SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
The T logos are the new standard for Metrolinx. They will be used on all upcoming projects, and have already been deployed at various GO bus stops throughout the GTHA. And yes, they look like Boston’s transit logos!
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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The T logos are the new standard for Metrolinx. They will be used on all upcoming projects, and have already been deployed at various GO bus stops throughout the GTHA. And yes, they look like Boston’s transit logos!
robmausser
Senior Member
Unfortunately it cost half the LRT budget and Finch West will now be Doug Ford picking you up in a rickshaw.
Voltz
Senior Member
It's also an entrance to the Subway Station
Streety McCarface
Senior Member
That logic just doesn't make sense. All grade-separated stations should have fare gates. Having faregates at a subway station doesn't stop someone from walking to the next station, getting on a train, and taking a free ride, or entering a station, and getting on a bus at Mt. Dennis, Keelesdale, Caledonia, and Science Centre. Just putting the faregates in would reduce the need for fare inspectors to check fares at Kennedy, Eglinton West, and Eglinton-Yonge, which would probably cost more than installing the gates at all stations (not stops) along the line.
H4F33Z
Active Member
The crosstown stations have dedicated spots ready when the TTC eventually decides to install fare gates.
Coolstar
Senior Member
I could tolerate Eglinton having some degree of priority but this is ridiculous. From the Metrolinx engage page:https://www.metrolinxengage.com/en/comment/4483#comment-4483
''Any signal priority on finch?'' Answer: ''The Finch West LRT will not have signal priority."
''Any signal priority on finch?'' Answer: ''The Finch West LRT will not have signal priority."
Steve X
Senior Member
We'll have to suggest to the TTC to rename this as Line 536 and add it to the streetcar map
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
I actually laughed out loud. You hit the nail on the head.
Amare
Senior Member
They might as well at it to the streetcar map because this is not a true LRT line; it's just a new St.Clair West styled streetcar line with coupled LRVs.
Of course we can always count on the city to screw up new technological implementations.
Of course we can always count on the city to screw up new technological implementations.
Voltz
Senior Member
A least it appears Finch will have better shelters. and actual concrete barriers to help keep vehicles off the surface platforms, unlike Eglinton.
Coolstar
Senior Member
The LRVs on Finch aren't even gonna be coupled. Just 15m longer than the streetcars. Unlike Eglinton it isn't too late to at least to convince them to implement signal priority or at the very least, some limited priority like on Eglinton.
Allandale25
Senior Member
^ Why would it be too late for Finch or Eglinton? If it the running time isn't working well on either Finch or Eglinton, why couldn't they invest to improve it?
11th
Senior Member
What I think - for proper signal priority to be in place with the lines' current configuration, traffic on the intersecting arterials will be affected; and the city's not allowing that to happen.
If they are serious about that, they should have had the rails ducked under major intersections, while leaving the rest (including minor intersections) at-grade. That would make any implementation of signal priority so much easier.
ADRM
Senior Member
brb, starting the campaign for the “Finch Street Pilot” to get the streetcar moving again on Finch.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Coupling will depend on ridership. They can couple them should ridership increase. They could couple them during the rush hours and decouple in off-peak hours.