but the good news is they now have to hire more people to manage this.. i guess creating more jobs
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