W. K. Lis
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Two-colour (yellow and black). Lowest bidder.
Does it display on the inside, the same?
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Two-colour (yellow and black). Lowest bidder.
Does it display on the inside, the same?
APTA-2048
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I rode the BYD demo that toured Ontario in 2015. Pretty peppy acceleration. It could keep up with traffic fine, but it was slow going up hills.
Kyle Campbell
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It seems excessive to write it that way. If they wanted to include the line number and can't add the symbol, "2 Kipling" would have sufficed
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Amare
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Not necessarily operational. They are still on this sporadic "testing" phase, and sadly this is essentially how the signs will look like when they are fully operational system wide on all trains.
yrt+viva=1system
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Since we are talking about destination signage, perhaps the TTC should look into these as well. Go to the 30 second mark to see the in the floor LED destination/info screen:
EastYorkTTCFan
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Not really as it is referred to that way. The subway and SRT are always referred to s Line 1, 2 3 or 4.
It was internal TTC work no contractor they probably just went to the company that makes the one for their buses and gave them the size they wanted. And on the inside, it says nothing it's just a piece of steel to support the sign.
Kyle Campbell
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When speaking, yes but people call it "route blah" when it comes to a bus, but nobody is confused that a bus destination sign doesn't write it out
Kyle Campbell
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I'm probably just used to the Ottawa style though. Because everything is bilingual brevity is important. Thus while you hear things like "the next station is Sheppard, this is a terminal station, doors will open on the left" in Toronto, an announcement on an Ottawa train is "Next station - Greenboro, Prochaine arrêt - Greenboro". No reference at all to doors or end of the line, as it would take forever to say it in both languages
Northern Light
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John Tory announces he will back an amendment to the proposed City budget to add $3M to reduce TTC overcrowding.
This was part of a 10-point plan on said issue. The rest of which were mostly dismissable.
While the sum is paltry, its likely the best the TTC could make effective use of this year given fleet limitations for both streetcars and buses.
Its a welcome course correction. (a nearly identical motion to add 3M was defeated at budget ctte 2 weeks ago)
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_h...-10-point-plan-to-alleviate-ttc-crowding.html
This was part of a 10-point plan on said issue. The rest of which were mostly dismissable.
While the sum is paltry, its likely the best the TTC could make effective use of this year given fleet limitations for both streetcars and buses.
Its a welcome course correction. (a nearly identical motion to add 3M was defeated at budget ctte 2 weeks ago)
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_h...-10-point-plan-to-alleviate-ttc-crowding.html
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It is also interesting that several of his ideas have already been dismissed by the TTC Board as being impractical or needing more study.
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Northern Light
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I'll be the first to throw Mr. Tory under the bus for just cause; here, however, the TTC has indicated that 3M (this year) is the number.
That is 9m annualized in 2019.
There is more needed, however, that money puts every available vehicle out for crowding reduction.
The only way to do more is when new buses (and streetcars) show up; and in the case of buses, new storage capacity opens (McNicoll Garage, 2020)
Extra operating $$ wouldn't help this year beyond this number.
I'm not sure how much one could accelerate additional bus storage, but it almost certainly wouldn't be online this year.
Amare
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John Tory is the ultimate status-quo, and "just right" mayor. Everything he does revolves around those two principles. Nothing he's done over his tenure has been innovative or groundbreaking and time after time, he comes up with budgets in his own admission that are "just right".
The problem with doing things "just right" is that Toronto has so many under-funded projects, crumbing pieces of infrastructure, and neglected services that doing things in this manner cripple a city which is growing each and every day. His approach would have been fine in the 1970s, not today.
salsa
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Not to mention, the creation of a dedicated planning team for the relief line is not part of his action plan.
Admiral Beez
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https://www.thestar.com/news/city_h...-10-point-plan-to-alleviate-ttc-crowding.html
When I read this article, the solution to overcrowding seems obvious. Demand is exceeding supply, so increase your prices during peaks to increase supply and generate more revenue per rider.
When I read this article, the solution to overcrowding seems obvious. Demand is exceeding supply, so increase your prices during peaks to increase supply and generate more revenue per rider.