Recent content by duffo

Given that this would miss all of the new attractions outlined in the Destination Niagara initiative, not sure if this actually makes any sense. Hopefully they can connect to GO in a future extension. My worry is that the one-way loop operation after Casino-Surge Station does not lend itself...

Btw the entire line is currently down due to a mechanical problem.

Your tone is extremely aggressive and persistent on many ongoing UT threads. Seriously, you need to stop trying to prosecute long time respected members of the forum and participate in good faith discussion. I'm not a mod but I suspect you're not far from getting blocked.

Right, but in the example provided, it probably would have been just as easy to show a Finch LRT proceeding through an intersection, and a Seattle LRT waiting at a red light while cars turn left. Out of context clips prove nothing about how the underlying system operates.

Its not clear in the Seattle video is the LRT actually gets advance priority over the left-turn phase, or if the video was just taken after the advance left-turn phase is over and the cars waiting to turn left arrived after the light turned green for through movements? I feel like we will see...

On Line 2, riding from Kennedy to Runnymede (similar distance) is still 42 minutes, only 8 minutes faster. I think "completely cooked" is maybe a slight exaggeration.

For anyone wondering, that's an RSD average speed of 20km/h on Line 5.

Yes. So clearly and obviously yes. A Ford F-150 is something like 2-3 tons. The Citadis Spirit loaded weight is 117 tons. https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/securite-safety/rail/2022/r22h0037/r22h0037-01-23.html I'm pretty sure this means the LRV would need a braking force of ~40x to achieve the same...

Edmonton's Valley Line LRT, a 13.1km LRT running mostly at-grade using the same Bombardier Flexitys as Line 5 and the TTC streetcars, has an average speed of 26 km/h. What are they doing right that TTC is doing wrong?

Toronto 2040 somewhat-realistic map I put together, based on forthcoming rapid transit projects plus a few unplanned no-brainer additions: Line 3 North Extension: Elevated to Don Mills Line 4 ATC Upgrade and Line 1 Interlining: Leveraging ATC to share Line 1's guideway between Sheppard West and...

Kinda reminds me of the London Docklands Light Rail system. A bunch of interlining routes sharing one unique system design, overlaid on top of a more conventional heavy rail network. But since the UP is already being looked at for electrification and higher frequency, the idea of just...

From Metrolinx CEO's future transit map that he posted on LinkedIn. Interesting... https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-salsberg_morning-toronto-metrolinx-regional-network-activity-7400187145082212352-5wp9

Personally, with a lack of destinations/jobs in Midtown relative to Downtown, and ample capacity at Union coming online, I never understood the Midtown GO proposal. The main benefit would really be a quick diagonal connection through Scarborough, and it's not clear if this was modelled or not...

It's hard to portray the cautious side as doomers when they are dealing with trains colliding in the yard and (reportedly) signal issues that prevent them from running proper service levels

For all the grumbling about travel time on the at-grade section, Line 2 between Runnymede and Bay (very similar distance and stop spacing) is not that far off from Line 5 between Leslie and Kennedy - if 21 mins ends up being realistic.