Establishing TTC’s First Corporate Innovation Program

Our commitment to corporate innovation at TTC is to build a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous future through innovation that empowers our organization and others. We are further committed to remain a driving force in the public transit industry, pioneering disruptive solutions that improve the quality of transit services, reduce costs, improve health outcomes for Torontonians, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase operational resiliency.

To achieve this, we must anticipate shifts in the ever-changing landscape in which we operate. We must actively seek ideas from customers, employees, Indigenous groups, academia, private and non-profit organizations, the next generation and others that solve the problems of today, and tomorrow. We must also be open to ideas that are unsolicited, but that might address a need or problem that we did not even know existed.

A prime example of this is our recent commitment to the Bus Design Innovation Program (BDIP), which is an applied research project, in partnership with ATU International and ATU Local 113, exploring innovative bus design concepts to enhance the safety and experience of operators, customers, and vulnerable road users.