TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[11th]

The numbering looks terrible and just adds clutter to signage. I don't recall ever seeing exits being numbered on any subway system.

Do a search of "u-bahn exit", "seoul subway exit", "tokyo metro exit", plenty of examples worldwide.

 

[W. K. Lis]

An overhead sign in the Osaka subway system indicating that Exit 5 is to the left and Exits 6 through 9 are to the right.

From link.

Exit numbers

In Japan’s major cities, subway stations are often massive underground shopping areas connecting numerous rail platforms operated by different entities. Stations can have dozens of exits making it hard to know which way to proceed when you get off a train. Taking the wrong exit can put you on the wrong side of above-ground train tracks that are very hard to cross, as we found at Shin-Osaka station!

There are three conventions used consistently for exits everywhere we went: the use of yellow, exit names, and yellow circles with exit numbers.

Typically the only thing you want to do when you arrive at a station is to leave (although in Japan one might also add getting lunch), and the consistent yellow signs for exits made it easy to spot this crucial information among all of the other signs present in stations:

Numbering (“1”, “A1”) and labeling (“East”) exits helps when giving directions (e.g. “Meet me outside exit 1.”), and once you’ve identified an exit that works for you the fact that the exit has a name and signs leading you to it helps to find it again when you’re making the same trip later. Google Maps directions even tells you which exit to look for because it knows which is closest to your destination.

Here’s an overhead sign that uses the yellow circle convention of indicating where the exits are by their number.

Some stations are so sprawling that the exit signs are competing for the most complex signage in the station. In the Otemachi subway station in Tokyo there are 42 exits labeled A1-A5, B1-B10, C1-C14, D3-D6, and E1–E2. At one corridor intersection, most of the signage — all of the yellow below — is just about which way to go to get

Other than using Google Maps, figuring out which exit you need can be tricky. There are maps. Here are two examples, the one on the left in a much simpler station than the one on the right.

In stations in busy areas of the city, there are also tables showing which exit to take for different points of interest around the station.

We made use of all of these tools to find our way in these stations. Different tools were most helpful at different times, and we were glad to see so many options available for finding our way.

 

[Towered]

I certainly can't agree that its dumb.

Toronto, while not a 'French City'............does have in/around 400,000 fluent speakers en Francais.

It already has a bilingual English/French University Campus (Glendon); community college (Boreal) and is getting a full-on French University next year.

Its also the capital of a province with 620,000 Francophones, and over 11% of Ontarians are fluently bilingual. That's 1.5M of us.

This is not a big investment, no one is ripping down perfectly good signs; this is about how to design replacements. I don't expect this will be a big deal at all.

I also like the add-on value which is that it makes Toronto 'seem' more international to the world.

That has utility.

Seriously, people really need to get over this boorish "Toronto isn't French" thing - it's so 80's. If anything, Toronto could only stand to benefit from adding some French flair to it wherever possible. Montreal is still setting examples that Toronto would do well to follow.

 

[M II A II R II K]

So next year it’ll be the 100th anniversary of the TTC.

 

[DSC]

Now that the City have connected the new watermain below the streeetcar tracks at Church & Richmond, the TTC have started to replace the trackwork. Good to see this project moving ahead quite fast.

RICHMOND ST E At CHURCH ST

Toronto-TMC: Westbound traffic on Richmond St E is advised to turn at Sherbourne Street to use Queen Street East to travel further west. Crews will repair the concrete and track system.

Closure Type:Construction (Planned)

Time Frame:Continuous

From:May 25, 2020 at 08:00 a.m.

Until:Jun 30, 2020 at 11:00 p.m.

Impact:Major

Road Class:Major Arterial

District:Toronto and East York

Contractor:Toronto Transit Commission

ID:R121156

SEE ALSO: http://ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Construction/Richmond_Church.jsp

 

[Voltz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263920384124112898

 

[drum118]

Temporary changes to TTC 511 Bathurst streetcar route

May 22, 2020

Starting Mon., May 25, the 511 Bathurst streetcar route, which has temporarily been replaced by buses, will be diverting due to construction. The rehabilitation work, which is being undertaken by the City of Toronto and the TTC, will require the Bathurst St. bridge to close to all vehicle and cyclist traffic. During construction, one sidewalk will be available for pedestrian access through the work zone; cyclists may dismount to also use the sidewalk. The 511 and 307 Bathurst routes will divert in both directions via Front St., Spadina Ave. and Fort York Blvd. until the end of 2020.

Construction projects include:

- Rehabilitation of the Bathurst St. bridge between Front St. and Fort York Blvd.
- Two streetcar track renewal projects on Bathurst St. - at the Bathurst Station streetcar loop and the track section between Dundas St. and Wolseley St.
- City watermain work between Front St. and Queen St.

No stops will be missed along the route so customers can still board and disembark at their preferred locations. Travel times may be longer than normal during the construction, depending on the flow of traffic through the area.

Other diversions will be required periodically to accommodate the construction. For the most up-to-date information, customers are encouraged to visit ttc.ca, follow @TTCNotices on Twitter or sign up for eAlerts.

 

[Coolstar]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263920384124112898

Definitely not holding my breath for any funding...

 

[drum118]

I support the closing of the Sheppard subway; as it a money pit of wasted money when an Surface LRT will do the job for the next 50 years. Been calling for its closure for 10 years.

The SRT is going to be scrap sooner or later, as it past its prime and the subway extension is still 10 year plus down the line. Riders will be piss off, as their travel time will be longer and by different routes.

 

[Richard White]

I support the closing of the Sheppard subway; as it a money pit of wasted money when an Surface LRT will do the job for the next 50 years. Been calling for its closure for 10 years.

The SRT is going to be scrap sooner or later, as it past its prime and the subway extension is still 10 year plus down the line. Riders will be piss off, as their travel time will be longer and by different routes.

Careful what you wish for.

Once they close one part they will do what they did when the University Line opened up and close sections late night. Not ideal.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

So next year it’ll be the 100th anniversary of the TTC.

I've never made the connection that the Spanish Flu probably was a partial contributor to the deaths of a few of the old privately-owned transit lines around this time, thus necessitating the city to step in with the formation of the TTC.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263920384124112898

For the time being, operating the Sheppard Subway with this reduced ridership seems like a pretty ridiculous thing to do from an accounting perspective when you can just redirect some of the excess bus capacity to Sheppard and run a more frequent bus route to Yonge.

 

[drum118]

Careful what you wish for.

Once they close one part they will do what they did when the University Line opened up and close sections late night. Not ideal.

If it cost TTC $17 per rider before this mess compare to $1.19 system wide, what do you think it cost now?? I would say it costing TTC close to $50 per riders

It was requested by TTC staff close to 10 years ago to close the line then due to the line being a money pit, but the commission said no.

If the line had got built to Victoria as plan, maybe things would be different today, but Old Mikie is to blame for the shortness of the line.

 

[CapitalSeven]

If it cost TTC $17 per rider before this mess compare to $1.19 system wide, what do you think it cost now?? I would say it costing TTC close to $50 per riders

It was requested by TTC staff close to 10 years ago to close the line then due to the line being a money pit, but the commission said no.

If the line had got built to Victoria as plan, maybe things would be different today, but Old Mikie is to blame for the shortness of the line.

And yet they are going to build a subway on Eglinton West with even lower ridership. Because Ford.

 

[TransitBart]

What a bunch of positive thinkers!