W. K. Lis
Superstar
Also why I think that the light rail vehicle yard at Mt. Dennis should be named the "Kodak Barns".
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Also why I think that the light rail vehicle yard at Mt. Dennis should be named the "Kodak Barns".
Palma
Senior Member
yes that's what I was going to say after my first post but had trouble with the post. That makes sense
W. K. Lis
Superstar
From this link:
Chaplin Station: Open House Meeting
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Holy Blossom Temple
1950 Bathurst Street (Parking and entrance on Ava Road)
Chaplin Station: Open House Meeting
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Holy Blossom Temple
1950 Bathurst Street (Parking and entrance on Ava Road)
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Not just that, but the phrase "Kodak moment" entered the English lexicon as well.Guess you don't know what photographic film was.
As late as 1976, Kodak commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the U.S.. Believe it or not, Kodak developed a digital camera in 1975, the first of its kind, the product was dropped for fear it would threaten Kodak's photographic film business. Digital cameras did in fact.
See link.
See link for article on
The End of Kodachrome and the Death of Kodak Heights
salsa
Senior Member
Kodak building move - time lapse
TransitBart
Senior Member
That would be a lot of joules of heat each winter. Ouch.
junctionist
Senior Member
Heated shelters would alleviate the complaint among Scarborough residents that they have to put up with freezing in the cold of winter waiting for light-rail trains, while people in other parts of the city wait relatively comfortably in underground subway stations. Waiting in the cold is a legitimate complaint if the trains won't arrive every 2-5 minutes, which may very well be the case. Spending a small amount on heaters to make a transit line user friendly and popular is a far better use of resources than spending billions to tunnel a subway extension where it's not necessary, just to address minor issues like waiting in the cold or avoiding a two-staircase walk to transfer between trains.
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Heated shelters would be a nice touch. So far I am a little bit concerned about the difference in design between the underground "stations" and above ground "stops" leading to an inferiority complex, because we all know that's already a thing. Heated shelters and guaranteed transit signal priority could go a long way.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
I think the shelters for the stops are likely to bee the same as the ones we see on Queens Quay, Spadina, and St. Clare. The only thing they seem to plan to be adding is WiFi to them. Heating them would be a big expense and may attract homeless poel to camp out in them.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Good thing they aren't adding too many Pokéstops to them.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
If they can heat most condos, office buildings, even house driveway entrances and exits for their motor vehicles, we can heat the platforms for the second class citizens who use public transit.
It's time that transit riders be first class citizens.
It's time that transit riders be first class citizens.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
apparently all of them actually had something to do with another game by the same developer that was less popular called Ingress ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_(video_game) )
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
If they can heat most condos, office buildings, even house driveway entrances and exits for their motor vehicles, we can heat the platforms for the second class citizens who use public transit.
It's time that transit riders be first class citizens.
heating the ground to melt snow and ice does not provide any heat to keep someone warm as there aren't any walls or floors that are insulated to radiate the heat. I relly don't think Metrolinx is going to spend money building sheds at Transit stops to keep people warm in the winter, they will just have to suck it up like streets and bus riders do. Maybe they might have a small structure with heaters in it like some go train platforms do but with them being in the middle of the street as opposed to an isolated platform by a railroad track they could still have problems with homeless poel wanting to live/ crash in them.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Why does Metrolinx heat GO train stations but not subway stations? Why is Metrolinx treating transit using Torontonians like second-class citizens? Toronto deserves better than this. Disband Metrolinx and throw Wynne out!
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
But seriously, why is Metrolinx heating GO train stations, but not LRT stations that'll see multiple times more usage than the busiest GO Transit line.