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Mihairokov said:
This sounds the same as when on streetcars the operator will passive-aggressively play the "you must provide proof of purchase when using the TTC" or whatever soundbyte when people don't pay when they board.
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Given the increased number of beeps I've heard after the announcement then that suggests this pilot might work too.

I'm not sure what the concern here is. Nothing indicates that they'd stop calling in security as well. But surely if someone is (I don't know) tagging a wall, they are likely to move on quicker once they realize they've been seen.

Just think of it as a kindly big brother keep an eye out for you. :)
 
Saw this at Warden earlier.

While the elevators are in place and powered up I suspect they won't be operating this year for public use.

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PL1 said:
I'm sure the station will have TMU in large letters and Toronto Metropolitan University in smaller letters underneath.

Visitors don't care what a station name means. Go to Athens. Do you care what the station names mean?
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I won't know what the etymology is of a random street, but I would concern myself with the names of institutions that are reflected in station names, lest that should be somewhere I need to go...

So if I was in Prague, and I needed to get to hlavní nádraží (main railway station), but some genius shortened the official station name to HN, then that would be a problem. There's no need for this. Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and York University get full station names, why would TMU be different?
 
T3G said:
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and York University get full station names, why would TMU be different?
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Neither of these ever use acronyms, but York U is a thing. I see TMU often in banner usage around campus. U of T is probably used way more often than University of Toronto.

Toronto Metropolitan University is a mouth full and I'm glad they're using the acronym. Vaughn should've been Vaughan Centre. Adding 'Metropolitan' was completely unnecessary.
 
kotsy said:
Neither of these ever use acronyms, but York U is a thing. I see TMU often in banner usage around campus. U of T is probably used way more often than University of Toronto.

Toronto Metropolitan University is a mouth full and I'm glad they're using the acronym. Vaughn should've been Vaughan Centre. Adding 'Metropolitan' was completely unnecessary.
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Sure, but this isn't about what is used as common slang. It's used in an official capacity. A station called U of T would be equally unprofessional and silly.
 
T3G said:
Sure, but this isn't about what is used as common slang. It's used in an official capacity. A station called U of T would be equally unprofessional and silly.
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Agree to disagree then. Some companies just lean heavily into acronyms because it's easier for everyone involved. Even in an official capacity.

Take a look at most of our big banks: CIBC, BMO, RBC. They very rarely use their long form names. A similar use case is when they sponsor a venue name. It's not Royal Bank of Canada Amphitheatre. it's just RBC Amphitheatre. It's not Bank of Montreal Field, It's BMO Field. I don't see why this station should be any different. Not having to hear that 10 extra syllables from those horrible robot announcements 4 times each train ride is a goddamn blessing.
 
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