The Liberal McGuinty government approved a technology change to TTC vehicles that should help improve route times. According to the Ministry of Transportation website the technology is called “traffic signal pre-emption” and will allow streetcar or bus drivers to “shorten a red, or lengthen a green traffic signal to their advantage when approaching an intersection.”

We might all have heard of the stories about how supposedly flashing high beams at long lights gets them to change faster. (I have seen this done with varying degrees of success) This technology works in a similar fashion.

I can’t wait to see this in action. There wasn’t any mention about this technology not working during rush hour, so I suppose that following a TTC bus when driving might not be a bad thing anymore even during those busy times!

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