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Opinion... that Tory isn't looking to beat MFP for Toronto's biggest scandal.
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TTC Annual Service Plan for 2020 (Updated)
This article is the second part of a series on the TTC’s 5 Year Service Plan & 10 Year Outlook. Just after I posted the article, the TTC replied to several queries about its content. This…stevemunro.ca
Tell the bean counters how wrong they were not doing a 1:1 replacement in place of the current 204 on order, as well City Councilor back in 2005.Anytime you have more complexity in a system it is always more expensive and more difficult to run. That doesn't need to be debated, thats Business 101.
First of all, "no issues" sounds like a laymen talk, every system has issues. So you are already losing credibility towards your argument. Secondly, just because a system has an acceptable amount of issues or complexity does not mean that it applies to our situation or that a better solution or outcome isn't possible given the parameters. Perhaps these european cities have a network that requires multiple types of vehicles, or maybe they were not given the opportunity to continue with an add-on order of the same vehicles. etc. etc.
I believe it was a mistake to not order more vehicles, and just out of wanting to come off as retributive towards Bombardier, sticking it to them for their delays, WE will be the ones that suffer, due to the complexity of a different streetcar tender.
We cut off our nose to spite the face.
And this is different from buses, how? We run three electric prototypes and what four different diesels? Seven?So because another city runs less efficiently that means we should too?
If they get another fleet and both fleets are big enough, the complexity of having two fleets that works with the current system shouldn't be a problem. Once drivers are trained, they should be able to drive both fleets while workers need to maintain both types of parts. The cost might be initially higher to store parts and train on two different types of vehicles but if BBD vehicles continue to underperform while a new fleet performs much better, that initial extra cost would make up for the low reliability of the Flexitys. There is no point of continuing to buy lemons and not knowing they'll even last 30 years.Anytime you have more complexity in a system it is always more expensive and more difficult to run. That doesn't need to be debated, thats Business 101.
First of all, "no issues" sounds like a laymen talk, every system has issues. So you are already losing credibility towards your argument. Secondly, just because a system has an acceptable amount of issues or complexity does not mean that it applies to our situation or that a better solution or outcome isn't possible given the parameters. Perhaps these european cities have a network that requires multiple types of vehicles, or maybe they were not given the opportunity to continue with an add-on order of the same vehicles. etc. etc.
I believe it was a mistake to not order more vehicles, and just out of wanting to come off as retributive towards Bombardier, sticking it to them for their delays, WE will be the ones that suffer, due to the complexity of a different streetcar tender.
We cut off our nose to spite the face.
Having two fleets with different equipment is nothing new - it was like that for decades in the subway and with streetcars. Between the overlap period of CLRVs with PCCs and then adding the ALRVs, there were three different types of cars running for several years. ALRVs and CLRVs had enough unique equipment that they would have required different parts pools. This shouldn't be a show-stopper by any means.If they get another fleet and both fleets are big enough, the complexity of having two fleets that works with the current system shouldn't be a problem. Once drivers are trained, they should be able to drive both fleets while workers need to maintain both types of parts. The cost might be initially higher to store parts and train on two different types of vehicles but if BBD vehicles continue to underperform while a new fleet performs much better, that initial extra cost would make up for the low reliability of the Flexitys. There is no point of continuing to buy lemons and not knowing they'll even last 30 years.
And this is different from buses, how? We run three electric prototypes and what four different diesels? Seven?
And this is different from buses, how? We run three electric prototypes and what four different diesels? Seven?
It's been discussed in the past but with so many LFLRV in operation now, would the TTC ever switch to opening doors only when the button is pressed? In the winter, every time the door opens cold air floods in and the heater has to be on full blast to keep the car warm. They do this in European cities (even on LRTs) I'm not sure why we can't here or what is the reason not to.
Except that's not what happens most times once the doors are closed and someone outside pushed the button it just calls for a stop request and the person just looks like they are mad at the streetcar driver for leaving them to wait for the one that is not too far behind it.Sure, but they need to mod the buttons so they only work within a limited period of time after the streetcar has stopped. The reason being that what happens with those buttons is that someone will run up to the streetcar right before its about it leave and open the door, delaying the streetcar either a further 20 seconds for the door to open and close, or sometimes minutes as the once green light the streetcar is stopped at turns red and now the streetcar must wait through a red cycle because of this door dasher.
Over the course of 40 stops, even that happening 5 times adds up.