W. K. Lis
Superstar
Doesn't have to be grass. How about water? With optional fountains.
Note the bollards.
Note the bollards.
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Doesn't have to be grass. How about water?
Note the bollards.
Seeing as it's the waterfront, maybe some small fountains at each intersection could do the trick?
http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread...elivery-bombardier.3263/page-389#post-1025273
Flush mount so streetcars and emergency vehicles can easily drive over them, yet a visual cue to drivers and pedestrians that they shouldn't be there. Or even place a switch on the tracks that lowers the fountains as a streetcar passes.
I mentioned using water in the new streetcar thread, but a different application:
The only problem with water is what happens to it in the winter it freezes to ice. Keep in mind every outdoor fountain in the city has to be drained every fall so the pipes don't freeze and result in an expensive replacement like the one between the rogers centre and the CN tower.
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Then at the third intersection a few young Asian girls who didn't seem to speak much English got on using the front door and were trying to figure out how to flash their day pass, while another was trying to figure out where to put their token. The only thing at the front loading door is a Presto Machine and they were looking all over it. They were trying to ask the driver, but in the new streetcars he's so far away (and didn't bother to turn around to speak) so you couldn't hear a word he was saying. Another customer had to point them to the middle? back? or somewhere else for their token to be deposited.
Then at the fourth intersection an older German(?) couple got on using the front door and were trying to figure out how to pay with their tickets. All they could see was the Presto machine saying "Place card here" so he was trying to place his ticket on it. Again, the driver was useless and so I spoke up and said that apparently another rider had said there was a machine further back?? But that I wasn't sure. ...
They were supposed to a complete fleet of the Bombardier Outlooks already on the 510 Spadina and the 509 Harbourfront by now. They should continue having guides on the streetcars on the 510 and 509 until all the streetcars are the new Outlooks, to help passengers on how to use the new procedures.
Which also makes me add that when I got off the subway at Union I was trying to find the tunnel to the 5109/510 streetcar and there was a lack of signage. I got off and walked the platform looking for the entrance and didn't see it, so I walked up stairs and looked around and the only sign I saw was in the stairwell for the other platform, where I then walked half of the platform before I finally saw the opening. Isn't there some way that when you arrive there can be a sign saying that streetcars are on the other platform? I'd say the Island/Ferry Terminal, Queens Quay and Billy Bishop are major enough tourist destinations to warrant more signage for the streetcars...and I LIVE downtown!
It sounds like your issue was with one cyclist. I walked the whole length of Queen's Quay today and saw two cyclists who didn't stop at the lights while all the others did. So yes, there are cyclists who blow lights, but along that stretch from what I have seen (I live in the area), they are the exception and not the rule.
The rest of your beef is about the TTC, which could happen anywhere, not just on Queen's Quay.