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A switchboard on a test bus enables Toronto Transit Commission inspector Fred Reid to keep in touch with TTC headquarters while he drives a route. The(...)
A switchboard on a test bus enables Toronto Transit Commission inspector Fred Reid to keep in touch with TTC headquarters while he drives a route. The(...)

A switchboard on a test bus enables Toronto Transit Commission inspector Fred Reid to keep in touch with TTC headquarters while he drives a route. The(...)

Date8/5/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: A switchboard on a test bus enables Toronto Transit Commission inspector Fred Reid to keep in touch with TTC headquarters while he drives a route. The computer system demonstrated yesterday by the TTC includes a hidden emergency button; which the driver can push to alert a controller to call police.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115557F
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