rbt
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Yes. It will almost certainly be the existing TTC operations center and staff that is used to monitor this new line, and they are unionized.
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Yes. It will almost certainly be the existing TTC operations center and staff that is used to monitor this new line, and they are unionized.
44 North
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Ah that map looks cool with the blue bisection across the city. It's a good colour and glad it will be reused.
Tho does accentuate the southern beeline a bit much, perhaps detracting from riders' perception of a quicker route into the core.
superelevation
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It seems Ben Spurr is unaware that the TTC already uses Presto?
officedweller
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I was thinking of the situation in Vancouver - Canada Line has a different union under contract with the private contractor, not TransLink. They gave strike notice earlier this week (or last week) and resolved it so no strike. A Canada Line strike would impact the performace metrics under the Concession Contract so could financially hit the private contractor 2 ways.
A Canada Line strike would not affect the operation of the Expo or Millennium Lines by TransLink personnel except if they do a sympathy walkout. Also, the bus drivers union is different than the union for the SkyTrain operators so they do not strike at the same time, except in sympathy.
TheTigerMaster
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Tuck
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OL looks bad on this map - the area south of bloor is too exaggerated in the N-S direction and makes the dips down to the Lakeshore look much longer than they actually are. The other map they have in that report looks nicer.
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gibsonm
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Now that City Council has voted to proceed with SmartTrack, it should be added to that future map.Wow, starting to look like a real transit network
Coolstar
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Good point actually. Once GO RER is up and running, it would be nice to see the RER lines on the map. Parisian style.
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allengeorge
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I never cease to be amazed at metro maps of Paris, Tokyo, ...
Ours looks so ... lean ... in comparison.
Ours looks so ... lean ... in comparison.
gibsonm
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With RER, the OL, and our existing and planned streetcar ROWs and LRTs on the subway map, it would resemble the Paris Metro map, without the Left Bank.
robmausser
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Montreal has put their commuter lines on their STM metro map for years, albeit only with intermodal station stops on the metro lines.
Once GO-RER is implemented I think we should definitely put them on the TTC map.
nfitz
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None of the GO lines are shown. But if you look carefully, two of the subway stations with interchanges to SmartTrack stations are shown with symbols - Lansdowne and East Harbour.
Though that initially happened when STM (or whatever it was called back then) was running commuter rail. And if you recall, the St-Hilare line stayed with CN, and it was left off the STM map at the time. After the province took over the commuter rail, the lines stayed on the Metro map.
Interesting to see the line numbers have reappeared. Is that official? I don't recall seeing it last time I was on the metro - which was pre-covid.
It will be interesting to see if their new frequent light rail service gets number 3 which is what it was originally assigned when Mayor Drapeau and the province first announced it in the early 1960s.
Though I suppose the question is, that like the Ontario line, will the province play along with a city numbering scheme, putting customer convenience and clear signage ahead of their own pride.
Johnny Au
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NoahB
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700km, 381 stations, all built in about 30 years.Just wait until you see the Shanghai Metro map:
