Recent content by EnviroTO

Yes, Grimsby has figured out that old downtowns are best served by cars, street parking, and parking lots. No need to put a station and housing nearby.

No, you would need to go the high speed bus option for the Waterfront.

I don't know why it isn't standard to have two elevators. One elevator is zero redundancy. I can understand Joe-Shmoh condo board that only has two elevators waiting on an overbooked elevator repairman, but with all the elevators that Metrolinx and the TTC have why does it take so long to...

I'm confused by all the nonsense around this project. Maybe someone can help me: Why would the train be built on the southern route (i.e. what benefit is there)? It seems that the north route is more direct so what is the expected benefit of taking a longer route? The southern route...

It is almost like the author missed the point that Crosslinx and Mosaic was an entirely privatized delivery, and that never has construction costs been higher in the english speaking world where this way of thinking is more prevalent. If you want an affordably delivered public service...

Purposely hitting the red, or purposely dwelling longer in the station to maintain a timetable that wasn't aggressive enough.... I think in the winter I would go with red lights vs dwelling with the doors open.

Yes, they seem to be a little better with grass. Do not enter signs, flashing lights, and raised curbs for some reason don't give enough visual cues to prevent people entering the Queens Quay tunnel. Even drunk people seem to figure out they are off-roading through bushes and grass.

There is no issue with how Eglinton was built. Over time there are many options to allow the line to grow with the city: Vehicle Capacity Greater frequency. +100% Add another car with the same specifications to the train. +50% Switch to module arrangement with less dead space (e.g. 9...

There is a proof of payment machine in the hallway leading to the washroom? The machines seemed to have little utility before but it seems they have found a use in case you can't spare a square.

Line 5 is 8 minutes from Cedarvale to Eglinton (Yonge). Streetcar 512 is 8-9 minutes from St.Clair West to St.Clair station which is about equal to the distance from Chaplin to Eglinton (Yonge). So it isn't abysmal... one would assume 512 would greatly benefit from a stoplight priority effort.

It seems Flexity vehicles are still being produced in Europe. At InnoTrans they were demonstrating Germany's longest tram which was a Flexity. Any idea when vehicle procurement for the Line 5 extension is expected to occur? Maybe they could move to 3 car trains at the same time.

With traffic light priority Line 5 will perform excellently. With traffic light priority and vehicles that run smoothly across the rails and don't require speed limits of 10 km/h all over the place Line 6 could perform excellently. 512 with signal priority could operate very well. 509 and...

Good thing there is a technology solution to red lights that involves LEDs emitting photons at a wavelength of 485–500 nm.

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Did all the entrances open. I think there are entrances on all four corners now isn't there?