sixrings
Senior Member
I think it was cost? But it may have been emergency services such as the police. I can’t remember.
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
- Start date
smallspy
Senior Member
The test service won't start until the bulk of the third class has been trained and has passed all tests.
Plus, there needs to be the hand-off from Crosslinx to Metrolinx. There are rumours about that date, but nothing concrete, unfortunately.
Dan
drum118
Superstar
OT and what will this line see in 10 moths of opening for collisions?
Don't expect Edmonton administration to try to correct the Valley Line LRT collision problem
goodcitywhenfinished
Active Member
There are two ways to address this:
1) Install crossing gates
2) Reduce operation speeds at crossings
Realistically, only one of those options will be viable for administrators in both Edmonton and Toronto. Transit users will be inconvenienced but costs will be kept down as we collectively shrug.
Weirdly thanks to political bickering, Calgary still has a chance to avoid the low-floor, street-running, mass hysteria that North American transit planners have been caught up in for the past 15 years. I wouldn’t count on it though.
Steve X
Senior Member
Canadians are just too nice. In the states, they would just put a big sign, STAY OFF THE TRACK OR GET HIT. Don't cross the tracks illegally. Here we cripple transit to cater to careless drivers.
T3G
Senior Member
The states??? Which states??? Surely not the United States, where any random idiot can sue anyone for any and all bodily harm they sustain unto themselves.
Where in the US, with its litigious culture, do you think you can put a sign "Stay off the track or get hit" and expect to be free from lawsuits? What you see in Canada is exactly what they have in the US, just on a far smaller scale.
FW36
Active Member
I recently drove along finch. I saw people biking and walking on the tracks. I saw some people littering on tracks. Finally I saw a car turning left drive on the tracks by mistake. I can't help but worry about delays once the line opens up.
stove
New Member
Im certain when the line is active, less of this would actually occur
Allandale25
Senior Member
‘Delays, dysfunction and ballooning costs’: Finch West LRT enters court battle | Globalnews.ca
The legal challenge claims Metrolinx "breached its contractual obligations" by entering into a separate operator contract with the TTC to run the line.
globalnews.ca
Allandale25
Senior Member
Upcoming opportunity for the media to ask questions about it at this announcement.
news.ontario.ca
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
generalcanada
Senior Member
location: east yorkUpcoming opportunity for the media to ask questions about it at this announcement.
Ontario Newsroom
I could see questions asked about the lawsuit that global reported on
Allandale25
Senior Member
Statement by Metrolinx in this CityNews report. Link below.
guavadelic
Active Member
Ha, that "announcement" felt weird even in the moment. Seems these events in the background had some involvement.
chrisw
Active Member
Interesting, I thought the training delay for Finch LRT was a Metrolinx/TTC decision, because Finch is shorter and needs less employees to train. Eglinton having priority if you want to open both at the same time.
But Metrolinx is blaming Mosaic for holding up the schedule and causing a 6 week delay, and work is still not done for TTC operator classes on Finch West LRT to be able to start.
But Metrolinx is blaming Mosaic for holding up the schedule and causing a 6 week delay, and work is still not done for TTC operator classes on Finch West LRT to be able to start.
T3G
Senior Member
Not sure telling someone suing you to get out of court and back to work will yield the results that they are looking for.
Did everyone in this government go to the Doug "I'll be up that guy's Ying Yang with a firecracker" Ford school of Diplomacy and Public Relations?