TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[achender]

Off to a quick start redoing the intersection at Broadview and Dundas.

 

[TransitBart]

One of the most beat up intersections in the streetcar network that I can think of. The pavement was Swiss cheese.

 

[Streety McCarface]

The Scarborough RT aka Line 3 has the side signs and the exterior announcements on all of the trains today.

Didn't the old chimes go away as well?

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Didn't the old chimes go away as well?

Possibly I think they are played through the same sytem as the ancoumnet

 

[Steve X]

The Scarborough RT aka Line 3 has the side signs and the exterior announcements on all of the trains today.

So the first video's announcement says Line 3 to Kennedy but the sign says Line 3 to McCowan.

 

[Richard White]

Just noticed the Byford Bunker at Union. Any idea what it's for?

 

[Leo_Chan]

Just noticed the Byford Bunker at Union. Any idea what it's for?

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Maybe it’s for ticket sales and the fare collector booths with be abandoned/removed? I’m just guessing here.

 

[DSC]

Maybe it’s for ticket sales and the fare collector booths with be abandoned/removed? I’m just guessing here.

That was my assumption, somewhere for the new "station attendents' to hang out. It has better sight-lines over the whole of that level.

 

[Richard White]

Maybe it’s for ticket sales and the fare collector booths with be abandoned/removed? I’m just guessing here.

At first glance I was think crowd control. I don't think they can completely remove the booth as the fire panel is in there.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

So the first video's announcement says Line 3 to Kennedy but the sign says Line 3 to McCowan.

I think it may have been showing the correct sign to the platform side I'm not really sure as I saw a couple that where heading toKenedy that said McCowan on the side away from the platform.

 

[Richard White]

I think it may have been showing the correct sign to the platform side I'm not really sure as I saw a couple that where heading toKenedy that said McCowan on the side away from the platform.

I think they are still working out the kinks.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

I think they are still working out the kinks.

That's what I thinking too. They are probably using it as a test since it only has two destination points.

 

[Richard White]

That's what I thinking too. They are probably using it as a test since it only has two destination points.

I am still waiting for a screwup in the vein of.. "Line 3 - Scarborough RT to Hell*

 

[drum118]

Streetcars account for half of deadly TTC collisions with pedestrians, cyclists

 

[Streety McCarface]

Streetcars account for half of deadly TTC collisions with pedestrians, cyclists

There’s a very simple explanation for this:

The streetcar network is centred in downtown and old Toronto — where the vast majority of people walk and bike around. It’s not the fault of the vehicle, but of the location.