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This TTC rider was fed up with subway delays. So he built a real-time map to help other users

A U of T student created a website offering live updates on subway closures, disruptions, escalator and elevator alerts and other useful info.Ìý

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Andrew Ilersich pictured inside the Queens Park TTC station, created a TTC subway map to display delays in real time after having his own issues with finding TTC updates while en route.Ìý


To Andrew Ilersich, delays and slowdowns on the TTC subway have now become the expectation, not the exception.

After mapping out a route and arriving on time to a station, he said he’d often be met with a delay that would eat into his estimated time of arrival. Then he’d hear it: someoneÌýof authority trying to speakÌýover the underground PA system, but all that could be deciphered were tinny, inaudible-crackles.Ìý

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Reagan McSwain

Reagan McSwain is a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½-based general assignment reporter for the Star. Reach him via email: rmcswain@thestar.ca

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