TTC: Streetcar Network

[Admiral Beez]

There are a lot of idiot streetcar stops on the network that make little sense in keeping around.

Here's another, this one's on the 501/507/508, 2 stops -one at 30th St and another at 29th St which is literally 3 streetcar lengths:

At that rate we're better off installing moving sidewalks.

https://nymag.com/speed/2016/12/10-mph-moving-sidewalks-could-make-crosstown-buses-obsolete.html

 

[evandyk]

Unfortunately, that fast moving sidewalk at Pearson was constantly broken, and I think they eventually took it out?

I always thought a good transit alternative would be a set of parallel moving walkways. Each one goes faster than the one next to it. So you board on the really slow one, then shuffle over to a faster one, and eventually to the fastest one. Then in time for your destination, you make your way back to the slowest one, and just jump off when you're there.

 

[rbt]

Unfortunately, that fast moving sidewalk at Pearson was constantly broken, and I think they eventually took it out?

Yep, removed in 2020. It was the only fast walkway that TKE sold.

Beltways has a prototype of a 16km/h walkway at Cincinnati airport. It's more like a series of short contiguous independent conveyor belts (common in factories) than the single large walkways we're used to. Its big selling point is it is plug and play like a treadmill in a gym; no structural changes (like a pit) are needed beyond an electrical supply.

 

[urbanclient]

Yep, removed in 2020. It was the only fast walkway that TKE sold.

Beltways has a prototype of a 16km/h walkway at Cincinnati airport. It's more like a series of short contiguous independent conveyor belts (common in factories) than the single large walkways we're used to. Its big selling point is it is plug and play like a treadmill in a gym; no structural changes (like a pit) are needed beyond an electrical supply.

Was it really that much faster than the regular moving walkway beside it?

 

[rbt]

Was it really that much faster than the regular moving walkway beside it?

It was designed for 12km/h, though I don't know if it ever operated that fast, and a standard walkway is under 3km/h. So yes, it was considerably faster.

 

[evandyk]

It was fast! You could feel the wind in your hair while on it.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Beltways has a prototype of a 16km/h walkway at Cincinnati airport. It's more like a series of short contiguous independent conveyor belts (common in factories) than the single large walkways we're used to. Its big selling point is it is plug and play like a treadmill in a gym; no structural changes (like a pit) are needed beyond an electrical supply.

Check it out. You could travel several streetcar lengths in the time it takes for the doors to close.

 

[nfitz]

Let's see how long that would last in the ice and salt.