Kitsune
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I've seen both a train just entering dupont while the other is leaving at the same time. They would both be one car into the station.
Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx
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smallspy
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That is absolutely false.
Just like a regular subway train, the ART cars rely on the traction between their steel wheels and the steel rail for braking. Their braking rates are very similar to other "standard" light and heavy metro equipment.
The short headways are a function of the SELTRAC moving block signal system, and nothing else.
Dan
TransitBart
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So the TTC ATC system on Line 1 is a moving block system, no?
NoahB
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W. K. Lis
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W. K. Lis
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Why the Ontario Line presented by Doug Ford sounds so familiar...
CityStay
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Coolstar
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Previously unpublished photo of the design software used:
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syn
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Is anyone surprised? This is a common 'Ford' tactic. Disregard all money invested, work and public consultation done up until that time in favour of his own crazy scheme.
They did the same thing with their Waterfront proposal and the Eglinton LRT.
I guess this is the first time since the waterfront proposal was rejected that he has an opportunity to resurrect his monorail dreams.
It's really unfortunate as we could already be moving forward with the DRL plan that was well into the design phase, and planning DRL north as Phase 2.
Midtown Urbanist
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Honest question to you guys:
Forgetting all the problems with the Ontario Line as proposed by Metrolinx/Ontario Government, would you give the project your blessing if the project could begin construction within this government and be delivered around 2030-2032?
Regardless of the various problems with the scheme, or whether the City's Relief Line plan was superior, the Ontario Line does not seem like a white elephant, and if built it would be a well-used and much needed addition of the Toronto rapid transit network that would expand transit access, add network redundancy, and reduce commute times for many parts of our city. Do people believe that not building anything is preferable to building the Ontario Line?
Forgetting all the problems with the Ontario Line as proposed by Metrolinx/Ontario Government, would you give the project your blessing if the project could begin construction within this government and be delivered around 2030-2032?
Regardless of the various problems with the scheme, or whether the City's Relief Line plan was superior, the Ontario Line does not seem like a white elephant, and if built it would be a well-used and much needed addition of the Toronto rapid transit network that would expand transit access, add network redundancy, and reduce commute times for many parts of our city. Do people believe that not building anything is preferable to building the Ontario Line?
Northern Light
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An unfair question.
It really presupposes that the choice is 'this' or 'nothing'.
I think there are other choices available.
Given the 2 choices offered, I still think its a challenge.
As conceptually laid out, very loosely, I believe it provides inadequate capacity as a relief line for Line 1.
It also may (likely) impair GO expansion plans and VIA HFR.
All the while, running grossly over budget and sucking up all the money in the room from other projects.
If you want to guarantee me, in a utopian scenario, that this line will have the required capacity and won't impair those other things, then sure, its definitely better than nothing, all that and it comes in on budget, and it might be down right great.
Of course, I'd also like to hear about that 12oz NY Strip, w/Frites and aioli followed by an incredible ice cream sundae that are zero calories and only $10 at my neighbourhood eatery.
But then again, I've always had a soft-spot for fairy tales.
TheTigerMaster
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No. The Ontario Line does not appear to achieve its primary objective of relieving Yonge Line congestion, it bottlenecks potential capacity expansions on RER and VIA HFR, a situation that'll bite us ass decade from now, and the technical feasibility of the proposal is still very much in question. Furthermore the haphazard manner in which the proposal was put together puts this project at an elevated risk for cost overruns and delays.
A bad solution is a bad solution, regardless of who proposes it. There is no reason to go with a substandard solution when it is trivial to see that there are other proposals on the table that can achieve the primary objective far more competently than the Ontario Line.
I suppose if the decision was Ontario Line or nothing, I guess the Ontario Line would be better. But we'd be making the decision to build the OL with the understanding that a decade from now, we're likely gonna have to be digging for funding to either retrofit the line, or to build a second Relief Line. Why would any rational actor do that, absent political considerations?
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Johnny Au
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Is it me or is Doug Ford taking too many cues from early Simpsons episodes?
Rainforest
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Good question. If I was in the position to either block OL until its problems are fixed or let it proceed, then I would be very reluctant to block it. The risk that nothing at all gets built, is too great.
The position of having no control over the situation, has the advantage of making it easy to be impartial. From that standpoint:
1) We don't even know yet if the route as proposed is constructable. Some curves involved are potentially in conflict with the existing foundations. However, I think those concerns mostly apply to the western section, between Queen&Spadina and King&Bathurst. So, let's assume that the most critical eastern section is constuctable.
2) If constructable: one major benefit of OL is that it will bring more employees in/out of DT. Even if the real capacity will peak at 25,000 pphpd, and the line will be nearly full on Day 1, that's still ~ 75,000 additional jobs in DT that can be served by public transit.
3) However, OL as designed will not be future-proof (will get overcrowded soon after opening), and its ability to de-crowd Yonge will be limited as well. A massive pile of money spent, and the core capacity problem still not solved. We will have to start planning Relief Line 2 right after OL opens.
4) Last but not least, using space in the eastern rail corridor for OL will limit the GO / RER capacity in the future.
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