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  1. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Onboard of T9 in Paris which opened in 2021, worth a watch. You can see the dedicated transit signals throughout (and the flashing signals that indicate awareness of the tram, and that the signal is about to change - so operators can go at full speed towards a "stop" signal, knowing that a...
  2. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    A positive article from Jarrett Walker on the opening of the line - the key point being A great point worth making - Toronto has a crosstown rapid transit line at last! An alternative rapid way to get east west if Line 2 is down...
  3. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Have really enjoyed seeing all the opening day festivities from the UK - and all your thoughts and observations. Not often that 19 kilometres of new rapid transit opens! I do wish the orange colour was used a little less ... sparingly - some of those plain walls could have been livened up by...
  4. turini2

    Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion

    This is completely incorrect - the City of London has around ~670k workers in the week and Canary Wharf has around ~120k, and that's before you've even considered the West End ( government (around ~100k workers), tourist attractions like theatres, Europe's busiest shopping street (Oxford St))...
  5. turini2

    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    You have a source for this?
  6. turini2

    TTC: Electric and alternative fuel buses

    [citation needed] NYC has a target of 2040 for a 100% ZE fleet, with over 80 electric buses in service and nearly 1,400 on order London will have a 100% ZE fleet by 2034, over 2,000 electric buses in service Moscow has over 2,500 electric buses in service Paris has over 1,100 electric buses in...
  7. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | 100 Bond | ?m | 21s | Cedar Podium | Arcadis

    Having lived in Pitman and then studio apartment style student accommodation when I was back in the UK - I much preferred the sense of community I got in Pitman, living on a floor with loads of others!
  8. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | 100 Bond | ?m | 21s | Cedar Podium | Arcadis

    Still a little gutted that TMU dropped the student residence from their Science building - but any more student accommodation around the campus is a good idea for sure.
  9. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Bloor–Danforth Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    In the Transit Network Expansion Update going to November 3 TTC Board - an interesting tidbit of the TTC being proved right when they said the Metrolinx design for the Scarborough Centre bus terminal was too small...
  10. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Sure, thanks! Makes me think of the pain that Crossrail had at getting the Paddington auto-reverse to work. The asterisk probably applies there too - basically, the train leaves Paddington in GoA3, drives into the siding automatically and then resets itself before driving back to Paddington in...
  11. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Just so I get this right - Line 5 Eglinton will be GoA 2 (automatic train operation, similar to Line 1) in the tunnelled section and GoA 1 on the surface. In the yard, it will be GoA 4 (unattended train operation?
  12. turini2

    Roads: Ambassador & Gordie Howe Bridges

    It won't be too long, looking at these drone shots. Question - why the lack of green roofs or solar PV? That's a lot of exposed roof area!
  13. turini2

    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Interesting spot on LinkedIn today - Perkins&Will Helps Drive Transit Expansion Across Canada with New Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Don't think I've seen this rendering before.

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