TOareaFan
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turns out it was not that hard after all
Tess Kalinowski @TessKalinowski 22s22 seconds ago
The 8th new Bombardier streetcar is ready for service on Spadina and Harbourfront, according to the TTC. #TTC #TOpoli
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Tess Kalinowski @TessKalinowski 22s22 seconds ago
The 8th new Bombardier streetcar is ready for service on Spadina and Harbourfront, according to the TTC. #TTC #TOpoli
nfitz
Superstar
Yes, 4409 is in service on 510 right now.
8 down, 256 to go. At 8 per year ... should be all here by 2047.
8 down, 256 to go. At 8 per year ... should be all here by 2047.
pstogios
Senior Member
No excuses for Bombardier tonight?
nfitz
Superstar
I keep saying that heads should be rolling at Bombardier. Simply because I've also pointed out people making false claims about the situation doesn't mean I don't think Bombardier hasn't screwed this up royally.
You seem to think my hidden agenda is protecting Bombardier somehow ... it isn't. My not so hidden agenda is my inability to suffer fools gladly.
pstogios
Senior Member
It might be ready but it isn't in service today (yet).
nfitz
Superstar
4409? It was on Spadina last night. And Nextbus shows it on Spadina right now ... 6 of 8 cars in service this morning - which I'd think is about the most we'd see.
pstogios
Senior Member
No, 4410.
AlbertHWagstaff
Senior Member
4410 hasn't been delivered yet.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Gawd, just looking how when this thread was started - 2006. 9 years after the first hints of public discussion around the procurement of new streetcars and we are still at the beginning stages of making them operational. How's that for efficiency and effectiveness?
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the lemur
Senior Member
I'm not sure what the TTC's practices are in terms of 'ready for service' vs actually being in service. I'm on and around Spadina pretty much every day but yesterday I don't think I saw a single Flexity running anywhere.
FC_
New Member
One in service, another out... Just saw this on my way in to work:
cplchanb
Senior Member
looks like the pickup tried to make a left and got rammed...I wonder whoes at fault...
nfitz
Superstar
Turn left where? It's a streetcar-only ROW there. Nowhere to turn left heading northbound on Spadina from Queens Quay until Bremner/Fort York at the top of the hill in the distance. You can see a no left-turn sign in the photo (because the roadway there is one-way east).
I'm not understanding how the pick-up ended up in that position.
I'm not understanding how the pick-up ended up in that position.
FC_
New Member
Yeah it's pretty confusing how the truck ended up on the tracks there. The impact is on its left side, so it was heading east? Could it have run the red at Lake Shore crossing the tracks and been pushed that far down?
Tuscani01
Senior Member
I had literally just gone through that same point just before this happened!
I have a feeling that the truck was making a left turn from Spadina onto Lake Shore Eastbound. The light has been changed so that the streetcar now has priority and goes through BEFORE cars can make a left. The left turn cycle comes at the end just before the light goes red. Many cars begin to make a left turn, assuming the left turn light will go on, when that is no longer the case, and hasn't been for months now.
BUTTTT.... This morning, I waited 3 light cycles, and the left turn signal failed to turn on at all. It caused a massive backup along Spadina past Fort York Boulevard/Bremner. I think there may be a defect with the signal, and wouldn't be surprised if cars were just running the red because of that issue. I nearly did it this morning too because the left turn signal simply wasnt working.
I have a feeling that the truck was making a left turn from Spadina onto Lake Shore Eastbound. The light has been changed so that the streetcar now has priority and goes through BEFORE cars can make a left. The left turn cycle comes at the end just before the light goes red. Many cars begin to make a left turn, assuming the left turn light will go on, when that is no longer the case, and hasn't been for months now.
BUTTTT.... This morning, I waited 3 light cycles, and the left turn signal failed to turn on at all. It caused a massive backup along Spadina past Fort York Boulevard/Bremner. I think there may be a defect with the signal, and wouldn't be surprised if cars were just running the red because of that issue. I nearly did it this morning too because the left turn signal simply wasnt working.