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In the early days of Transit City, modeling was done for a surface LRT line with 400 m average stop spacing. The predicted average speed was 23 kph (and that includes the dwell time at stops). Finch LRT, on the other hand, has average stop spacing of 630 m (10.7 km length / 17 stop distances)...

Those delays should be averaged out. The "average" surface section speed already includes the delays at traffic lights.

Modern urbanist thinking may, in some cases, be at odds with the interests of actual transit users. First of all, although the presense of a highway is a negative for pedestrian appeal, it is not always a deciding factor. Distillery District is pretty walkable and busy, yet it is located right...

No, they do not need to stop and wait to adjust the spacing. Let's say they run at 30 kph in the tunnel section, and the service interval is 5 min. That means, the distance between the trains in the tunnel is 30 x 5 / 60 = 2.5 km. Then, one of them exits the tunnel, and runs on surface at 20...

That's not how it works. Trains will run faster in the underground section, and maintain longer distances between trains. Then, they will run slower in the surface section, with shorter distances between trains. Same throughput at every point. Plain physics.

Some of the Ward 24 residents can benefit from that line, even though it won't pass through the ward. Dependent on the location of stations; might be as little as 2 km to the north, or 4-5 km to the west. And then, a longer rail trip.

They drive like maniacs, and yet accidents involving public transit buses are rare. Can we get the right kind of maniacs trained for the LRT operations, too? Otherwise, light rail will be artificially disadvantaged, and we might not see any new LRT lines built for a long time, because the...

I am surprised that the bus 36 scheduled trip time is so much greater than the actual trip time. Maybe, the scheduled time includes several minutes for the terminal recovery?

Probably not at Union. A terminal station needs more tracks than a through station. As it stands, Union only has 2 tracks. Would have to allocate 1 track for each of the separate branches, which means, no room for delays at all. Could try to run two overlapping services, something like one from...

Line 2 - is it O-Train? Or, the new Ottawa LRT? I did not have a chance to visit and ride the new LRT since it opened. On the OC Transpo map, it shows the new LRT as Line 1, and O-Train as Line 2. But if we are talking about the new LRT, then I am a bit puzzled how the underground line can end...

People's preferences vary. Shakiness is not a factor for me, but may be a factor for other riders. On Eglinton, we can expect a massive inflow of riders, but it will be hard to classify what brought them to this line because multiple factors will be in play. New residential construction => a...

They should consider adding a short (20 sec) streetcar-only phase before the general left-turn phase. So the streetcar has a chance to pass the intersection either before the left-turns (its own phase), or after the left-turns (with the general through phase). The full traffic-lights cycle at a...

My guess, this has less to do with comfort, and more with the frequency and reliability. I am mode neutral, it does not matter for me if a bus or a streetcar serves a particular route. Speed and frequency are the reasons to take this route, or look for alternative options.

True. It was always meant to be funded but the provincial government, or the province + the Feds. Failing that, the project would not even begin. Funding is one thing, project management is another. It could be funded by the province, and the construction still managed by the TTC. My guess it...

A correlation between good transit and growing density certainly exists. However, there is no 1:1 match. You can find examples of subway stations that existed for several decades, and did not prompt much density. Look at Dupont, Rosedale, or Summerhill. Maybe, zoning bylaws are the obstacle...

That's right. Merely keeping the project in the hands of TTC instead of Metrolinx would not improve the funding situation. But, perhaps the TTC would make fewer mistakes in the project management, and spend less time on RFPs etc. The project would be completed one or two years sooner. Hopefully...

Perhaps the TTC would handle it better, but riding starting ten years ago? not very likely. Only if the funding came ten years earlier.

"Without bunching" is obviously preferable, but not an absolute requirement. Yes, you can gain more capacity by running more trains and tolerating some degree of bunching. In fact, that's a typical situation on subway Line 1 during the peak periods :) Too many unknowns at this point to make...

It looks like we are debating the quality of predictions about predictions. This line will be in active operation within several months, and then we will have the real-life counts. Absolulely "worst" case scenario: demand beats all expectations, then the TTC has to continue running substantial...

Advanced left-turn phase is supposedly done for the safety of pedestrians. The reasoning is that if the left-turn phase comes after the straight phase (when the pedestrians are crossing too), then some of the pedestrians may still be in the road lanes when the left-turn phase begins and the cars...