Bordercollie
Senior Member
What difference does it make if it's above or underground? It's all grade separated with transit priority signaling.
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
Part 4 of 7 taken at Cedarvale station on August 18, 2021
West Median
Water bottles galore!
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Part 5: South Side
West Median
Water bottles galore!
Up next:
Part 5: South Side
ARG1
Senior Member
Transit Signal Priority isn't this magic device that makes LRTs reliable, and often times weakens the reliability of the service in the grade separated sections. Also makes it so that anyone that needs to travel through the city is in a world of pain as it slowly travels on the city streets.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
For WHOM? The transit user or the single-occupant motorist?
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Railways have had a signal priority from the beginning and it seems to work very well. Trains around the world roll through level crossings including crossings through the middle of intersections without needing to stop. Any inability to make transit signal priority work to the advantage of transit would have less to do with technical capabilities and more to do with the priority of the people setting things up.
Steve X
Senior Member
This includes the bus riders on the crossing streets.
DirectionNorth
Active Member
You haven't answered the question. How does prioritizing an LRT line decrease reliability on said line?
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Currently, Toronto's Transportation Department prioritizes the single-occupant motorist turning left. We'll see if they finally give in to the public transit user, or remain devoted to the almighty automobile gods.
Reecemartin
Active Member
Hey all, got the chance to ride part of the surface section today, I'll have a video out tomorrow - here are some pics in the meantime. Probably not a lot we haven't seen, but ey . . . more the merrier?
turini2
Active Member
Very exciting!. Nice moquette, it has some style
H4F33Z
Active Member
Got a view of the streetcar heading eastbound in the Golden Mile, vewy kool stuff.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
I see the "stop request" buttons, but what about the "stop request" pull cords?Hey all, got the chance to ride part of the surface section today, I'll have a video out tomorrow - here are some pics in the meantime. Probably not a lot we haven't seen, but ey . . . more the merrier?
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Reecemartin
Active Member
I may be coming around to the moquette, but yeah the outside is . . . not great. Someone asked me sincerely when they were planning on finishing the paint job (yikes).
No cords, just like the streetcars. I think buttons are more refined anyways
. No plans to use them tho.crs1026
Superstar
I dunno, the grey complements the green pretty well.....
Sure looks nice now that it's starting to come together.
The roadway on Eglinton is so chopped up and constricted that it may be an unfair test, but even with the numerous stops to check things and walk over parts, I again had trouble keeping up with the LRV in my car.
One observation: The horns on the LRV are totally non-distinctive. They were sounded at every intersection.... but they sound so much like car or truck horns that the average motorist would not have their attention drawn towards the tram. The bell is too soft to serve this purpose, but I would encourage ML to find a more distinctive horn sound that can't be mistaken for something else.
- Paul
Sure looks nice now that it's starting to come together.
The roadway on Eglinton is so chopped up and constricted that it may be an unfair test, but even with the numerous stops to check things and walk over parts, I again had trouble keeping up with the LRV in my car.
One observation: The horns on the LRV are totally non-distinctive. They were sounded at every intersection.... but they sound so much like car or truck horns that the average motorist would not have their attention drawn towards the tram. The bell is too soft to serve this purpose, but I would encourage ML to find a more distinctive horn sound that can't be mistaken for something else.
- Paul