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The only updates I have seen regarding traffic lights is when a red light turns green along finch, the left turn light remains red and LRT trains/straight through traffic gets the green first. After the LRT has passed and straight traffic has proceeded do all light turned red and left turn traffic lights switch to green.
 
FW36 said:
The only updates I have seen regarding traffic lights is when a red light turns green along finch, the left turn light remains red and LRT trains/straight through traffic gets the green first. After the LRT has passed and straight traffic has proceeded do all light turned red and left turn traffic lights switch to green.
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That’s exactly what’s in place right now. I’m not sure what the next phase includes, though.
 
FW36 said:
The only updates I have seen regarding traffic lights is when a red light turns green along finch, the left turn light remains red and LRT trains/straight through traffic gets the green first. After the LRT has passed and straight traffic has proceeded do all light turned red and left turn traffic lights switch to green.
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That should be a big improvement on it's own. Hopefully Spadina and St Clair get similar treatment.
 
yurt2022 said:
Someone that is taking a flight likely doesn't worry about $40 to save 1+ hours of travelling on a handicapped streetcar...
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Do you fly regularly? I think you're really missing just how cheap some people are. People are willing to do all manner of insane baggage nonsense to avoid paying a few bucks for a checked bag. Hell I kid you not, there was a guy in front of me going through security tonight at Pearson with a FISHING ROD poking two feet out of his "personal item" bag lmao
 
No service yet again....

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Rode the line again last night to do errands. The trams are moving faster but they are still hobbling about on random straight segments. The asinine speed restrictions are still in place at all intersections even at segments of the route with TSP trialling. Makes one wonder why there is such a difference in Operations Standards compared to the Eglinton LRT.

Speed restrictions still in place in all segments going into a dip or valley. This makes no sense at all. Speed restriction under the railway bridge before Weston Rd. and Hwy 400.

As for the flat spots that others have noted. I suspect that this is from westbound trams traversing over the trackwork at York Gate Blvd. The trams do hit the trackwork quite hard and loudly, definitely not a similar experience found on the existing TTC streetcar network or even on the Eglinton LRT. Probably related to the use of incorrect grade of rails and wheel profiling.
 
yrt+viva=1system said:
As for the flat spots that others have noted. I suspect that this is from westbound trams traversing over the trackwork at York Gate Blvd. The trams do hit the trackwork quite hard and loudly, definitely not a similar experience found on the existing TTC streetcar network or even on the Eglinton LRT. Probably related to the use of incorrect grade of rails and wheel profiling.
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Audible flat spots are caused by skidding while braking, not by impacts. The impact point when a wheel hits trackwork is so small as to be imperceptible. A flat spot that you can feel and hear will be the size of a quarter or bigger.

Dan
 
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