JasonParis
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Let's hope he makes a similar announcement every month of 2015 until every streetcar line is POP all day, all the time.
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For those who have been on it, how are the dwell times on the new streetcars where they are POP only? Has the speed increased significantly? Or at the moment does it not make much of a difference due to bunching, traffic lights, etc?
lthe TTC has managed to dramatically improve he on time performance of the 512 St. Clair and 29 Dufferin, while dramatically decreasing the number of short turns:
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/t...r-short-turns/article22000738/?service=mobile
These positive effects cannot be replicated across the system without additional funding.
Does anyone here know the technical details of what the TTC has done to improve service? The Globe article didn't go into details.
I put my great investigative skills to work and found this explanation of how the TTC is managing this:
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news...es_at_the_ttc_are_putting_an_end_to_them.html
Basically they're now using six route supervisors on the 512 St. Clair. While the results have been great, using six supervisors for a single route does not appear very efficient. It's certainly not a solution that could be applied to every route in the city. I suppose that for now this will just be used for the busiest routes. Perhaps it can be applied everywhere when the TTC gets its new route management system in a few years.
I put my great investigative skills to work and found this explanation of how the TTC is managing this:
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news...es_at_the_ttc_are_putting_an_end_to_them.html
Basically they're now using six route supervisors on the 512 St. Clair. While the results have been great, using six supervisors for a single route does not appear very efficient. It's certainly not a solution that could be applied to every route in the city. I suppose that for now this will just be used for the busiest routes. Perhaps it can be applied everywhere when the TTC gets its new route management system in a few years.
No, it is alive and was (and is) tied to the NEW streetcars being deployed on that route. On King the westbound stop at Victoria is planned to go and it is significant that when the TTC were putting in the ramps at streetcar stops on King in the summer this stop was left untouched. I think a few stops (Queen @ Victoria, for example) are still under discussion but most of the TTCs recommendations were accepted.Does anyone know what happened to the plan to reduce the number of streetcar stops (i.e. remove all stops that are not at intersections)? Is that plan dead?
Also if you look, you'll see ramps being constructed where there aren't currently stops, but where the stops will be moved to.No, it is alive and was (and is) tied to the NEW streetcars being deployed on that route. On King the westbound stop at Victoria is planned to go and it is significant that when the TTC were putting in the ramps at streetcar stops on King in the summer this stop was left untouched. I think a few stops (Queen @ Victoria, for example) are still under discussion but most of the TTCs recommendations were accepted.
Yes, an example would be just west of eastbound stop at King and Ontario rather than just west of this junction and pedestrian cross-walk. Also the stop sign just west of St Lawrence Street (eastbound) has just been moved to the more logical location of just west of Lower River - outside the new Tim Hortons and at same junction s the westbound stop.Also if you look, you'll see ramps being constructed where there aren't currently stops, but where the stops will be moved to.
No, it is alive and was (and is) tied to the NEW streetcars being deployed on that route. On King the westbound stop at Victoria is planned to go and it is significant that when the TTC were putting in the ramps at streetcar stops on King in the summer this stop was left untouched. I think a few stops (Queen @ Victoria, for example) are still under discussion but most of the TTCs recommendations were accepted.