TTC launches email alert service
p2pnet news view P2P:- Toronto transit riders can now get information about subway/RT service disruptions by via what the TTC is calling My TTC e-Alerts.
The service officially went online yesterday.
“Since the Fall of 2007 electronic notices have been posted at the TTC website under Service Advisories, to advise customers of major service disruptions on the subway and Scarborough RT,” it says, going on
The information advises customers of the location of the disruption and informs them that shuttle buses have been put in place.”
But the new subscription based E-Alerts, “allows customers to receive this information via email,” says.
“Project work to expand the system to include SMS text messaging, notification of disruptions for bus and streetcar routes and filtering functionality to allow customers to elect to receive information based on location, station, time of day, etc. has commenced.”
TTC customers wil also be able to customize My TTC e-Alerts to their surface, subway or RT routes according to the days and times they normally travel, promises the TTC.
January , 2009
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