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Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

T3G said:
For what possible reason would they need ATP for the dedicated sections of ION? At the speeds and frequencies they run, surely a meeting between trains isn't very likely? This isn't a subway service running every 2 minutes...
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Sadly, ION got slower when Automatic Train Protection (ATP) was enabled, and it seems they're resolved to just living with it instead of fixing it. Southbound trains slow to a crawl way too early in Waterloo Park before getting to the Erb/Caroline intersection, and again slow to a crawl well ahead of getting to the Hayward S. Yes, the speed limits do drop ahead of these road transitions, but still, the trains were much quicker through them when the drivers were doing Line Of Sight (LOS) before ATP was enabled. I'm convinced the signaling is glitchy at these locations.
 
KevinT said:
Sadly, ION got slower when Automatic Train Protection (ATP) was enabled, and it seems they're resolved to just living with it instead of fixing it. Southbound trains slow to a crawl way too early in Waterloo Park before getting to the Erb/Caroline intersection, and again slow to a crawl well ahead of getting to the Hayward S. Yes, the speed limits do drop ahead of these road transitions, but still, the trains were much quicker through them when the drivers were doing Line Of Sight (LOS) before ATP was enabled. I'm convinced the signaling is glitchy at these locations.
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Yes, I was dismayed the first time I rode it and observed the same. The last straightaway right before the southern terminal I found particularly egregious. If Canadians knew how to operate an LRT/streetcar system properly there wouldn't be a single argument against them on the whole of the forum!
 
T3G said:
Yes, I was dismayed the first time I rode it and observed the same. The last straightaway right before the southern terminal I found particularly egregious. If Canadians knew how to operate an LRT/streetcar system properly there wouldn't be a single argument against them on the whole of the forum!
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That last straightaway before Fairway Station is because of the foot crossing they added post-opening to address north side neighbourhood concerns about access to the shops on the south side of the corridor. It's been there a few years now but still has no lights or gates. My best guess is that some contractual issue between the region and the operating consortium prevents any modification of the signaling blocks to add lights and gates here, or fix the two southbound slow zones mentioned in my previous post. Sure wish that they'd find a way to just throw money at these problems and fix them.
 
Is this a sign that the line is finally ready to open soon? I can’t access the article so idk when he’s leaving. If it’s this week - that’s scary. If it’s in the spring then that’s fitting. The project is like 99.8% done (I hope) like why leave now immediately?
 
JoMax213 said:
Oh wow, Verster is resigning.

www.thestar.com

Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster leaving after seven years

Sources, speaking confidentially in order to discuss internal deliberations, confirmed Verster is stepping down from the organization he has led for more than seven years.
www.thestar.com www.thestar.com
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TLDR for us who can't afford a subscription?

I had a feeling this would happen. They couldn't afford to not renew his contract last year but I bet they told him to resign as soon as the CT is finished. At least now it's a mutually neutral outcome
 
cplchanb said:
TLDR for us who can't afford a subscription?

I had a feeling this would happen. They couldn't afford to not renew his contract last year but I bet they told him to resign as soon as the CT is finished. At least now it's a mutually neutral outcome
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I don’t have a subscription, but it seems the resignation is imminent, not immediate. He didn’t announce this himself, rather journos found out.

Oh! And a new scandal also just dropped:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1863649980809904238

So um… yay new PR disaster - exactly what we needed!
 
JoMax213 said:
I don’t have a subscription, but it seems the resignation is imminent, not immediate. He didn’t announce this himself, rather journos found out.

Oh! And a new scandal also just dropped:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1863649980809904238

So um… yay new PR disaster - exactly what we needed!
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Tbf Well allowance doesn't necessarily mean that he used it. It's just available to him if he needed it. That being said if he doesn't have a car but still claimed that allowance as part of his income, that would be fraud
 
cplchanb said:
TLDR for us who can't afford a subscription?

I had a feeling this would happen. They couldn't afford to not renew his contract last year but I bet they told him to resign as soon as the CT is finished. At least now it's a mutually neutral outcome
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The headline pretty much summarizes everything, not much depth to the article yet.

He hasn't resigned just yet and they are still doing "internal deliberations". It's pretty much imminent though from the wording though.
 
cplchanb said:
Tbf Well allowance doesn't necessarily mean that he used it. It's just available to him if he needed it. That being said if he doesn't have a car but still claimed that allowance as part of his income, that would be fraud
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If he isn't using this and they went with this story that's the biggest clickbait fraud ever. I have to imagine that the story is he's claiming it or simply passively accepting the cash and then not using it for its intended purpose.
 
cplchanb said:
TLDR for us who can't afford a subscription?

I had a feeling this would happen. They couldn't afford to not renew his contract last year but I bet they told him to resign as soon as the CT is finished. At least now it's a mutually neutral outcome
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There's nothing much to it beyond the byline, a quarter of it is Jill Andrews (MPP for St Pauls) calling for him to be fired.
 
I just hope that his resignation follows with the appointment of someone who can provide better leadership and strategic direction because knowing Metrolinx and their projects that have stalled or have gone significantly over budget, I have low hopes.
 
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