Ontario Northland/Northern Ontario Transportation

[micheal_can]

I’m sure people ride up there, but I would be surprised if they rode them to catch the Northlander and left their bike there for a couple days, yes.

I am guessing it would be the same at somewhere like Union. Why would anyone leave their bike there?

 

[lenaitch]

I’m sure people ride up there, but I would be surprised if they rode them to catch the Northlander and left their bike there for a couple days, yes.

Certainly considering the station times are 0315 s/b and 0210 n/b.

One train per day does not a transportation hub make.

 

[PinkLucy]

I am guessing it would be the same at somewhere like Union. Why would anyone leave their bike there?

Lots of people leave their bikes at Union https://www.toronto.ca/services-pay...nto/bicycle-parking/bicycle-parking-stations/

 

[micheal_can]

Lots of people leave their bikes at Union https://www.toronto.ca/services-pay...nto/bicycle-parking/bicycle-parking-stations/

I was being sarcastic. Sometimes when some people post about things like rural/smaller town areas, it is almost like they do not know what the area is about.

 

[PinkLucy]

I was being sarcastic. Sometimes when some people post about things like rural/smaller town areas, it is almost like they do not know what the area is about.

Adding /s to a post to indicate sarcasm is helpful, because tone doesn’t always come across well

 

[micheal_can]

Adding /s to a post to indicate sarcasm is helpful, because tone doesn’t always come across well

Ah.

/s An old station cannot have modern facilities /s

 

[nfitz]

Adding /s to a post to indicate sarcasm is helpful, because tone doesn’t always come across well

I've been here (well Usenet at least) for 35+ years, and I've not heard that one before.

/s looks like strikeout to me .... we even use it here! [/s]!

I like <sarcasm> ... </sarcasm>.

 

[PinkLucy]

I've been here (well Usenet at least) for 35+ years, and I've not heard that one before.

/s looks like strikeout to me .... we even use it here! [/s]!

I like <sarcasm> ... </sarcasm>.

I have seen it used many times here. But the point is, it’s helpful to indicate in some manner or other when sarcasm is intended. The eyeroll emotie also works.

 

[micheal_can]

I have seen it used many times here. But the point is, it’s helpful to indicate in some manner or other when sarcasm is intended. The eyeroll emotie also works.

TBH, part of me stating what I did was to take what they said about old stations to show how out of touch it is.

 

[PinkLucy]

Except it isn’t out of touch. Riding a bike to the train station in New Liskeard, especially for a 2 am train, is quite unlikely. I lived there so I’m not just guessing. Riding a bike and parking it at Union is a very different thing and much more likely to happen.

 

[micheal_can]

Except it isn’t out of touch. Riding a bike to the train station in New Liskeard, especially for a 2 am train, is quite unlikely. I lived there so I’m not just guessing. Riding a bike and parking it at Union is a very different thing and much more likely to happen.

I rode from Callander to North Bay for work every day, in winter too. And when I was working till 9pm, guess what I did? I rode to and from work. Very true that it wont be common, but that does not mean that there won't be people doing it.

 

[crs1026]

The inference I took from the images that I posted was that ONR had adopted a generic cookie cutter template for the new stations, presumably based on somebody developing a spec. That in effect anticipated all the amenities that a basic but well designed contemporary station shoukd have - within the general contrext if a facility that sees one train perday each way. In general, that’s a good idea although generic templates that don’t have reality checks can be disfunctional.
The “good news” for those interested in active transportation in this is that clearly the requirement for some form of storage for bicycles made the list for that generic spec, and so even New Liskeard got those delivered. Two locking posts would be an unsatisfactory and token installation in many places, but for New Liskeard it is probably reflective of demand and a prudent level of expense. So the good part is, somebody did action this.
But people expecting any more than that level of investment or demand may be not accepting reality.

As much as I enjoy active transportation, two hardy souls chaining their bikes to posts in a snowstorm at night in New Liskeard is not a movement gaining momentum. Let’s not oversell the thing. But it’s nice that the idea was included.

- Paul

 

[PinkLucy]

I rode from Callander to North Bay for work every day, in winter too. And when I was working till 9pm, guess what I did? I rode to and from work. Very true that it wont be common, but that does not mean that there won't be people doing it.

You are the anomaly. There was one guy who rode every day in New Liskeard. He did it for years. He was also the anomaly. There was also one guy who walked from Cobalt to New Liskeard every day. Neither were trendsetters.

 

[reaperexpress]

Lifted from FB but very interesting.

I chuckled a little at the inclusion of bicycle posts in New Liskeard - how many days will one be leaving one's bike for? but nothing wrong with anticipating and hoping they will come. The point is, the new stations may not be classic, but they clearly have been approached with a view to what is needed in this day and age for accessibility, safety, security, train information, etc. A lot more than a 1910ish structure would offer.

- Paul

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Looks like they spent more money on the bicycle parking sign than they did on the bicycle parking itself

 

[micheal_can]

The inference I took from the images that I posted was that ONR had adopted a generic cookie cutter template for the new stations, presumably based on somebody developing a spec. That in effect anticipated all the amenities that a basic but well designed contemporary station shoukd have - within the general contrext if a facility that sees one train perday each way. In general, that’s a good idea although generic templates that don’t have reality checks can be disfunctional.
The “good news” for those interested in active transportation in this is that clearly the requirement for some form of storage for bicycles made the list for that generic spec, and so even New Liskeard got those delivered. Two locking posts would be an unsatisfactory and token installation in many places, but for New Liskeard it is probably reflective of demand and a prudent level of expense. So the good part is, somebody did action this.
But people expecting any more than that level of investment or demand may be not accepting reality.

As much as I enjoy active transportation, two hardy souls chaining their bikes to posts in a snowstorm at night in New Liskeard is not a movement gaining momentum. Let’s not oversell the thing. But it’s nice that the idea was included.

- Paul

All stations are within a built up area of all the places it stops. Some of these areas have built some active transportation. The token 2 rings may one day be well used. They will be especially used if the train is used like some say, like a hotel.They go down on one and come back that same day. Not much luggage is needed.