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Is LRT's repuation damaged permanently?

BurlOak said:
http://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/all_service_alerts.jsp



I guess this is not possible with LRT since they are nothing like streetcars.
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What about the previous ice storms Toronto had? Jan. 14, 1968 was when 30 mm of ice hit Toronto. There were more streetcars back then.

By running the streetcars 24 hour a day, they were able to prevent build-up of ice on the trolley wires. Guess they are too afraid of doing that these days.
 
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The entire RT (subways, RT, Streetcars) should be 24 hrs. People claim it's shut over night to allow for repairs, but they still shut down University below Bloor and entire thirds of the Bloor Danforth all the time. Streetcars too. Just make the subway frequency even ten minutes overnight.
 
W. K. Lis said:
By running the streetcars 24 hour a day, they were able to prevent build-up of ice on the trolley wires. Guess they are too afraid of doing that these days.
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501 and 506 did run all night ... the problem seems to be more power supply than the wires themselves. There are some streetcars out there on some sections.

It's not just the streetcars - the SRT is shut down too. And there's no power on the Sheppard subway. So that's nothing to do with whether they were running overnight to keep the ice clear.
 
nfitz said:
501 and 506 did run all night ... the problem seems to be more power supply than the wires themselves. There are some streetcars out there on some sections.

It's not just the streetcars - the SRT is shut down too. And there's no power on the Sheppard subway. So that's nothing to do with whether they were running overnight to keep the ice clear.
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And now the Sheppard subway is down due to no power to the signals. 33 streetcars are out to clear the lines of ice.
 
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LNahid2000 said:
Um...parts of the Yonge line are also not working. How is this possible since a subway is nothing like a streetcar?!
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The underground electric trains, AKA subway, runs on electricity.

BTW. Electricity runs the fuel pumps as well, so even the buses could be in trouble if they can't fill up. (No fuel gauges on the buses, they have to be filled up each day.)
 
W. K. Lis said:
What about the previous ice storms Toronto had? Jan. 14, 1968 was when 30 mm of ice hit Toronto. There were more streetcars back then.

By running the streetcars 24 hour a day, they were able to prevent build-up of ice on the trolley wires. Guess they are too afraid of doing that these days.
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I heard that Vancouver runs their system overnight just to keep the tracks clear of snow and ice. Maybe we could do this in Toronto.
Just give the streetcars and LRT signal priority and they could run overnight without a driver.
 
What BurlOak meant to say is that we should spend $6 billion upfront and $200 million every year to prevent something that has happened on 2 days in the past 7,000 days.
 
Giving streetcars signal priority cannot cost $6 billion; maybe $ 60 million to repaint the intersections and reprogram the traffic lights.

Of course, Google's driverless car technology is not yet at the stage when it can actually operate streetcars, so even $6 billion will not allow to run them without drivers.
 
Interestingly the apple in BurlOak's eyes, the Sheppard line, is also shut down completely. Talk about permanently ruining reputations.
 
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