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I say that cause Line 5 is written all over the platform. If you’re wayfinding and don’t realize that, it’s already a problem.
Oh sorry, I wasn’t referring to the blank screens. I meant the 5A car screens only displaying the station name and nothing more. Something like “Next station”, or “Arriving at”, I thought, would make things clearer.
That's not quite true.
You'd be surprised the amount of people I see who speak English, see the 905 goes to Kennedy and still ask the driver if it does, people in this city are confusing...
Once, my grade 5 class was heading back west from a field trip to the Science Centre and a Flemingdon Park bus clearly saying "to Eglinton Station" pulled up... despite a couple of us who lived along Eglinton and also the bus driver pleading with the guy that yes, this bus goes to the station, our teacher decided to wait outside in the dead of winter for the 34 to come anyway. Clearly some things are just never truly foolproof.
This reminds me of a current pet peeve, which may be an indication of why passengers might not trust what drivers say. I've see this happen a few times at the bus platform at Broadview station, but it could happen anywhere. A bus pulls up to the wrong bay, opens its doors, a crowd rushes in without looking at the sign on the bus, and the driver never tells anyone it's not the bus they think it is. I have got on the wrong bus because of this, and the driver never made an announcement. Since then, I've seen drivers do this several times, and if they were to make an announcement over the intercom, saying "attention passengers, this is the xxx bus", I'm sure I'd see a lot of people get out at once. Instead, no one gets out, the bus pulls away, and I'm sure many passengers aren't aware of which bus they are on. I believe this happens at times where the platforms are crowded, and the driver wants to be helpful by taking passengers away as soon as possible, without waiting for the right bay to open up. They can do that, but they're missing an important step. Has anyone else seen this, or had it happen to them?
Aren't they supposed to be all-weather vehicles? Are they really being neglected?
Your assertion that they are not receiving maintenance requires proof.
Nonsense. The lifespan of one these vehicles is around 30 years, a few years of not being used on anything, provided they are regularly turned on and given a chance to move (I would assume they are, given the test runs), won't tip the scale much. It's not like they've been parked away on some yard track and left untouched since they were delivered. If anything, regular service, running 18-20 hours a day, and being regularly subject to road salt in the winter, would wear them down much faster.
