APTA-2048
Senior Member
My mistake. Is there any more coverage on the new subway cars other than what you posted and the Twitter link that was posted?
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My mistake. Is there any more coverage on the new subway cars other than what you posted and the Twitter link that was posted?
EnviroTO
Senior Member
On the provincial website there was a video which came with the streetcar funding announcement which shows the progress being made on the new streetcars.
CodeMonkey
Active Member
Do you have the link?
EnviroTO
Senior Member
The Premier's news release website.
http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/index.php
Click "New Streetcars On Track For Toronto"
http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/index.php
Click "New Streetcars On Track For Toronto"
khris
Senior Member
Sweet! I can't wait to use the new trains.
What are those other bi-level trains shown in the video? They're blue, white and red.
What are those other bi-level trains shown in the video? They're blue, white and red.
unimaginative2
Senior Member
Those are bilevels and, from the look of the livery, they're being built for Trinity Railway Express, the commuter service in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Platform 27
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I reckon those bilevels are bound for Salt Lake City's FrontRunner system. The asymmetrical livery is pretty distinct.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Say... doesn't that look like OUR new subway train?
Actually, it's from Beijing. From the Overhead Wire website.
Say, why is the rest of world using GREEN for their exit signs, while Ontario uses RED? Doesn't RED mean STOP? And GREEN mean GO? I do think the TTC uses green at the turnstiles for exit, opposite to Ontario standards for exit.
Actually, it's from Beijing. From the Overhead Wire website.
Say, why is the rest of world using GREEN for their exit signs, while Ontario uses RED? Doesn't RED mean STOP? And GREEN mean GO? I do think the TTC uses green at the turnstiles for exit, opposite to Ontario standards for exit.
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It's a North American thing. We really should use green for exit signs - they are easier to see in a fire as well.
UD2
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something about the colour red cannot be seen by a person with a rather "wide spread" eye function disability.
don't qoute me though. I've only vaguely heard about this.
Plus, North America have planty of its own things that does not align with the rest of the world. The pattern of pedestrian crosswalks for example. Toronto has only recently adopted the international standard, the rest of the New World is still stuck in between the two very thin lines.
don't qoute me though. I've only vaguely heard about this.
Plus, North America have planty of its own things that does not align with the rest of the world. The pattern of pedestrian crosswalks for example. Toronto has only recently adopted the international standard, the rest of the New World is still stuck in between the two very thin lines.
wyliepoon
Senior Member
The green exit icon with the Chinese character and the English word 'EXIT' below (3rd photo in the linked page) was borrowed from Hong Kong's MTR. Interestingly, since pretty much every Chinese subway system (with the exception of the original Beijing subway, which predates the MTR) has styled its signage after the MTR, that green icon can be seen in almost every Chinese subway station.
UD2
Active Member
must be ego boosting...
if it works it works. And when it comes to signs, if it works then everybody should use it.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
The Ontario Fire Code should be updated as far as emergency exit signs go. We should be migrating to the standard of green coloured signs since we are trained to move on green (fire burns red, red means stop, green means go). In addition we should adopt the person running out the door symbol which has also been adopted in many places.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
The universal emergency exit is a running stick figure, sometimes with flames on the side.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Since the first delivery of the 39 six-car trainsets are to arrive in Toronto by 2009 (Hey! That's this year!), here's some information from Bombardier:
