rbt
Senior Member
My very first professional engineering class: don't write anything you wouldn't want posted online.
And even before that it was: don't write anything you wouldn't want a customer [like TTC] to see.
My very first professional engineering class: don't write anything you wouldn't want posted online.
yeah but I don't think poel think of it as railroad ther. They just treat it like the rest of the city where it isn't in a right of way. That's why I say they need crossing gates at the driveways/ intersections or j even just lights. Heck even signs warning poel that it's a railroad would be better. Ion in London has signs up next to the right of way for the LRT the ones that are on the streetcar ones on the side of the road in Toronto would be no different.The car in the tunnel this morning? There are signs and flashing lights.
One car going down it is one too many. Thankfully no one has been hurt or killed yet hitting a streetcar.Given that there have been either 3 or 4 cars go down that tunnel out of the thousands that pass it every day, I'd say it's pretty obvious not to go down there and 99.99% of people get it.
A gate has it's own set of problems. It causes noises at night which will upset people and it could break down. Paired with bells, more people will object than approve. I'll suggest spike strips which will effectively pop all tires before it even gets inside the tunnel. It's going to take a crane to remove, might as well trap the car at the portal make it much easier to remove. With a gate, an idiot can still crash into it in the dark citing following the GPS. It will still cause a delay.yeah but I don't think poel think of it as railroad ther. They just treat it like the rest of the city where it isn't in a right of way. That's why I say they need crossing gates at the driveways/ intersections or j even just lights. Heck even signs warning poel that it's a railroad would be better. Ion in London has signs up next to the right of way for the LRT the ones that are on the streetcar ones on the side of the road in Toronto would be no different.
Glad your not an engineer. 0.01% failure rate is pretty bad.Given that there have been either 3 or 4 cars go down that tunnel out of the thousands that pass it every day, I'd say it's pretty obvious not to go down there and 99.99% of people get it.
1 car going down is a fluke. More than 1 is too many.One car going down it is one too many. Thankfully no one has been hurt or killed yet hitting a streetcar.
Glad your not an engineer. 0.01% failure rate is pretty bad.
1 car going down is a fluke. More than 1 is too many.
Repeating the same design mistake on Eglinton is idiotic.
A gate has it's own set of problems. It causes noises at night which will upset people and it could break down. Paired with bells, more people will object than approve. I'll suggest spike strips which will effectively pop all tires before it even gets inside the tunnel. It's going to take a crane to remove, might as well trap the car at the portal make it much easier to remove. With a gate, an idiot can still crash into it in the dark citing following the GPS. It will still cause a delay.
It's probably less than that. Because I don't have a traffic study to tell me just how many cars pass that tunnel on a daily basis, I couldn't do an accurate calculation. It's less than one car per year. Even the best design can't fix stupid.Glad your not an engineer. 0.01% failure rate is pretty bad.
and this is from the same company that wants to ari it's grievances with other companies in the media.> I think people in Toronto are going to start getting very sick of Metrolinx soon.