Brans89
Banned
The Streetcar is not going anywhere.
Who picks the members of the TTC? Does the mayor appoint or merely recommend?He can't unilatterally do that. The only role that council as a whole has is approving or not approving the TTC's budget. The councillors serving on the TTC's board set the actual budget, based on staff input. Besides, would council as a whole go against the coroner's recommendations made following the Russell Hill subway accident? No way.
Though rush-hour is at least 2 hours, twice a day.I am a little weary of having to read that old chestnut about a streetcar can carry more passengers than a bus therefore we need 5 buses to replace 3 streetcars and of course hire 2 more drivers.
This is probably the case for 2 hours per day but the rest of the time the streetcar is carrying many fewer passengers than would fill a bus suggesting that a 1:1 replacement ratio is more realistic.
I am a little weary of having to read that old chestnut about a streetcar can carry more passengers than a bus therefore we need 5 buses to replace 3 streetcars and of course hire 2 more drivers.
This is probably the case for 2 hours per day but the rest of the time the streetcar is carrying many fewer passengers than would fill a bus suggesting that a 1:1 replacement ratio is more realistic.
As far as congestion is concerned here is a little test for streetcar riders to occupy themselves with when their streetcar is not moving. Take a look out the back window, if there is a lineup of traffic then the streetcar is the problem. Take a look out the front window of the streetcar, if there is no lineup of traffic then the streetcar is the problem. Traffic congestion as it is seen through the windshield of a car is typically a streetcar towing a flotilla of automobiles across town, take off your transit coloured glasses and take an honest look at the problem.
I agree the streetcar is a more efficient use of road space but is very slow and dictates the pace of traffic. My point was that it is the streetcar that causes congestion, not the automobiles as is the common perception. You posted about a half hour after my comments so obviously you did not take the suggested test.I am wearing "transit coloured glasses" because to me, logic dictates that public transit moves the same number of people more efficiently through a space than individual automobiles. Of course a streetcar with 100 people on it takes up more room and moves slower than a single automobile.
Another flawed assumption we see too often, what makes you think EVERY passenger on that streetcar owns a car?Instead of blaming the streetcar for slowing things down a bit, you should be glad that it has taken 100 or more cars off your road at rush hour. If you're angry about congestion, why not question why there are dozens of cars at every traffic light with a single person in them?
I am a little weary of having to read that old chestnut about a streetcar can carry more passengers than a bus therefore we need 5 buses to replace 3 streetcars and of course hire 2 more drivers.
This is probably the case for 2 hours per day but the rest of the time the streetcar is carrying many fewer passengers than would fill a bus suggesting that a 1:1 replacement ratio is more realistic..
I agree the streetcar is a more efficient use of road space but is very slow and dictates the pace of traffic. My point was that it is the streetcar that causes congestion, not the automobiles as is the common perception. You posted about a half hour after my comments so obviously you did not take the suggested test.
Another flawed assumption we see too often, what makes you think EVERY passenger on that streetcar owns a car?