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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Morning Brew: December 1st, 2008</title>
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<title>frank</title>
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Bloc Quebecois]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:44:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Roger</title>
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Kudos to the city for doing something about excessive use of water bottles in Toronto. It's about time someone did something proactive about this. One can only hope that the U.S. follows suit. Every time I'm in The States, I'm astounded by the lack of recycling there. And they're bigger consumers than us.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/12/morning_brew_december_1st_2008/#c330642</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:32:23 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Brad Ross</title>
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@ex-lib: Keeping tracks free of garbage is a daily challenege, to be sure. Not only is it unsafe, but also unsightly. Garbage receptacles are being reintroduced on subway platforms, but exist in ALL stations for people to use. Nudge-nudge....

Debris, including leaves, that gather around heaters is cleared daily in the winter, but Mother Nature intervened with high winds yesterday, making our job all that more difficult. 

Brad

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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/12/morning_brew_december_1st_2008/#c330633</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:39:03 PST</pubDate>
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@Brad: Are you sure about that daily cleaning bit, Mr. Ross? I have noticed debris for months along trackbeds that has not been cleaned up, such as the areas under the platforms at Bloor, Rosedale, St. Clair, College, etc. The open-cut areas are also pretty strewn with debris as well (see the Yonge line, south from Summerhill to the portal just north of Bloor, trash and debris everywhere). Hate to say this, but the TTC has neglected ROW maintenance for years. You don't even scoop up leaves adjacent to the tracks like you used to (which really tidied up that corridor), so I'm not surprised these fires are occuring more frequently. ]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:36:55 PST</pubDate>
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<title>RBeezy</title>
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Well that's one way to heat those cold ass stations.

Is it just me or are Canuck politics suddenly getting exciting? Not quite Obama-esqe but I'm liking the "throw the bums out!" sentiment.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/12/morning_brew_december_1st_2008/#c330621</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:17:24 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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Oh wow, kudos to Brad for the very timely, clear and informative response! I learned something new and feel better about safety on the TTC to boot.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/12/morning_brew_december_1st_2008/#c330619</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:12:25 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Brad Ross</title>
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Jerrold - Minor track-level fires caused by debris are rare, but do occur. They almost always extinguish themselves.

Some context: there are heaters on subway switches and trip arms to ensure no freezing when weather forecasts call for severe weather. If there is debris on a heater, it's possible for the debris to ignite. Tracks are cleaned of debris, of course, but given the windy conditions yesterday, an inordinate amount of paper made its way onto the tracks and into tunnels.

Safety, needless to say, is our first priority. At no time yesterday was there a threat to customer or employee safety. 

Brad
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:46:54 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Will</title>
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yep, drinking straight up tap water is the way to go.  No side effects like kidney stones or brain damage of that sortnone that I've noticed anyway ;)

In all seriousness, I might consider buying a Brita water filter.  Saves a helluva lot more money compared to buying bottled water.]]>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:30:19 PST</pubDate>
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