[kai]

little montage of all the training I saw yesterday, Friday Aug 15
all between 2 - 4:30 pm. I was in Best Buy for 1 hour of that time, so these are shot roughly over 1hr 30 minutes
last clip was just to show the amount of time the tram waited at a light

 

[kev1n1m]

What filter or editing tool did you use to make this look so cinematic? Haha this plays like a Crosstown documentary. (Which should definitely be made with anonymized interviews by workers and gov't employees).

 

[kai]

What filter or editing tool did you use to make this look so cinematic? Haha this plays like a Crosstown documentary. (Which should definitely be made with anonymized interviews by workers and gov't employees).

Thanks! 1/8 mist filter, a variable nd filter and shooting at 24p.
Shot in Log and then adjusted the exposure after. Colours are straight out of my canon r!

 

[Civdis]

little montage of all the training I saw yesterday, Friday Aug 15
all between 2 - 4:30 pm, and I was in Best Buy for about 1 hour of that time, so these are shot roughly over 1hr 30 minutes
last clip was just to show the amount of time the tram waited at a light

Great montage, thanks for this!

 

[Bizari]

little montage of all the training I saw yesterday, Friday Aug 15
all between 2 - 4:30 pm, and I was in Best Buy for about 1 hour of that time, so these are shot roughly over 1hr 30 minutes
last clip was just to show the amount of time the tram waited at a light

It is absolutely insane that Toronto spent $ 13 billion and almost 15 years to build a glorified streetcar project, and the "LRT" needs to wait so long to cross every single intersection because there is no basic signal priority.

It is mind-blowing to see that they need to let the left-turning cars go first, exactly how they operate the diabolical streetcar routes in downtown Toronto.

How signal priority for a project like this is not a default component, and nobody in Toronto seems to care is actually crazy.

 

[Steve X]

It is absolutely insane that Toronto spent $ 13 billion and almost 15 years to build a glorified streetcar project, and the "LRT" needs to wait so long to cross every single intersection because there is no basic signal priority.

It is mind-blowing to see that they need to let the left-turning cars go first, exactly how they operate the diabolical streetcar routes in downtown Toronto.

How signal priority for a project like this is not a default component, and nobody in Toronto seems to care is actually crazy.

It’s not too late to update the signs to 534 Eglinton

 

[Amare]

Feel free to make your thoughts known the the General Manager of the (archaic) Toronto Transportation Services, whom seem not to understand the concept of how proper signal priority would speed up commute times for thousands of people every day:

Barbara Gray
Barbara.Gray@toronto.ca

 

[Allandale25]

Feel free to make your thoughts known the the General Manager of the (archaic) Toronto Transportation Services, whom seem not to understand the concept of how proper signal priority would speed up commute times for thousands of people every day:

Barbara Gray
Barbara.Gray@toronto.ca

And copy your Councillor and MPP.

 

[Cyrobyte]

It is absolutely insane that Toronto spent $ 13 billion and almost 15 years to build a glorified streetcar project, and the "LRT" needs to wait so long to cross every single intersection because there is no basic signal priority.

It is mind-blowing to see that they need to let the left-turning cars go first, exactly how they operate the diabolical streetcar routes in downtown Toronto.

How signal priority for a project like this is not a default component, and nobody in Toronto seems to care is actually crazy.

The worst part is that they decided to build light rail instead of heavy rail because they thought it would be cheaper, but it ended up costing 13 billion dollars.

 

[Obsidian]

The worst part is that they decided to build light rail instead of heavy rail because they thought it would be cheaper, but it ended up costing 13 billion dollars.

We still probably saved 5 to 10 billion because if it was heavy rail it would all be underground. Most likely the Finch West LRT would have been scrapped to pay for a fully underground Eglinton heavy rail system or the province would have said no because of the cost to financing the cost and reduce the length to probably half of the Eglinton Crosstown..

 

[Bizari]

Feel free to make your thoughts known the the General Manager of the (archaic) Toronto Transportation Services, whom seem not to understand the concept of how proper signal priority would speed up commute times for thousands of people every day:

Barbara Gray
Barbara.Gray@toronto.ca

I wonder how long it will take the media to realize and pay attention to this?

Out of all the crazy things this project has given us, the lack of signal priority is probably one of the top three most bizarre things.

 

[Thaboss]

We still probably saved 5 to 10 billion because if it was heavy rail it would all be underground. Most likely the Finch West LRT would have been scrapped to pay for a fully underground Eglinton heavy rail system or the province would have said no because of the cost to financing the cost and reduce the length to probably half of the Eglinton Crosstown..

Not sure I agree at all....

In an alternative world, the eglinton subway was built and completed in the mid to late 90s for billions of dollars cheaper than this lrt.

The city could then focuse on other projects including the Finch lrt. And Lakeshore line in the 20 years that follow.
.

Instead we had short sighted decsion making to cust imaginary costs without considering FV of land and inflating labour costs

 

[duffo]

It is absolutely insane that Toronto spent $ 13 billion and almost 15 years to build a glorified streetcar project, and the "LRT" needs to wait so long to cross every single intersection because there is no basic signal priority.

It is mind-blowing to see that they need to let the left-turning cars go first, exactly how they operate the diabolical streetcar routes in downtown Toronto.

How signal priority for a project like this is not a default component, and nobody in Toronto seems to care is actually crazy.

This has been said a million times in this thread, but there is "basic signal priority". At all signals, the red signal can be shortened and the green can be extended to allow trains running behind schedule to recover and maintain headway.

The reason given for no more aggressive form of TSP is that a) it would negatively impact high volumes of north-south car traffic at intersections along Eglinton b) these roads also have very frequent bus service which would also be subject to the increased congestion, offsetting some of the positive impact of more aggressive TSP for riders who need to transfer from these routes.

 

[Obsidian]

Not sure I agree at all....

In an alternative world, the eglinton subway was built and completed in the mid to late 90s for billions of dollars cheaper than this lrt.

The city could then focuse on other projects including the Finch lrt. And Lakeshore line in the 20 years that follow.
.

Instead we had short sighted decsion making to cust imaginary costs without considering FV of land and inflating labour costs

well that goes to my point, the Eglinton subway was a fraction of the length of the Crosstown LRT so if the Crosstown was proposed as a subway i would have never been proposed at it current length, at most it would probably be half the current length as a subway project.

I gladly take a 28km Eglinton LRT lines (both phases) over a half as long Crosstown subway anyday.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It is absolutely insane that Toronto spent $ 13 billion and almost 15 years to build a glorified streetcar project, and the "LRT" needs to wait so long to cross every single intersection because there is no basic signal priority.

It is mind-blowing to see that they need to let the left-turning cars go first, exactly how they operate the diabolical streetcar routes in downtown Toronto.

How signal priority for a project like this is not a default component, and nobody in Toronto seems to care is actually crazy.

IMO, there should be no left turns allowed on any streetcar or LRT route in this city. As for Eglinton, any left turns not eliminated should be Jughandles.