Leo_Chan
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Maybe the TTC has to officially report a problem at the Google Transit Partners site.
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pstogios
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Do you know the appropriate contact at the TTC to request that they do this?
drum118
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St. Albans off/on ramp for northbound Kipling is now open and will make access to the new PPUDO a lot easier than the old way.
Johnny Au
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The TTC obviously has a GIS department. Contact them.
WillTo
Senior Member
Line 1 Closure (Lawrence to St. clair) looks like it will go ahead this weekend.
But Sept 22/23, Oct 13/14, and Oct 20/21 closures already cancelled.
But Sept 22/23, Oct 13/14, and Oct 20/21 closures already cancelled.
pstogios
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I don’t even know there was such a thing called GIS, let alone that TTC has a department. Thank you. I couldn’t find this department online but I will just send a note to the main customer service email.
Neutrino
Senior Member
Any updates on Line 1 ATC resignalling between Finch and Union?
Sandpit
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That's because transit is really more of an secondary business (perhaps you can even say an afterthought) for Google Maps (they're mainly a business listing and driving navigation app). That's why apps like Moovit and the Transit app can be successful despite Google Maps being preinstalled on Android devices, and why I've stopped using Google Maps for transit.
Actually I think Moovit has the yellow line stop at Sheppard West too, but they also denote the actual (less stylized) path of rapid transit lines in grey, and that line goes to VMC. As for the Transit app, the yellow line there goes all the way to VMC, but they still have Viva Purple going to Pioneer Village (on the map only, schedules/stops/trip planner are fine).
steveintoronto
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Through no fault of their own....I hope you don't mean in the geological sense.
nfitz
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Probably will take years - took forever for the 2012 London Overground extension to complete the southern circle Clapham Junction to show up - though I see it's there now. Though they still don't show the London Overground services out of Liverpool Street over 3 years later.
Ah, I see they finally added the 20-month old Second Avenue subway line in New York City - although this station name could do with some work - https://www.google.ca/maps/place/No...!8m2!3d40.7778447!4d-73.9514047!5m1!1e2?hl=en
Perhaps they should privatize Google so it's more responsive and quicker!
drum118
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I saw a few stations in Montreal with these markings, but most don't have them that I saw.
TTC testing platform markers to improve customer flow
September 6, 2018
The TTC has installed new markers and accessibility symbols along the platform at York University Station to enable customers to see where the doors will open and to indicate where priority seating is located on the train.
This pilot project is designed to improve both customer flow and service reliability by indicating the areas to keep clear for those exiting trains.
With the new Automatic Train Control (ATC) system operating on the Line 1 extension, the TTC is already testing ways to take advantage of the technology to improve operating efficiency where it can. These markers are possible because ATC stops trains at the same precise position along the platform every time it enters a station.
York University Station was selected as the pilot site because it is the busiest non-terminal station within the ATC service area. The durability of the markings and impacts on customer flow will be monitored throughout the fall before expanding the program.
While trains mainly operate in ATC mode between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations, there may be times, as the TTC continues to install and test the system, the trains will operate in manual mode and may not line up with markers.
When fully rolled out on Line 1, ATC will improve service reliability and provide an option to increase capacity on the line.
TTC testing platform markers to improve customer flow
September 6, 2018
The TTC has installed new markers and accessibility symbols along the platform at York University Station to enable customers to see where the doors will open and to indicate where priority seating is located on the train.
This pilot project is designed to improve both customer flow and service reliability by indicating the areas to keep clear for those exiting trains.
With the new Automatic Train Control (ATC) system operating on the Line 1 extension, the TTC is already testing ways to take advantage of the technology to improve operating efficiency where it can. These markers are possible because ATC stops trains at the same precise position along the platform every time it enters a station.
York University Station was selected as the pilot site because it is the busiest non-terminal station within the ATC service area. The durability of the markings and impacts on customer flow will be monitored throughout the fall before expanding the program.
While trains mainly operate in ATC mode between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations, there may be times, as the TTC continues to install and test the system, the trains will operate in manual mode and may not line up with markers.
When fully rolled out on Line 1, ATC will improve service reliability and provide an option to increase capacity on the line.
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steveintoronto
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It's been months since I've loaded up Google Earth Pro, and have yet to load the KML files to layer on rail and transit lines.
That might be the solution for cities to do if others already haven't done so.
Getting a lot of hits Googling (pardon the self-reference) on that:
Google: https://www.google.ca/search?q=Goog...32j0j7&client=ubuntu&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
nephersir7
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They used to be everywhere, but the STM removed them from some lines when they started running trains with different door placements.
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Marking where doors are is great but only if the train stops in exactly the right spot. With ATC it should be able to, with human drivers it often will not. I hope we do not 'see more of it' until it will actually work.
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You said you wanted to "see more of it" which I took to mean "of this". As we both now say, more of PED will not work, at least not yet.