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Dan416 said:
TBH there's plenty of Presto machines at the stairs to the platforms and all over. I don't think that is a problem. You don't need to wait to the last minute to tap on.
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I usually don't tap on until I confirm the train I need to grab is actually going, plus if there were screens when I exit the subway there's a chance I'd rush to the platform and forget to tap the 2 or 3 mins after I saw the time in the big hall on bay
 
So I happen to disagree with the TTC reasoning, but I recall they wouldn't but subway train arrival times on surface/mezzanine level because they said people might rush on the steps and hurt themselves and maybe others too. I wonder if that thinking is what's driving this lack of screens outside the concourses.
 
The current system of not announcing the platform until 10 minutes before arrival is silly anyways. As a frequent rider - I already know what platform I will be going to - the arrival display is basically just a check.

Speaking of displays - the platform ones are not terribly useful given how small the font was, and there here is problem with the hierarchy of information - the most important information - the line (regular vs express) - is not given enough prominence to be viewable from afar. You ended up with people always asking what train it is.

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Here's an idea: With wifi, a QR code and an expanded Toronto Union Station website, people could have live arrival/departure info for everything at Union Station on their phone, as well as maps of the station area and a listing of the vendors.
 
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Jonny5 said:
Or just bookmark this site:

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That would work if you only use the GO train. I was thinking about consolidating info for all the services to also include VIA, as well as GO buses and intercity buses. We should be thinking also about non-locals and tourists. We shouldn't neglect them just because they may be only a small minority of users.
 
19th century artifacts from the dump.
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Richard White said:
What am I looking at?
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My pictures of the seeming slow progress.
The video link from Metrolinx is the real story. I didn’t know they found things in their dig. I find it kind of funny the landfill was basically made up of garbage which is another man’s treasure. I won’t laugh if I know what the bill costs us.
Maybe we should mark future landfills as dig and disturb but do not look, touch, preserve or keep. :)
 
mburrrrr said:
My pictures of the seeming slow progress.
The video link from Metrolinx is the real story. I didn’t know they found things in their dig. I find it kind of funny the landfill was basically made up of garbage which is another man’s treasure. I won’t laugh if I know what the bill costs us.
Maybe we should mark future landfills as dig and disturb but do not look, touch, preserve or keep. :)
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Looking at trash is a very common practice in archaeology!

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At about 1:44 in the video you can see what appears to be the curved underside of a wooden ship's hull, presumably scuttled for the lake filling project ?
If so, then I guess archeology is pretty cool.
 
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