Dan416
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Cool video. I liked the the third part because that was new to me.
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TTC: Other Items (catch all)
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Electrify
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Imagine if when building the PATH, we made provisions to easily install a subway or underground LRT (like how we made provisions for an underground rail when building the Bloor viaduct).
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
[video=youtube;WP49EOeN8_o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP49EOeN8_o#t=47[/video]
Andy Byford and Brad Ross take us on a tour of "Bay Lower"* and of how construction is progressing on our new Queen Subway line
*(erm... Lower Bay is what I've heard everyone call it)
Andy Byford and Brad Ross take us on a tour of "Bay Lower"* and of how construction is progressing on our new Queen Subway line
*(erm... Lower Bay is what I've heard everyone call it
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innsertnamehere
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Hmm I never knew about the abandoned entrance at Queen.. I bet there will be a duplicate of that at Dundas soon with the Atrium expansion, albeit a smaller one, if it isn't completely filled. (Probably just the staircase itself)
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Shhh... you spoiled their surprise. I don't think too many people knew about that entrance.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
What about the streetcar platform staircases at the old Bloor station transfer platforms at Yonge, before the 2 Bloor-Danforth subway?
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Electrify
Senior Member
So any thoughts on the new TTC Chair?
ehlow
Senior Member
Too bad there isn't a transfer platform at King, Queen or College to connect the streetcars and the subways so you don't need a paper transfer.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Why can't there be transfer platforms for the bus routes so the buses don't have to turn off the street to do off-street transfers?
ehlow
Senior Member
I came across this Chicago BRT project and I found it pretty interesting:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/chicagos-big-bet-bus/8499/
It seems to be very similar to the Transit City surface LRTs being in the middle of the road, except of course with buses instead of light rail vehicles, and with the stations in the middle instead of outside.
To me, it seems to be essentially the same thing as a surface LRT, except that I guess each vehicle has much less capacity.
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/chicagos-big-bet-bus/8499/
It seems to be very similar to the Transit City surface LRTs being in the middle of the road, except of course with buses instead of light rail vehicles, and with the stations in the middle instead of outside.
To me, it seems to be essentially the same thing as a surface LRT, except that I guess each vehicle has much less capacity.
DKsan
Active Member
Custom vehicles too, since they need buses with doors on the left for centre platforms.
drum118
Superstar
They could be duel side doors like it was done for the Cleveland BRT. There will be less seats than the standard bus. Most likely artic's buses.
BRT have yet fully fill ridership numbers in NA compare to LRT lines. The poor boy as upfront cost are only been looked at.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Why? Don't they have busses with left side doors for places that drive on the left side of the road.
Fred.S
Active Member
On most BRT systems of that type (the South American style BRT), they usually have the main doors on the left at platform level, and one regular door on the front right at curb level, for the driver, and in case people have to get off in-between stops (if the route or station got blocked or the bus breaks down or whatever). Buses can also be cheaper and have slightly higher capacity, because they are high-floor.
drum118
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Not in NA. Only a few NA transit systems have left side doors, but most have doors on both sides.
Only a few places in the world have doors on the left side and that because they drive in the opposite hand road lanes compare to most of the world.
UK, Australia are the first that to come to mind driving on the left compare to the right and there are other places.
Cleveland BRT in Mississauga June 25-2008 with doors on both sides
