asher__jo
Active Member
I think once signal priority is fully rolled out the endless fixation on “streetcar” rolling stock will abate….or we’ll continue debating a project that’s complete. *shrugs*
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doady
Senior Member
I always preferred TTC buses over MiWay because they had three forward seat arrangement instead of four seats. Four seats just too tight, especially near the doors. Side facing seats not much better, and of course if people's legs stick out, then people standing have to reach further to hold onto the bars.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Looking at the Flexity Freedom vs the Czhitadis there is a huge difference in perceived spaciousness. The gangway in the Freedom feels more like the gangway in the subway.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Yesterday my wife and I took the Crosstown for the first time, from Kennedy to Eglinton. We had planned to ride it to Mount Dennis and then return to take the Spadina subway home. But we had to cut it short due to the noise. We sat at the very back of the front LRT car and the announcements were so very loud and needlessly long. Maybe it was the sound bouncing around the fishbowl of the aft glass, but we both had earaches and headaches by the time we reached Aga Khan. The announcement, in English and followed in French, repeated at every stop to hold onto the railings when in motion was unnecessary. I understand if Metrolinx wants to force French down our throats (which is odd, given only NB is a bilingual province), but does it need to be so loud and include obvious safety precautions? It was a relief to transfer to the subway at Eglinton with its stop and doorside announcements at a reasonable volume and unnecessary “hold the railing” call-outs omitted. I won’t return to Line 5 without my motorcycle ear plugs or noise canceling headphones.
Otherwise we enjoyed the ride, and if the announcements are lowered and curtailed we have a winner.
Otherwise we enjoyed the ride, and if the announcements are lowered and curtailed we have a winner.
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Undead
Senior Member
It's the French Language Services Act. Ontario provincial organizations have to make their services available in French.
My Franco ontarian family and friends appreciate French Language services and don’t find it stupid at all.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Keep the French, reduce the volume to whatever the subways and streetcars use, and omit the superfluous “hold the handrail” call-outs and we’re all good.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I’m fine with the French on Line 5, just not the volume and needless safety call-outs. Does Quebec return the courtesy and make their services, including municipal transit available in English? We’ll have to wait and see when the TramCité network enters service.
gabe
Senior Member
Why is the volume so damn loud???!! I have tinnitus and hyperacusis in my ear. I have wear custom made earplugs in loud restaurants and sporting events. I didn't bring my plugs on the LRT because i didn't think the volume would be at such ear splitting volumes. I noticed other people on the train covering their ears. It wasn't just me. My ear hurt for a few hours after riding the LRT
T3G
Senior Member
It's a Metrolinx thing. The volume of the announcements on most of their vehicles is ear splitting. The LRT is bad, but the average double decker GO bus is somehow even worse.
GenerationLee
Senior Member
Yeah, the audio is awful in geberal, both on trains and in stations. It is a bit loud, but it's also not functioning oroperly in every train set I've ridden so far...the audio is also scratchy and sounds like a Charlie Brown cartoon at times.
Mind_the_gap
Active Member
Yeah, even France is more amicable to English than Quebec...
I'll never forget my high school English teacher telling me he was from the West Island - his kitchen set on fire - and 911 said "en Français, svp". That's when he left Quebec for Ontario,
He used to work for CN as well, and recalled how a contract was struck down due to a single typo in the paperwork.
The way we used to function...
Undead
Senior Member
I edited my post to be more civil, but it is stupid victim, identity politics that tear societies apart.
evandyk
Senior Member
There is absolutely no good reason to have TTC announcements in French.
urbanclient
Active Member
Am I just deaf or am I the only one lucky enough to be on the quieter trains? I never thought the announcements were too loud or distorted... Been hearing this gripe for the past month.