smallspy
Senior Member
.... no collision requirements for cars....
Bwahahahahahahahaahahahahahaaha.
That's funny. Why don't you pull the other one, now.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
.... no collision requirements for cars....
Bwahahahahahahahaahahahahahaaha.
That's funny. Why don't you pull the other one, now.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
Sorry, less stringent collision requirements for cars.
Except GO is only good for 'express' trips to Union Station. It's useless for any other riders.
It might seem arbitrary, but it's not. It's based on node-based plans dating back to the early 90s and even if new areas can develop, organically or otherwise, the ones that were designated have special planning designations the municipalities have to work with.
Re VMC. I know it's too late, but it just seems more logical to have a mobility hub at/around Jane and Steeles than Jane and Hwy 7. I was looking at a map (possibly from the 407 Transitway report) that seemed to show the transitway dipping south at Jane - and there’s enough vacant land in the vicinity to allow this to happen. Although there’s little opportunity for development centred around that site, it appears to make a better mobility hub than VMC (which is almost 2km north of any Transitway connection).
And when I said a “York Region transit solution” I didn’t fully mean it in a political sense, but rather how the land is vastly suburban – even when factoring in future high-density development. In twenty years I’d expect Yonge through Thornhill to be more York Mills-esque than Yonge around Sheppard or Finch. Golf courses, a large highway, bungalows, potential for NIMBYism...
Not directed to anyone at UT, but it seems when I mention my opposition to piecemeal extensions of the subway (and being in favour of a different mode) I get labelled: cheap, not forward-thinking, and opposed to rapid transit. It’s actually the opposite. I am fully in favour of rapid transit, and more of it. For the ~$4bn pricetag of extending the subway north of Steeles along Jane and Yonge, an extensive light system can be built in its place. Such is the case for other areas across the GTA. Yes, an inevitable PITA transfer will present itself, but this transfer is going to happen somewhere regardless. Whether it’s at Finch or at Langstaff, people will be transferring between modes. On a more basic level: a multitude of long RT lines drawn across the suburbs looks way more appealing than small extensions of a sparse subway system. To me at least.
I prefer that the Spadina extension should open to York University first (and have a crossover just before York University), then to VMC when Pioneer Village station is complete. This way, Pioneer Village station would not hold back the opening of the entire extension.
Still bullshit, but keep trying.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
I prefer that the Spadina extension should open to York University first (and have a crossover just before York University), then to VMC when Pioneer Village station is complete. This way, Pioneer Village station would not hold back the opening of the entire extension.
Or have the track level area of Pioneer Village station complete, leave the station closed and run trains though the station. Even a slow order in the station would be better than delaying the opening of the entire line if the other stations are complete. I don't know if this is feasible, however!
I know NYC's subway system has two distinct trains (A and B division) that are incompatible with one another. One can handle tighter curves over the other. And it seems Chicago manages tight turns quite well. But Toronto's trains are mammoth in comparison. At least it seems that way. I'm sure our trains don't have the same turning radius. Maybe I'm wrong.
I prefer that the Spadina extension should open to York University first (and have a crossover just before York University)
if the rest of the line are ready, and that the tracks at Pioneer Village can be made functional, it might be easier to simply run through the Pioneer Village Station than to turn trains around. TTC has experience finishing up a station on a functioning line with the Union Station modifications.
Subway cars have side impact collision requirements?