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Finch West Line 6 LRT

nottoban said:
For what it’s worth (setting aside my strong belief that any text needs to be grouped together with the pictogram it’s describing), it’s not immediately obvious to me what the intended hierarchy here is. Assuming all the destinations are necessary to include at this point (I assume two separate roads are named because you can access other roads by heading in another direction, otherwise should just point to street level), grouping destinations together by type (ie transit modes, station amenities, external destinations) would increase the predictability of the sign content throughout the station such that you didn’t have to look for your destination on each subsequent sign, rather it would appear where you expect it from sign to sign. If what you’re looking for isn’t on the sign, you’ll have gone too far. So:

(6) Finch West Line
Buses
Washrooms
Passenger Pickup/Drop off
Parking
Finch Avenue
Four Winds Drive

Also not sure why two arrows are necessary unless this is trying to communicate that the destinations on the second line are a longer walk than the first, in which case the sign should say that/there should be some internal logic exercised, ie setting a threshold for when distance/walk times should be included or separating destinations that require vertical access versus those that do not. The use of the international symbol of access to indicate the accessible path doesn’t consider that someone who has a stroller, luggage, a temporary injury etc likely doesn’t associate themselves with wheelchair users and therefore it’s not immediately intuitive what is being indicated. Ideally it would just point to the elevator, and you can make an individual decision whether you need it or if you’re comfortable taking the stairs.
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Top line with arrow is things that are accessible through the connecting tunnel to the Line 6 Finch West entrance and concourse. Bottom line with arrow is the Four Winds Drive entrance.
 
Who wants to take a guess at what type of delays we'll see with this line on it's grand opening on it's first day?

Take your pick between the following:
  1. Emergency Alarm
  2. Police/Fire Investigation
  3. Signal Problem
  4. Mechanical Issue
  5. Trespasser at Track Level
  6. Vehicle Intrusion (Bonus)
Personally i'd say at least 2 of the above are bound to happen.
 
Amare said:
Who wants to take a guess at what type of delays we'll see with this line on it's grand opening on it's first day?

Take your pick between the following:
  1. Emergency Alarm
  2. Police/Fire Investigation
  3. Signal Problem
  4. Mechanical Issue
  5. Trespasser at Track Level
  6. Vehicle Intrusion (Bonus)
Personally i'd say at least 2 of the above are bound to happen.
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Your relentless cynicism brings me great joy!
 
Amare said:
Who wants to take a guess at what type of delays we'll see with this line on it's grand opening on it's first day?

Take your pick between the following:
  1. Emergency Alarm
  2. Police/Fire Investigation
  3. Signal Problem
  4. Mechanical Issue
  5. Trespasser at Track Level
  6. Vehicle Intrusion (Bonus)
Personally i'd say at least 2 of the above are bound to happen.
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Line 6 is almost all above ground so none of those would be issues.
 
T3G said:
Nothing all that dramatically different, seems like a pretty standard deviation for random acts of chance. The one odd thing is that the low numbers are skewed by a trip unhelpfully being labelled as being -27 minutes early (why?), so here's that same chart of averages for Nov 25:
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Ah ... yes, the joys of real-world data.

You see weird stuff like that on the streetcar lines, when two vehicles meet nose to nose somewhere (or at the terminal), and the drivers changes vehicle, and they swap run numbers. Or if the vehicle is running over an hour behind schedule, that the tracker gets confused and starts thinking the vehicle is going backwards.

cplchanb said:
Theres definitely money involved in this
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I thought the latest date on that betting website last summer was in November. So the money aspect might have diminished.

thettctransitfanatic said:
Line 6 is almost all above ground so none of those would be issues.
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Other than intruder at track level, I think most of those can happen at surface. They all seem to happen on GO trains, that are above ground. Along with many more classics like overcrowding broke door, zoned-out druggie making death threats, and train parked ahead.

Hopefully though we won't have too many, train overshoots platform, and the driver has to get out, walk to the end of the train, and move it 5 feet before they let anyone get off. :)

Personally from that list, I'd pick "Any 5 out of 6". :)
 
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Towered said:
Your relentless cynicism brings me great joy!
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Just want to make sure the public is ready on the grand opening day!

eglinton1661 said:
There is a subset of this forum that seemingly wants this line to fail and I think that is truly, truly bizarre.
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Truthfully in all honestly, I want nothing more for the LRT to be successful. The TTC just makes it difficult to make that seem like that's going to be a difficult thing to have unfold.

We'll see for sure very soon.
 
soundmuseum said:
I saw this promo today while on the Line 1 train going southbound from Dundas/TMU...

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"More?" You mean Brampton Transit, which runs more buses to Humber College than Miway and YRT combined? There's not even any GO connections along Line 6, though a GO bus will stop at Humber College again starting in January.
 
Line 6 information is now available on the TTC's website. Something interesting to note is that off-peak service is listed as every 9-10 mins, as opposed to the 10-12 min headways that were previously listed.

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@zurban Steve Munro has a table for the Sunday GTFS data. Though, the city will be running earlier trains not on the schedule for the first trip.

stevemunro.ca

Finch Corridor Sunday Morning Timetables

This post contains a consolidated view of schedules for: 6 Finch West LRT 36 Finch West Bus 336 Finch West Night Bus The period covered is 6 to 9am on Sundays, and these timetables show the transit…
stevemunro.ca stevemunro.ca

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