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===Accessibility=== {{Main|Toronto Transit Commission accessibility}} [[File:TTCSubwaySeats3.jpg|thumb|left|The accessible area on a [[Toronto Rocket]] subway train features automatic [[folding seat]]s.]] The [[Wheel-Trans]] door-to-door service has been available since the mid-1970s. Since the 1990s, the TTC has focused on providing accessible services on conventional bus routes, the RT and subway. 56 of the 75 stations on Lines 1, 2, and 3 are wheel-chair accessible are equipped with elevators, and all stations on Line 4 are fully accessible. In December 2011, all bus routes became accessible with the retirement of the commission's last inaccessible buses.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.ttc.ca/News/2011/December/1220_All_170_Bus_Routes_Accessible.jsp |title=TTC All 170 TTC bus routes now accessible |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=December 20, 2011 |access-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126094009/http://www.ttc.ca/News/2011/December/1220_All_170_Bus_Routes_Accessible.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> On August 31, 2014, the commission launched its new fleet of low-floor [[Bombardier Transportation|Bombardier's]] [[Flexity Outlook (Toronto)|Flexity Outlook]] streetcars. With the decommissioning of the last of the commission's CLRV vehicles on December 29, 2019, all TTC streetcar routes are now served by low-floor Flexity vehicles.<ref name="TTC-2019-12-27">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/News/2019/December/27_12_19MA_CLRV.jsp |title=Legacy TTC streetcars to make final trip down Queen street |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=December 27, 2019 |access-date=December 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229222732/http://www.ttc.ca/News/2019/December/27_12_19MA_CLRV.jsp | archive-date=December 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> As per ''[[Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005|Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act]]'' (AODA) guidelines, all surface vehicles and subway trains have been equipped with the on-board Automatic Next Stop Announcement System since February 2008. It operates over speakers indicating the next stop. A digital orange LED [[destination sign]] on streetcars and buses as well as the [[Toronto Rocket]] subway trains display the name of the upcoming streets/stations as the vehicle progresses on its route.<ref>{{cite web|title=Riding the Bus|url=https://www.ttc.ca/TTC_Accessibility/Easier_access_on_the_TTC/Riding_the_bus.jsp|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=www.ttc.ca|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414190939/http://www2.ttc.ca/TTC_Accessibility/Easier_access_on_the_TTC/Riding_the_bus.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> All TTC revenue service vehicles are equipped with external speakers that play automated announcements of the route and destination of vehicle travel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Riding the Streetcar|url=https://www.ttc.ca/TTC_Accessibility/Easier_access_on_the_TTC/Riding_the_streetcar.jsp|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=www.ttc.ca|language=en|archive-date=November 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123212122/http://ttc.ca/TTC_Accessibility/Easier_access_on_the_TTC/Riding_the_streetcar.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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