Hopefully, they eliminate some less-used stops though, to take full advantage. With all-door boarding, to have stops where only a few people on/off would be a waste of time.
So far, TTC and a few other people have found very few stops that need to be replace so far. I haven't come up to many stops so far either, but yet to travel all the lines to re-look a them.
To me it is not just about eliminating stops that are poorly used but seizing the opportunity of the new vehicles to "re-launch" streetcar service/street lrt with a new mode of thinking.
So there may be stops that are well used but perhaps people need to be shown how easy the next stop over is to get to rather than just make the cars stop again.
I am no expert nor do I know the entire network but everyday I see the stop at Simcoe and King.....in the rush hours there are multiple (typically 3 - 5) street cars lined up in either direction between, say, Simcoe and York (ie as far as my old eyes can see)....you could never look at the stop and say "why does it stop there, no one is using that stop"...people do use it...but, man, the stop is one building/address away from the stop at Universty and King!
I get that that there is going to be a bigger gap between cars once the new longer ones go into service but it is (I think) unlikely to totally eliminate the bunching and with the longer cars do we really need (can we really afford) to have cars stopped at King and Simcoe and at King and University?
Both well used stops but probably not both needed....with a little education/pr surely we can take a stop out and put some efficiency in?
Like I said, I am no system expert but I can't imagine that King and Simcoe is the only well used but, still, redundant stop in the network.
EDIT: I should say that the sort of re-think/re-launch I am talking about does not preclude the possibility that it is the King and University stop that gets eliminated rather than the King and Simcoe stop.
We have all seen streetcars pull up to busy/major intersections like King and Uni....on a green light but they stop for embarking/disembarking passengers...once that process is done the light is now red and, in effect, the streetcar has been stopped twice...along with necessitating cars to be stopped (not a plea or cars here so don't shoot me) and contributing to the overall busyness/congestion of the intersection.
Perhaps when you look at all of that it might make sense to maintain the stop at Simcoe and eliminate the stop at University and use strong/better directional signage to direct people to the subway at University (north side can easily access through 200 King West and south side can stroll along King or enter through the entrance to RTH to get underground access).
All to say, use this opportunity to rethink the integration of streetcars/stops/intersections/people and, yes, cars to figure out which stops stay and which go.....then re-launch.
