Recent content by EnviroTO

Yes, I would imagine they didn't put all the possible LEDs on the board such that there would be LEDs that are never utilized. However I would expect this is built with a breadboard or something flexible for the placement of LEDs, maybe jumper wires if the controller didn't have access to all...

Yes, it is 5% lighter at the start of the acceleration curve where the traction is a more limiting factor, but as the train accelerates the ability of the EMU's electric propulsion to continually maximize the torque applied means that as the train accelerates it gains greater efficiency over the...

I hope you aren't serious. Just by looking at the spacing on the Finch West stops and the vertical distance between the Union and King station it is pretty clear they have a lot of flexibility on placement. To suggest there wasn't alternatives that would allow Eglinton to be at the same height...

For wayfinding to be as universal as possible it should use symbols that people can guess (globally) to mean something. New York MTA is great in some respects (like their system map) and is great for English speakers, but I wouldn't say it is very helpful to non-English folks. MTA tries to...

I don't actually have anything against at grade LRT. I think that some of the stops were needlessly close together (like why can people walk to an underground station and go down 4 storeys, but walking to an at grade stop is hard?? But I think with the proper implementation (i.e. signal...

So on November 25th they switched closer to MX wayfinding standard (except for their using the LRV space invader icon) by moving away from the round wheelchair icon unique to this line to explaining that an elevator exists here. Then they moved further away from that with some strange border...

For this to be practice they would need to have some checklist they are following to put the train in motion, which means we have gotten to a point where the only way to efficiently perform the checklist is to replace the driver with AI.

Yes, Lakeshore and 30th Street to Queen and Spadina (not putting in Parliament since that is beyond the Line 3 construction diversion) it is 1h 14min on the streetcar now. The fastest transit time is Lakeshore Line and Yonge line then walking from University back to Spadina in 56min with 25min...

I don't see YHM getting a new terminal without showing a need for a terminal. Yes, Fort McMurray (and many similar size cities around the world) have bigger terminals but they have passengers. Fort McMurray has a transient workforce and is 4.5h away from Edmonton's airport. Hamilton has...

The equation includes torque, friction, number of powered wheels, and the train weight to be moved. EMU typically is lighter. Yes, at low speeds traction is the limiting problem and for freight trains the solution for increasing traction is more powered wheels (more engines). DMU and EMU...

Yes, during testing before the TTC took over Finch West it was being tested at much higher speeds. I didn't expect that it would go over 60km/h, but I also didn't expect driving at a speed so no pedestrian or car, no matter how stupidly behaving they might be, could never be hit. I notice...

The speed limit on Finch West is 60km/h and the LRT has its own lane with low chance of encountering obstacles in the lane. I can understand that there are stops and opportunities to tune the lights, but why would a bus be able to do it faster safely when buses are along the curb where...

They are getting the walls because the service profile and noise is being greatly increased. I don't think they mind seeing trains or to your point they wouldn't be living there, but these lines are going from a weekday only rush-hour service to a subway line with loud diesel engines. It would...

The communities demanded the noise walls, Metrolinx agreed that it would be nice to look out the window and see things, but to your last point taggers painted graffiti on all the clear panels that were there to allow people to see through.

Still, if they properly center the sign in the visible space it will look far better than the Don Valley renaming (using a big black background sign instead of a glass frosting treatment) or the TMU signs.