steveintoronto
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Great comments. Swearing helps, but it doesn't get change. Observations like these should.
PA first: If there was an emergency...we'd all be fugged! Seriously, like locking that 29 bus with passengers inside with the bomb scare a few months back on (407?)(403?)...it speaks volumes to the nit-brain terrorists that Toronto is an easy target, why the OPP even orders the bus locked! It's a terrorist freakin' dream! What the hell are they thinking? Ditto GO. And the TTC while we're at it. Late trips are one thing, *the complete lack of communications* are another! How did it get this far? Seriously, who the hell is at the 'controls'?
And you've all hit the nail on the head, all of you, the comments align from every vector expressed.
Something that is now obvious is that there *isn't* some sophisticated software organizing much of this, and there should be...*with manual over-ride* if need be. Software is always buggy. And I shouldn't have to add, but as Delta Airlines absurdly makes clear: with a back-up system. Duh!
Have the software that assigns trains to platforms also *automatically* visually, audibly and by Wi-Fi, inform passengers at the same time the assignment is made. Just like automatic train control, a human operator is only involved as a stand-by/backup. This is done in many *modern* cities. The fact that Presto has been so buggy does not instill confidence though.
If GO has had visits from the security experts, they have dick all to show for it. Half the buses have faulty PA systems, you can hear the speaker connections rattle in and out, not to mention the awful quality of Class D amplifiers, but that's my prejudice showing...I'm a tech.
Let's see what excuses are proffered, and why this is all so beyond them...
Edit to Add: MD writes: [Science fiction? Maybe not in ten or fifteen years] I bet you it is extant already! I'll dig on that. What you describe is simple algorithms. Some fully automated subway systems already do that, so must some heavy rail systems, the Swedes, Germans or Japanese optimize at that endeavour.
I'll dig, and see what's out there, post later.
extensive signage that is actually legible
PA that is actually audible above the roaring diesel locomotives.
I want to reinforce that point.
But any kind of terrorist activity is the last thing this city needs.
Integrate it all properly, too. Keep the trains and station/platforms automatically in sync.
PA first: If there was an emergency...we'd all be fugged! Seriously, like locking that 29 bus with passengers inside with the bomb scare a few months back on (407?)(403?)...it speaks volumes to the nit-brain terrorists that Toronto is an easy target, why the OPP even orders the bus locked! It's a terrorist freakin' dream! What the hell are they thinking? Ditto GO. And the TTC while we're at it. Late trips are one thing, *the complete lack of communications* are another! How did it get this far? Seriously, who the hell is at the 'controls'?
And you've all hit the nail on the head, all of you, the comments align from every vector expressed.
Something that is now obvious is that there *isn't* some sophisticated software organizing much of this, and there should be...*with manual over-ride* if need be. Software is always buggy. And I shouldn't have to add, but as Delta Airlines absurdly makes clear: with a back-up system. Duh!
Have the software that assigns trains to platforms also *automatically* visually, audibly and by Wi-Fi, inform passengers at the same time the assignment is made. Just like automatic train control, a human operator is only involved as a stand-by/backup. This is done in many *modern* cities. The fact that Presto has been so buggy does not instill confidence though.
If GO has had visits from the security experts, they have dick all to show for it. Half the buses have faulty PA systems, you can hear the speaker connections rattle in and out, not to mention the awful quality of Class D amplifiers, but that's my prejudice showing...I'm a tech.
Let's see what excuses are proffered, and why this is all so beyond them...
Edit to Add: MD writes: [Science fiction? Maybe not in ten or fifteen years] I bet you it is extant already! I'll dig on that. What you describe is simple algorithms. Some fully automated subway systems already do that, so must some heavy rail systems, the Swedes, Germans or Japanese optimize at that endeavour.
I'll dig, and see what's out there, post later.
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