Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[Steve X]

For WHOM? The transit user or the single-occupant motorist?

This includes the bus riders on the crossing streets.

 

[DirectionNorth]

This includes the bus riders on the crossing streets.

You haven't answered the question. How does prioritizing an LRT line decrease reliability on said line?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

You haven't answered the question. How does prioritizing an LRT line decrease reliability on said line?

Currently, Toronto's Transportation Department prioritizes the single-occupant motorist turning left. We'll see if they finally give in to the public transit user, or remain devoted to the almighty automobile gods.

 

[Reecemartin]

Hey all, got the chance to ride part of the surface section today, I'll have a video out tomorrow - here are some pics in the meantime. Probably not a lot we haven't seen, but ey . . . more the merrier?

 

[turini2]

Hey all, got the chance to ride part of the surface section today, I'll have a video out tomorrow - here are some pics in the meantime. Probably not a lot we haven't seen, but ey . . . more the merrier?


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Very exciting!. Nice moquette, it has some style unlike the outside of the vehicle okay I'll get off my hobby horse now

 

[H4F33Z]

Got a view of the streetcar heading eastbound in the Golden Mile, vewy kool stuff.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Hey all, got the chance to ride part of the surface section today, I'll have a video out tomorrow - here are some pics in the meantime. Probably not a lot we haven't seen, but ey . . . more the merrier?
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I see the "stop request" buttons, but what about the "stop request" pull cords?

 

[Reecemartin]

Very exciting!. Nice moquette, it has some style unlike the outside of the vehicle okay I'll get off my hobby horse now

I may be coming around to the moquette, but yeah the outside is . . . not great. Someone asked me sincerely when they were planning on finishing the paint job (yikes).

I see the "stop request" buttons, but what about the "stop request" pull cords?

No cords, just like the streetcars. I think buttons are more refined anyways . No plans to use them tho.

 

[crs1026]

I dunno, the grey complements the green pretty well.....

Sure looks nice now that it's starting to come together.

The roadway on Eglinton is so chopped up and constricted that it may be an unfair test, but even with the numerous stops to check things and walk over parts, I again had trouble keeping up with the LRV in my car.

One observation: The horns on the LRV are totally non-distinctive. They were sounded at every intersection.... but they sound so much like car or truck horns that the average motorist would not have their attention drawn towards the tram. The bell is too soft to serve this purpose, but I would encourage ML to find a more distinctive horn sound that can't be mistaken for something else.

- Paul

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I had heard otherwise - the plan to minimize heating and A/C costs was to only stop on demand during off-peak hours (this is a P3 after all)

Now to get the passengers to use the buttons on the doors to actually open them.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

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[DirectionNorth]

Currently, Toronto's Transportation Department prioritizes the single-occupant motorist turning left. We'll see if they finally give in to the public transit user, or remain devoted to the almighty automobile gods.

That's compared to a grade-separated line. Of course, I would have built this section as an elevated line (and used light metro technology) - but the past is in the past. I think we can agree that grade-separation > TSP not-grade-separated > no-TSP no-grade separation.

 

[TorontoBun]

Hey all, got the chance to ride part of the surface section today, I'll have a video out tomorrow - here are some pics in the meantime. Probably not a lot we haven't seen, but ey . . . more the merrier?

Not to nag or anything, but I would've thought Crosslinx wouldn't (or pretend not to) want members of the general public to be in the under-construction stations, let alone inside the vehicles during construction and testing, unless anyone can claim to be reporting at the right time?

I'm just curious is all.

 

[crs1026]

Not to nag or anything, but I would've thought Crosslinx wouldn't (or pretend not to) want members of the general public to be in the under-construction stations, let alone inside the vehicles during construction and testing, unless anyone can claim to be reporting at the right time?

I'm just curious is all.

It was an “official” media event. ML will have the contractual right to hold those when convenient to the contractor

Other media people were invited, I’m told.

- Paul

 

[ARG1]

For WHOM? The transit user or the single-occupant motorist?

For the transit user of course.

Railways have had a signal priority from the beginning and it seems to work very well. Trains around the world roll through level crossings including crossings through the middle of intersections without needing to stop. Any inability to make transit signal priority work to the advantage of transit would have less to do with technical capabilities and more to do with the priority of the people setting things up.

If you're talking about crossing gates then yes of course, but this isn't what Ottawa would've gotten - which is the context of this discussion. We're talking about grade separation vs on street tram style which even with the mightiest TSP you're still adding significant joints of slowdown and unreliability.