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Why is it not a relevant comparison, when the infrastructure in both shots is nearly identical? They are taking off from their own platform and negotiating an intersection with traffic lights. Nothing here is inherent to running in mixed traffic and is the operational policy on every line with a...

I mean, that is the point of a union. If my job were being threatened and my union didn't make every possible effort to protect its continued existence, I would be outraged. What am I paying dues for if not exactly for the union to fight my corner?

What, forced transfers aren't a big no-no anymore?

I I can, because grade separated lines are subject to operational irregularities, just like any other form of transportation. Look, man, I've tried to engage on this point in good faith with you. Me and quite a few others have explained why this is an overstated concern. If you don't want to...

Why do you think those trains in the tunnel will not also be stopped at red lights for several minutes? Perhaps they won't all hit the exact same intersection for the same duration of time, but it makes little difference if one hits the lights at Victoria Park and another at Birchmount and...

They might not all hit every single one, but it makes little difference if a train hits, say, the light at Birchmount vs. Victoria Park, for example. It all averages out, if the experience on Finch West is anything to go by - the fact that the light might turn in time for one train at one...

Because the second part of your post is already covered by the post I made. It is physically impossible to ensure every train hits the same red light at the exact same time, in the same way it's physically impossible for every train on lines 1 and 2 to have the exact same dwell time at every...

No, because in this analogy, it matters not whether the line is grade separated or not - you are still slowing way down from the previous track speed. Hell, you don't need to even look at slow zones - in between Bloor-Yonge and Eglinton West, Line 1 naturally slows way down due to shorter...

Because physics doesn't work that way. I already explained this here:

Well, it might happen if the schedule underestimates the travel time, like it did on Finch. Otherwise, you're correct. If every vehicle is supposed to have the exact same travel time, it doesn't track logically that they'd be bunching up. I swear I've rebutted this nonsense claim on here at...

TSP may be important, but it's only one piece of the puzzle. There is no reason why, even sans TSP, the line operates like a 90 year old average citizen of the GTA out for a Sunday drive for a drive. And for that, no one can be blamed but the TTC. The policy should be full power and full...

So, what, we should give the outer boroughs the most expensive, overbuilt toys possible just because they throw large enough temper tantrums? In the old days, we did this crazy thing called planning transit around ridership and density. Now it's thoughts and feelings. If I lived along the 33...

It's not, the plan to rename Dundas Street was dropped ages ago. The only reason the station got renamed is because TMU wanted it to be renamed with their branding. Had they not made the offer, it would have remained as Dundas station.

Nonsense. I was out on the line for several hours today, and the exchange of passengers was universally pretty quick just about everywhere except for the termini. The LRVs took their sweet time leaving the stations for reasons entirely unrelated to boarding time. There was one tram that idled at...

I'm not sure which stop combos you looked at, so I'm not saying you're wrong, but my frame of comparison is the high speed services that run in the outer parts of town, comparable to the Finch line, so those are the representative examples I'm going with. All travel times and distances are...

It's not copium, it's lived experience. I haven't been to any of the named cities, but in a city like Prague or Bratislava, their trams running in Finch style rights of way are speedy and are competitive to the subway (in cities that have one) for short and medium distance journeys.

You're right, chief, discrediting an entire type of transport is way smarter than adjusting our operations to match those that countless cities across the globe engage in every single day... 🙄🙄🙄🙄 All it would take is a flick of a pen to transform the 6 from a slow white elephant into a speedy...

The interurbans didn't run at slow speeds at all, and the downtown streetcars used to nip along quite a bit faster (when traffic permitted) before they were neutered in the name of safety. And a lack of TSP, though a problem, can't be the only factor. Why can't the policy in between lights be...

Nothing traditional about that streetcar mindset. We used to have interurbans running as proto-GO trains! This attitude is very safety conscious and modern.

All we know is that the two people were not known to each other, and the TTC employee pulled the first knife. Whatever the cause was, it's probably reasonable to say that it would have been smarter if she hadn't engaged with that person at all. I doubt we have reached that stage, it's probably...