Yea Policy is for the TTC to try and remove stops that are too close together whenever the opportunity comes up but councillors have to be notified each time and almost every time they block the removal. If the political will is finally here, the TTC will be glad to get rid of plenty more.

Just anecdotally on the ION it's not usually what holds trains up at stations. More often its someone trying to get on right as the doors are starting to close. I imagine some station on finch and hurontario will be busier than most on the ION though, and their gangways are significantly...

Hm so theoretically they could coexist but at more cost. Wonder the comparison between the cost of relocating traffic entirely

Your conditional clause sounds a lot like shifting the goalpost. You keep insisting on “same floor area dedicated to seating” or “same perimeter wall length.” Nobody designs trains this way. My comment was about how the study may have gotten that result because the trains using longitudinal...

I bet. The front and back doors of flexitys are often really slow to board on the ion because if funnels everyone down the narrowest aisle

Literally, where are you getting this idea? the whole point of longitudinal seating is a trade-off of fewer seats for more standing room. Took me all of 5 mins to add 6 more seats to the TR cab car layout by switching most longitudinal seats to transverse while providing more leg room than there...

yea they're basically starting from scratch. still shouldnt take nearly that long

Getting people on board is the alternative, not building a worse transit line. Measures like you mentioned could be a part of that, together with community outreach, education, and maybe more. Maybe no design changes need to be implemented just cost comparisons could convince people. I'm in no...

less comfort could simply come from longitudinal seating layouts having fewer overall seats, making more people stand. Only times i've been uncomfortable with a longitudinal layout is in montreal, the seats were so slippery i slid around like crazy every time we accelerated

Ignoring pushback sounds like an easy way for someone to lose their next election and for their projects to get cancelled. Getting the majority of people on board should be the goal. We certainly can't cave to all demands but entirely ignoring community concerns is not a good strategy

I assumed most of the line would operate on new tracks, and that it would share corridors with freight but not rails. at least through rural areas. Could they use parts of the Havelock sub row without needing to remove freight traffic? The section through peterborough wouldnt have enough room...

Yea the elevated sections of line 3 and 5 give me some hope but we are yet to see elevated rail near single family homes, which is where most of the pushback would come from. Its a whole other beast getting people on board in an environment like this compared to this doesnt help that a lot of...

yea catalyzing new development is the only metric where LRT performs way better than BRT, though far more urban developments are already being proposed along the route regardless of transit options so i dont think it enough to affect the decision. A line 4 extension would certainly bring plenty...

I do to... i miss my daily trips on line 3. If line 4 can one day take you between vic park and Morningside thats enough of a scarborough line for me

do you know how many drivers it takes to run BRTs with that kind of capacity? That business model is usually only viable in countries where labour is cheap. Believe thats why a BRT was shut down on finch. Also if you're talking economies of scale it's not like its an isolated line or that we...

Cancel it. I live on the corridor and have been calling for it to be brt years. the LRT is not only projected to be slower than the 905 but will introduce many forced transfers for existing users of the 116, 86, 85, and 12, slowing down travel times for those riders that much more. A BRT would...

Waterfront LRT makes 0 sense as BRT. The Density is very high (could eaisly support several subway stations) and the corridor is short. It's as close to a perfect use case for LRT that we have. A Brt would cost so much to run enough busses to keep up with long term demand. Now i agree Eglinton...

Thanks for the clarification. I do believe ION vehicles get a green light before left turns at certain intersections but not positive

OMFG the TTC has had limited TSP for decades and Waterloo Region is literally less than 100km away... are they actually trying to claim they dont think TSP is used anywhere in north america??? The ttc board has no idea what goes on in their own organization

They're not going to run trains through union and not stop. as ther article said, the preffered station location is near union. that could mean a block away like the UP station or somehere completely different like summerhill, but a stop at pearson or woodbine would be in addition to union or a...