TTC riders shelling out nearly $150 for their monthly pass today might feel a little better about it.

Delay minutes were down 13 per cent across the entire TTC system in 2015 compared to 2014, Mayor John Tory announced at a news conference Monday.

Subway riders saw an even more noticeable improvement, with delay time on Line 1 down by 25 per cent and down nine per cent on Line 2.

“The bottom line is this: I take the subway virtually every day. I know how important it is to get to work on time,” Tory said. “We need fast, reliable subway service and that’s exactly what we’re focused on delivering for the people of this city.”

Tory attributed the improved service times to a $95 million injection into the TTC’s budget last year and the addition of extra trains in the off-peak periods and on weekends.

He said the improvements are also noticeable in terms of customer satisfaction, which hit a record high of 81 per cent last year.

In a new release, TTC Chair Josh Colle said the transit commission will continue to chip away at delay times and improve service with over $50 million in new, annualized funding in 2016.

“Through two budget cycles, we have made significant service enhancements and continue to improve the experience for our customers" Colle said in the release. “As TTC Chair, I will continue to push for further investments to enhance service, and make the TTC less crowded and more reliable for our customers.”

Improvements this year will include greater off-peak service, expanded blue night and express bus service, and the expansion of the 10-minute or better surface network, the TTC said in the statement.

The TTC has set an overall goal of reducing delays by 50 per cent by 2019, using 2015 as a benchmark.

Tory said more resources will also be added to the back-end to make sure that the system keeps functioning smoothly.

“Thanks to the city’s investment, additional staff are being recruited to further improve the state of good repair efforts on the subway this year,” Tory said. “That means more resources to fix the signaling, fix the track, fix the communications systems on the subway. And as part of this investment we’ve also added six new work cars to the TTC’s maintenance fleet.”

Tory said while some of the costly investments will not be ‘glamorous’ or front-facing, they are an essential part of making the overall system work better.