chinesehorse
New Member
I'm in Waterloo for school right now and one of our frosh events had an LRT vehicle on display. It's really quite narrow in the passageways between the seats.
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Waterloo Region Transit Developments (ION LRT, new terminal, GRT buses)
robmausser
Senior Member
Pretty common on most transit systems in the world. The TTC subway is an exception, its huge compared to most transit systems.
I just rode the London Tube and Paris Metro and this kind of stuff is par for the course for spacing between seats
adrianaliu
Active Member
dawg im at uw too but i skipped that whats up
chinesehorse
New Member
steveintoronto
Superstar
Only away from the doors. Closer to the doors are benches along the walls with a large amount of standing space. Interior arrangements are optimized for the considered amount of time between stations, and whether or not emphasis should be placed on the necessity of providing seats for distance, or room for standing, for shorter trips.
W. K. Lis
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steveintoronto
Superstar
^ More applicable to GO DD coaches than LRT, but obvious for both...*especially* with quick-release front wheels that can be popped off in two seconds, thus reducing the space taken even more.
In the newer DD coaches, there's a space either side of the doors where you can stand a bike on the bars and fork tips w/ the front wheel popped off, takes far less space, and leaves the very awkward area under the stairs usable still for the seats.
It's all a bit too sophisticated for Toronto though....
Btw: The system for 'lashing' a bike on the Flexities is utterly ridiculous. I just use a loop of Velcro that I carry with me on the bike to secure the rear wheel rim to GO bus bike racks.
In the newer DD coaches, there's a space either side of the doors where you can stand a bike on the bars and fork tips w/ the front wheel popped off, takes far less space, and leaves the very awkward area under the stairs usable still for the seats.
It's all a bit too sophisticated for Toronto though....
Btw: The system for 'lashing' a bike on the Flexities is utterly ridiculous. I just use a loop of Velcro that I carry with me on the bike to secure the rear wheel rim to GO bus bike racks.
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If only our society was mature and reasonable enough to do things like this. Instead, this just screams 'safety risk' and a lawsuit, it would never happen in Canada or the US.
OCCheetos
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Well... it's still a tight race.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-delivery-late-november-2-1.4817010
kEiThZ
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Dammit. KWC is back on top.
TOareaFan
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It is still early!
micheal_can
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AFAIK Ottawa is not running along the entire route yet....
Streety McCarface
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A race where, to the bottom? This is ridiculous, for both cities.
hw621
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Maybe Eglinton will join the race
kEiThZ
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KW's delays are worse in my opinion. Ottawa had a massive sinkhole to deal with.