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Catenary tends to suffer more during ice storms. Streetcars all over the world tend to be fine when it's merely snowing.

Great. I'm so glad that Canadian Pacific are able to deliver freight without any pesky passenger trains getting in their way. There is no acceptable transit where there are GO buses.

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What in the name of hell is happening with GO buses lately? There were no less than 3 no shows to/from Milton this week, one 22 that then continued back east as a 21 that never left Oakville and the replacement bus didn't join the line until around Meadowvale on the 21, and another this...

Yes. 1) Where do you see bunching on this photo? 2) Where did I say that bunching could never occur? I specified multiple times in this thread that it can happen as a result of delays or just plain bad management, but the idea that a slow down halfway along the line, which is what we are...

I didn't observe much by way of bunching on day 1 - if anything, the opposite problem existed, with the headways being stretched out far more than they should have been. And the mechanics of why the bunching occurs is extremely important - if the bunching occurs because of incompetent...

There is no reason to assume this will be a regular occurrence, though.

I didn't negate the existence of bunching, anywhere, for any reason - especially not bunching caused by delays - but I was responding to the often flogged concerns about the transition between subway and surface running causing bunching, because of the slowdown in top speeds. How can this...

I mean, sure, you might get the odd slowpoke driver, but that's not going to be an appreciable factor. If it was going to be, we would have seen this on any other line with manual operations. Both subway lines, pre-ATC, were also operated manually, with varying station dwell times, segments with...

There is no one on the planet currently alive who will still be alive when/if any fundamental changes are made to the infrastructure of the east end of the line. How many times does it need to be explained on this forum that bunching will not occur on the surface section? Do you guys think the...

The streetcars may also be more exposed to the elements than the subway, but what percentage of road calls for streetcars are failures due to inclement weather? Maybe in the days of the CLRVs with the air brakes, I could see that being an issue, but I don't see that being exposed to the elements...

Something is incomplete about those MDBF statistics. I can't fathom what it is about subways that makes the TTC expect a much higher MDBF out of them than from anything else; they're still subject to wear, tear, and breakdowns. And the average age of the subway fleet is much higher than that of...

Why would you need to add refuge islands? Surely a much more pragmatic approach to the problem would be merely to position the activation mechanism for TSP far enough away that the current crossing cycle at the upcoming intersection would conclude before the streetcar arrives.

Am I? This is the initial post I responded to: I think it's very easy to interpret this post as saying that keeping these people off the TTC being the only factor that matters. If this is merely a miscommunication then I will eat my words, but that is certainly how I interpreted it, and I think...

But those same people you fear of having a psychotic episode could also attack you in the street, or while you're sitting down on a bench, if they were so inclined, and you don't have your head on a swivel. The TTC is a city agency, and any attempts specifically focused on removing the...