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TTC: Flexity Streetcars Testing & Delivery (Bombardier)

This commission report from September 2010 shows that they ordered flange lubrication devices on half of the new fleet, and a few other options.

https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Co...upplementary_Reports/Procure_Auth_Amend_L.pdf

The idea is that the lubrication has a residual effect on the rails so they don't think the entire fleet needs to be equipped, I don't remember hearing if they decided to order it for the other half of the fleet as well.
 
Voltz said:
This commission report from September 2010 shows that they ordered flange lubrication devices on half of the new fleet, and a few other options.

https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Co...upplementary_Reports/Procure_Auth_Amend_L.pdf

The idea is that the lubrication has a residual effect on the rails so they don't think the entire fleet needs to be equipped, I don't remember hearing if they decided to order it for the other half of the fleet as well.
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Maybe the half without the lubrication feature will only run when the roads are wet from snow or rain.
 
It will be a while before our Bombardier Flexity Outlook model actually goes into service on the streets of Toronto. So, in the meantime, here's a video of Innsbruck, Austria's Bombardier Flexity Outlook model (with different specs) on its streets:

[video=youtube_share;tVcHwmNz-3Q]http://youtu.be/tVcHwmNz-3Q[/video]
 
Meanwhile, volunteers are at standby for the next stages of weight tests, braking tests, acceleration tests, incline tests, etc. when needed next.

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W. K. Lis said:
Maybe the half without the lubrication feature will only run when the roads are wet from snow or rain.
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Actually they gave the reason why in the report (p. 3)

Tests by staff and industrial reviews have demonstrated that the applied lubricant would have residual effect on the rail. It is therefore predicted that only half of the fleet of 204 vehicles is required to be out fitted with the wheel flange lubrication system to achieve the noise mitigation objective.

The option to outfit the remaining half of the fleet of vehicles will be reserved and pricing to the upset limit will be further negotiated with Bombardier to take advantage of the economies of scale.
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AoD
 
W. K. Lis said:
What would be the chances that ALL the vehicles WITHOUT the lubrication going out and NONE of the ones without lubrication are not in service? Flip a coin. Just hope its raining should that happen.
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More likely that they won't end up programming the GPS coordinates into the system properly properly and some curves will be missing.
 
That video of Austria is depressing. Look at how many cyclists, trams, and pedestrians there are. No gridlock, no cars, no noise, no pollution. I'm very envious of those who get to live in places like that.
 
RC8 said:
That video of Austria is depressing. Look at how many cyclists, trams, and pedestrians there are. No gridlock, no cars, no noise, no pollution. I'm very envious of those who get to live in places like that.
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Vienna's city centre is impressive for that reason. You see all the urban planning theory about providing alternatives to the car to combat congestion in play. There are bike lanes on the streets and on sidewalks, wide sidewalks, bus-only lanes, tram right of ways that leave only a single lane for cars or use entire narrow streets. Planning embraces innovation. Everything but the car is prioritized. Traffic congestion in the city centre doesn't seem to be an issue, and everything seems to work beautifully. But when you go towards some of the suburbs to get to the freeways far from the city centre, the gridlock can be amazing. That's where the alternatives to cars aren't available to nearly the same extent.
 
junctionist said:
Vienna's city centre is impressive for that reason. You see all the urban planning theory about providing alternatives to the car to combat congestion in play. There are bike lanes on the streets and on sidewalks, wide sidewalks, bus-only lanes, tram right of ways that leave only a single lane for cars or use entire narrow streets. Planning embraces innovation. Everything but the car is prioritized. Traffic congestion in the city centre doesn't seem to be an issue, and everything seems to work beautifully. But when you go towards some of the suburbs to get to the freeways far from the city centre, the gridlock can be amazing. That's where the alternatives to cars aren't available to nearly the same extent.
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Yes Vienna is very friendly for pedestrians, cycles and lack of traffic.

Zurich is the same
[video=youtube;olgaNufvKIc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olgaNufvKIc[/video]
 
RC8 said:
That video of Austria is depressing. Look at how many cyclists, trams, and pedestrians there are. No gridlock, no cars, no noise, no pollution. I'm very envious of those who get to live in places like that.
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Cities of just over 100k in population that had their built form largely defined centuries before the automobile was invented? ;)
 
TOareaFan said:
Cities of just over 100k in population that had their built form largely defined centuries before the automobile was invented? ;)
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Hmm, though I know similar cities in England, and often they seem to have the worst grid lock, with too narrow roads, and all the regional traffic trying to drive through the city centre ... though many have been remediated by by-passes ... there still always seems to be a lot of traffic in the city centres.
 
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