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Wow! Fascinating! Thanks for the link.Engineers work out why fallen leaves on train tracks are so slippery
A team of engineers at the University of Sheffield has found an explanation for the extreme slipperiness of train tracks when leaves have fallen on them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, the group describes testing the interaction of leaves with iron in their lab...phys.org
It came across as a statement that accounts for administration and operation process. The province can cut a ribbon on this, but there's the logistics of changing the bus system, getting the staffing sorted out, accounting integration, outstanding legal loose ends, etc. that we, let alone the public, don't have a full view of.
if only they had had time to prepare for all of these administrative items
It’s purely political, but does hold some weight as TTC willing be operating the line and would be involved in testing I expect.
So as an operator on the line you could have been hired in 2022, only worked 2 months here and there but still collect a salary?
I'm not sure what leads you to suggest it might open earlier than June 1. Have you heard anything different? (I'd assume not before June 24 if the board periods next year are the same as this year).
they should be planning that stuff right NOW (OR THE LAST 14 YEARS!!!)
The planning for the new routes is in place, and they have probably designed most of the schedules, subject to tweaks from service changes that may have happened in the interim. (For example a service improvement on a route affected by Line 5 that was implemented after the new, post-line-5 version was already written.) First problem is that the process of posting the new work arrangements for operators and signing up the crews has about a two month lead time. There is also the issue of whether there will be a "big bang" with both lines opening at once, or two smaller upheavals. Obviously Eglinton is the bigger of the two. Maps of planned routes for both the Line 5 and 6 openings have been around for ages and have been through rounds of public consultation. Changes in routes may also trigger route allocations and staffing changes at divisions. This is not a trivial process. It would not matter whether the TTC was the operator for Line 5 or not, there would still be a big upheaval on the bus network. At least as the line's operator and with the associated training, the TTC has some view into what is happening. For budget planning purposes the TTC has to pick a "go live" date whether it actually happens or not. They had extra money for service at the end of 2024 as they had planned on a September startup.
Are some cross trained on line 5 and 6? But surely there isn't demand for them now so would they be spare board operators?
