scarberiankhatru
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They lowered Bloor to 30 and put all of Eglinton West up to 31 or 32. That's petty. Kettal trotted that chart out here to 'prove' that Bloor isn't faster, which you'd know if you read the thread, so the tweak worked.
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They lowered Bloor to 30 and put all of Eglinton West up to 31 or 32. That's petty. Kettal trotted that chart out here to 'prove' that Bloor isn't faster, which you'd know if you read the thread, so the tweak worked.
nfitz
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That's extremely petty! But if you know that, why do it?
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
So people look at that chart and think "Oh, it's faster than the subway!" Duh.
The 31-32km/hr actual subway times also include the entire trip from Kipling to Kipling, including two turnarounds, so the real difference is probably a lot more than ~1km/hr of vehicle speed while moving, especially since 31-32 is not the average projected speed, but what might be attainable given good luck and good management (ha). EAs and reports and so on are written by people for people and are always filled with little jabs at alternatives some people take at face value, as happened in this thread. A particularly cheap shot was displayed during the SRT replacement open houses back in 2006 or so, when a $500M renovation would supposedly leave money left over for other projects while a $1.2B subway extension would supposedly steal money from other projects.
Dan416
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Yeah it's pretty obvious and petty why they would do that. It might not be "cooking" the numbers but it's definitely a miscarriage of justice. Or misappropriation of facts. Or something.
Fresh Start
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Which is why it's paramount that the public always maintains a healthy suspicion of authority when it comes to their statistics. Criticism is our best antidote from error.