[dowlingm]

Apologies if this was previously confirmed - there looks to be a delivery spur off CP MacTier there?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Noticed laybys on Eglinton next to the secondary entrance. Likely for a quick kiss-n-ride, though the "official" kiss-n-ride is next to the third entrance.

 

[wopchop]

The whole line would be operational so they can have the late vehicles operating NIS along with in service vehicles. I expect it has something to do with evening out the mileage (An alien concept to the TTC).

Genuinely curious, but what exactly is the benefit of this? When I think about this from a fleet management perspective, doesn't this mean that all of your vehicles will start requiring major repairs at the same time? Seems like it would create periods of very heavy manpower requirements (i.e. lots of overtime) to perform all this work in a smaller time period.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I deduce that it's so vehicles in the fleet don't reach end-of-life long before others.

For example, because of Bombarier's poor performance on the LFLRV delivery, our oldest LFLRVs, delivered in 2014, will have been part of the fleet 5 to 6 years longer than our newest LFLRVs, which Bombardier claims will be delivered in 2019.

Remember that these fleet of vehicles have a lifespan of approximately 30 years, so a 6 year difference in age and usage is not insignicant. If vehicles were put to work equally, we'd have vehicles reach end of life 6 years earlier than others.

 

[wopchop]

I deduce that it's so vehicles in the fleet don't reach end-of-life long before others.

For example, because of Bombarier's poor performance on the LFLRV delivery, our oldest LFLRVs, delivered in 2014, will have been part of the fleet 5 to 6 years longer than our newest LFLRVs, which Bombardier claims will be delivered in 2019.

Remember that these fleet of vehicles have a lifespan of approximately 30 years, so a 6 year difference in age and usage is not insignicant. If vehicles were put to work equally, we'd have vehicles reach end of life 6 years earlier than others.

True, but any new vehicles that you order will not arrive all at once, as we are seeing all too well. In fact, the first vehicle that you've ordered will reach you long before the last vehicle that you order, so I don't see how this is incompatible with some vehicles reaching end of life long before others. Unless I am missing something obvious.

 

[Steve X]

Genuinely curious, but what exactly is the benefit of this? When I think about this from a fleet management perspective, doesn't this mean that all of your vehicles will start requiring major repairs at the same time? Seems like it would create periods of very heavy manpower requirements (i.e. lots of overtime) to perform all this work in a smaller time period.

So whatever parts have to be replaced by a certain mileage can be done so within a certain time frame. With uneven mileage across the fleet, some cars would have parts replaced late while others replaced prematurely. Sometimes TTC vehicles in good condition are even retired prematurely as the other half of the fleet needs to be retired.

For a small fleet of 14 vehicles on the ION, it's cheaper to order all the parts, store them for a short period of time and replace them all at the same time (meaning within a month or so) than across a few months. They may need a specialized team to come to town to do such tasks which is not financial effective to replace half the fleet and wait half a year while having the parts taking up space at the service facility.

 

[mdrejhon]

that area is looking just as bad as Yonge and Bloor where condos are coming right out to the sidewalk as if they are going over you (condo on south east side of Bloor and Yonge). Just awful. Lets see what happens when prices crash and investors pull out.

The amount of sidewalk before/after that condo is about the same. The wide Bloor sidewalk will be kept, as I understand.

-- the construction hoarding make it more cramped at the moment. Isn't SOUTH-EAST corner one of the taller condos being built -- that one has nice sculpted glass which makes it stand out compared to the other boring condos.

I am curious what kind of retail will be occuring, though.

On the other hand, I am unhappier with the SOUTH-WEST corner Yonge-Bloor as I liked the older(possibly heritage quality?) facade that was there, I am dissapointed the facade that was there has been removed/demolished. I am not sure if it was a true demolish or a facodomy (with it being stored temporarily somewhere else). I hope that's the case, better tolerate a facdomy than it being gone forever...

 

[Palma]

Retail/commercial follows population. It takes a while for the demand to build up to the point where new stores are profitable. Plus, being new buildings, they typically ask for higher rents and or sometimes even commercial condo units. Lots of different factors at play, but especially for ground floor retail in newer condo neighbourhoods, it takes a long time for the right market conditions to create thriving and interesting retail.

However, the whole idea of planning is so that in the long run, we have those spaces available. They may go underused now, but it's better to protect for them than to have a neighbourhood in 40 years with no room for any walkable commercial activity.

where does the rent go for those commercial ground floor spaces? Is it to condo board?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

More than a year late, Bombardier eyeing fall delivery for Eglinton Crosstown test vehicle: Metrolinx

See link.

...
The testing vehicle for the light rail lines was supposed to arrive back in 2014 so that Metrolinx could begin the lengthy testing in shop and on track before the vehicles are approved for the line. However that arrival date was then adjusted to spring 2015 and the agency is still waiting.

Both the Eglinton Crosstown and the Finch LRT line are slated to open in 2021.

“So far we’re not announcing that we’re going to be delayed, but we want to keep that on track,” Aikins said.

She said Metrolinx is in touch with Bombardier almost daily and the company has verbally communicated that it now expects the test vehicle to arrive in the fall, though a written proposal for delivery of all the vehicles is expected in the coming weeks.

In an email to CP24.com, Bombardier spokesperson Marc-Andre Lefebvre said the company is "more than confident that it will meet its commitments" to ensure service can begin on the Eglinton Crosstown Line in 2021, particularly because they will deliver pilot vehicles this fall.

"(This gives) an 18-month period to conduct the planned nine-month period of qualification testing," he said. "Since production of the vehicles is required only to start in the second quarter of 2018 to meet the Metrolinx target of 42 vehicles by January 2020, this will enable us to have a nine-month buffer period, that is more than sufficient, to resolve any potential issues that might arise in qualification."

...

 

[someMidTowner]

East TBMs are now right between Bayview and Mt. Pleasant:

 

[salsa]

More than a year late, Bombardier eyeing fall delivery for Eglinton Crosstown test vehicle: Metrolinx

So now we know that the vehicle will probably not arrive this fall.

 

[torontopeter]

More than a year late, Bombardier eyeing fall delivery for Eglinton Crosstown test vehicle: Metrolinx

See link.

This company is priceless.

 

[Steve X]

So now we know that the vehicle will probably not arrive this fall.

Somehow between trying to deliver 30 streetcars to the TTC by the end of the year and delivering 5 LRVS for the ION from the TB facility, how are they going to fit this prototype in the assembly line...

 

[innsertnamehere]

It's the exact same vehicle as for ION. It would just be prt of that production line.

 

[Markster]

Yeah, I can't help but laugh at an article worrying about prototype vehicles for a line that is opening in 2021, when ION needs the exact same vehicle prototyped, and ready for passengers... well... ASAP. Early 2018, now.

Also, not even a mention of ION? Really?