TTC AGAIN DISMAYED BOMBARDIER TO MISS STREETCARS TARGET

Bombardier Transportation is reigniting disappointment in Toronto by notifying the city’s transit authority Thursday that it won’t meet this year’s target for delivering streetcars. The Montreal- based company’s rail division says it informed the Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) that because of supply chain issues it will deliver 65 vehicles by the end of the year, short of its original target of 70. Bombardier says it has met every quarterly delivery commitment since launching its turnaround plan last year. It expanded the production line in Thunder Bay, Ont., hired more employees and called upon the expertise of its global workforce. TTC chairman Josh Colle and CEO Andy Byford called the delivery shortfall “extremely disappointing and frustrating.”