Finch West Line 6 LRT

[Admiral Beez]

Meaning with extendeded green lights and stop removal, LRT trip could go from current 34 minutes 10 seconds to 25 minutes and 59 seconds, or with a more aggressive TSP with no red lights trip decreases to 24 minutes and 36 seconds.

LRTs should never be stopped by a vehicular traffic light. As the LRT approaches the light should be held or switched to green.

Good luck with parallel traffic with your extended green lights, including transit (buses).

When there is no LRT approaching (which is most of the time), the lights can operate as usual.

 

[nfitz]

LRTs should never be stopped by a vehicular traffic light

I sure as heck hope that either the King or Spadina LRV will be stopped by a vehicular traffic light at King/Spadina!

 

[jmi22]

I sure as heck hope that either the King or Spadina LRV will be stopped by a vehicular traffic light at King/Spadina!

Just wait until Chow unveils her King-Spadina streetcar flyover!

 

[ownthesky]

Good luck with parallel traffic with your extended green lights, including transit (buses).

European trams have signal priority that interfaces with other public transit, but of course nothing from anywhere else can work in our that special unique snowflake, Toronto!

 

[Bordercollie]

So it seems that trains get a green light before the left turn light which is good. But they still travel at 30kmph which is bizzare. Meanwhile on line 5 the train's are much faster.

Anyone know why?

 

[thenorth]

From what I’ve seen, I’m completely convinced that we can get this thing down to sub-30 minute end-to-end travel times. It’s beyond frustrating that Metrolinx’s incompetence has put us in this position.

I also have no idea why Metrolinx is targeting about 33 minute travel times, when faster is clearly possible. Why are we intentionally targeting slow and mediocre speeds?

 

[zang]

I also have no idea why Metrolinx is targeting about 33 minute travel times, when faster is clearly possible. Why are we intentionally targeting slow and mediocre speeds?

The Scotty Principle?

 

[Amare]

YET AGAIN no service.

This is actually just comically pathetic at this point. Maybe i'll create a separate thread just dedicate to Line 6 maintenance issues, because this just occurring way too damn much.

 

[doublemint]

Is there any way to pressure MX to reveal the contract signed? Or, is it up to the province (which will never agree to release it because they're implicated)?

 

[urbanclient]

Is there any way to pressure MX to reveal the contract signed? Or, is it up to the province (which will never agree to release it because they're implicated)?

Would another party in power result in more transparency? Not out of the question for a politician to throw their predecessor under the bus...
à la "Biden/Obama ruined this country" ---Spray tan user

 

[doublemint]

Would another party in power result in more transparency? Not out of the question for a politician to throw their predecessor under the bus...
à la "Biden/Obama ruined this country" ---Spray tan user

The problem is he'd be throwing his buddies under the bus too, even if the contract wasn't signed by his government.

 

[thenorth]

Does anyone know how much we’re charging Mosaic to run bus replacement services when Line 6 is offline? I hope it’s an astronomical amount

 

[thenorth]

From what I’ve seen, I’m completely convinced that we can get this thing down to sub-30 minute end-to-end travel times. It’s beyond frustrating that Metrolinx’s incompetence has put us in this position.

I also have no idea why Metrolinx is targeting about 33 minute travel times, when faster is clearly possible. Why are we intentionally targeting slow and mediocre speeds?

The Scotty Principle?

Sure, probably.

The problem now is that Mosaic (and others) are now seemingly contractually obligated to provide mediocrity, rather than excellence. We’re now in a position where they (TTC/MX/Mosaic) don’t even want to run trains faster because that’s not what was agreed upon. It’s maddening.

 

[thenorth]

Honest to god I just with the TTC had built, operated and maintained this thing. What a disaster. Having the operator, owner, builder and maintainers being distinct from each other was a horrible decision.

If I had my way, I would legislatively terminate the contract, transfer ownership to the TTC, and give the TTC a big pile of cash and a few years to figure out how to fix this white elephant.

 

[Mr.Tang]

Whose cash would you give them?