TTC: Streetcar Network

[lastcommodore]

Mostly, but not entirely, at grade, with longer spacing between stops and less intersections.

This is why Line 6 is significantly faster than 501, even now before they've finished ramping up to the final average speed.

They do have larger stop spacing but I would have to disagree on "less intersections". I dont have any hard numbers but just looking at it aerially i find that those trams handle a lot of intersections. Just some samples.

At no point would I describe any section of the Munich tram system as above or below grade. At best they have bridges over their basically-freeways. They effectively are totally at-grade.

FastTrackTO does mention increasing stop spacing.

 

[nfitz]

They do have larger stop spacing but I would have to disagree on "less intersections". I dont have any hard numbers but just looking at it aerially i find that those trams handle a lot of intersections. Just some samples.

I mean signalized intersections. I zoomed into a few places on your map, and they are unsignalized intersections.

But I couldn't find the trams - which line in that image are you referring to?

Look - I'm no expert on Berlin. I've never been there. But the pictures I see look mostly like the trams you see in Paris or London - that aren't in the heart of the city (but a bit of a mix).

But step back. What are the speeds on WHICH line. The city isn't homogeneous. They surely aren't all the same. And for lines that look like Finch compared to Queen - even our speed is about double!

This doesn't look like Queen!

Reduce stop spacing? Perhaps that's why in Berlin I see buses going alongside the tracks too. The lack of cars I keep seeing too seems different than Queen Street - even at it's suburban ends.