TransitBart
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It's an amazing transformation for Ottawa.
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Ottawa Transit Developments
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robmausser
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The REM station at Édouard-Montpetit is going to give every north american deep station a run for its money
Anything can be solved with the right money and engineering though. You just need large, high speed elevators.
W. K. Lis
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The Oxford Dictionary definition of "subway" is "an underground railway/railroad system in a city". That would the streetcar "subway" tunnel under Bay Street for the 509 and 510, and the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Having used elevator only stations elsewhere in the world (Rideau is deep, but is hardly exceptionally deep) I like that even less. I know cut and cover is out of favour, but it's hard to beat the convenience of shallow stations
mdrejhon
Senior Member
Rideau is deep but has 3 exits (east escalators nearer Colonel By, west escalators nearer Nicholas, and centre elevators).
I took the Ottawa LRT twice from Rideau and the good news is that you do have 3 ways to enter & exit the station -- which somewhat lessens the pain of the station's depth.
I took the Ottawa LRT twice from Rideau and the good news is that you do have 3 ways to enter & exit the station -- which somewhat lessens the pain of the station's depth.
White Pine
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Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Not my video, just one I found on YouTube. I keep wanting to take one , but there's so many red vest people that come up and ask if you need help I figure I'll wait until they go away.
White Pine
Active Member
Ohhhh ok, sorry about that. I didn't read it carefully enough I guess.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
This tweet sums up my commute this morning. At Hurdman, there was a train in the station and people rushing the doors. It of course was packed to the gills, but they have staff telling people to stand back and people did. Less than 3 minutes later, the next train arrived, and everyone was able to get a seat.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
They're used to the 15 to 30 minute headways on buses.
Aren't there "next train" display information in the stations?
drum118
Superstar
15 to 30 minute headways? You haven't taken any Transitway buses during rush hour, have you?
As for the "Ottawans don't know how to take public transit" thing, I think that's BS. Ottawans just don't know how to take this type of public transit yet. If you had the opportunity to stand at any of the downtown Transitway stops during the PM peak, you'd see people looking down the block, seeing where their bus is in the line, and moving up or down the ~100m long platform in order to line up with where their bus was going to stop. It was a pretty well choreographed dance routine at every stop. As far as transit users go, that's pretty advanced.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Yes, usually 2 over each platform, and at downtown stations also at the faregates
Allandale25
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W. K. Lis
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Crowds? Now these are crowds...