Category Archives: Urban Living

One of my clients is close enough to home that I can walk in to their office. I have two choices in my route. One takes about twice as long, but goes through a much nicer area (including past our new house). The other takes no time at all, but cuts along the edge of where the crackadiles roam.

I usually opt for crackadiles.

This morning, approximately 5 minutes after I thought to myself how nice most people who live in this neighbourhood are, I got a good one.

I saw him coming. Not especially menacing looking, but when you live downtown long enough, your dangerdar gets much more finely tuned.

He is completely under control until he gets about 2 paces past me. At which point, wait for it, he starts SCREAMING, ahem:

“I’ll fucking kill you!”

“I’ll murder you!”

“I’m gonna tear your fucking head off and kill you.”

Bright sunshiney day children, bright sunshiney day.

Because I have TTC on the brain, a few fun TTC facts:

TTC Codes, from Infiltration

101-120 == Supervisors
122 == Subway Line Supervisor
135A == Power Control
199 == Subway Line Mechanic Supervisor
142 == Subway Route Supervisor (you’d hear 142 at Kennedy or some such)
143 == Chief Supervisor
147 == Fare Supervisor
148 == Transit Patrol Security
201-220 == TTC Armoured Trucks
299 == Subway Line Mechanic
301-310 == Streetcar Track/Overhead Maintenance
506 == Station Janitor
630-649 == Electricians and Signal Maintenance
828 == Streetcar Switch Maintenance
Priority One/ “personal injury at track level” == Jumper

“They have Priority 1, then they also have Plan A, B, C and D. I’ve hardly heard these used before…they refer to a fire. I believe Plan A is a fire in the station, Plan B is a fire at track level, Plan C is a fire on a train in a station and Plan D is a fire on a train in a tunnel – but I’m not totally sure on that.”

Want some more? Learn how to read a TTC transfer, here.