[ARG1]

Heated guideways, that turn on only when it snows. After a snowfall, turns off. Can be done automatically. As the buses pass over, they would crush and melt the snow.
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So you want heated guideways now?
I'm sorry but why do you want to spend so much money on weird bespoke technology for a line that will only last 5-6 years?

Get this, we're not building this because "we didn't come up with this", we're not building it because this is ridiculous and insane.

P.S. The Cambridgeshire is an incredibly silly project that many make fun of, same with similar projects like the Adelaide O-Bahn.

 

[Richard White]

Heated guideways, that turn on only when it snows. After a snowfall, turns off. Can be done automatically. As the buses pass over, they would crush and melt the snow.
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This will not happen.

If this was to be done anywhere, it would be done on the surface portions of the subway and it is not.

 

[W. K. Lis]

So you want heated guideways now?
I'm sorry but why do you want to spend so much money on weird bespoke technology for a line that will only last 5-6 years?

Get this, we're not building this because "we didn't come up with this", we're not building it because this is ridiculous and insane.

P.S. The Cambridgeshire is an incredibly silly project that many make fun of, same with similar projects like the Adelaide O-Bahn.

Would have been nice for the cyclists to use a heated right-of-way when the snow falls. Motorists do have heated driveways.

From link.

 

[Richard White]

Would have been nice for the cyclists to use a heated right-of-way when the snow falls. Motorists do have heated driveways.

From link.

Do you know how expensive that would be to operate Walter?

Kilometers of heated bicycle paths would be pointless in the winter as you would still have to contend with the snow elsewhere. Most people do not bicycle in the winter because of the snow, ice and cost of their bike.

Please stop spamming the thread with fantasy posts.

May I suggest creating a fantasy thread of your own Walter to discuss your proposals rather than derail actual ones?

 

[sixrings]

Do you know how expensive that would be to operate Walter?

Kilometers of heated bicycle paths would be pointless in the winter as you would still have to contend with the snow elsewhere. Most people do not bicycle in the winter because of the snow, ice and cost of their bike.

Please stop spamming the thread with fantasy posts.

May I suggest creating a fantasy thread of your own Walter to discuss your proposals rather than derail actual ones?

At one time this Scarborough subway extension was a fantasy post yet here we are.

 

[W. K. Lis]

The streets were not plowed until the rich and elite at city halls got their own horseless carriages. Since the horseless carriages got stuck in snow, unlike horses, the rich and elite asked for and got the city to plow the streets, at the city's expense.

 

[sixrings]

The streets were not plowed until the rich and elite at city halls got their own horseless carriages. Since the horseless carriages got stuck in snow, unlike horses, the rich and elite asked for and got the city to plow the streets, at the city's expense.

Well that’s not helping your argument. The rich and elite are not taking transit. They either live close enough to walk or pay for parking. The ttc needs to attract choice riders.

 

[cplchanb]

Well that’s not helping your argument. The rich and elite are not taking transit. They either live close enough to walk or pay for parking. The ttc needs to attract choice riders.

not to mention its a pandoras box. youll have to heat every major street in toronto if youre going to have any meaningful use by bikes in the winter. impossible even if you had the money to. not to mention the need to repave asphalt every 5 years.

 

[sixrings]

not to mention its a pandoras box. youll have to heat every major street in toronto if youre going to have any meaningful use by bikes in the winter. impossible even if you had the money to. not to mention the need to repave asphalt every 5 years.

What about concrete?

 

[W. K. Lis]

not to mention its a pandoras box. youll have to heat every major street in toronto if youre going to have any meaningful use by bikes in the winter. impossible even if you had the money to. not to mention the need to repave asphalt every 5 years.

Sidewalks and cycling lanes should be plowed. Salt optional.

Old story, from 2018, where the Swedes plow walkways and bike paths first, especially those near bus stops and primary schools. Next, they clear local roads, and then, finally, highways. See link. (Oh, it snows in Sweden, same latitude as Hudson Bay. See link.)

 

[cplchanb]

What about concrete?

noone does concrete for city streets except for bus stops. the costs will be insane

 

[cplchanb]

Sidewalks and cycling lanes should be plowed. Salt optional.

Old story, from 2018, where the Swedes plow walkways and bike paths first, especially those near bus stops and primary schools. Next, they clear local roads, and then, finally, highways. See link. (Oh, it snows in Sweden, same latitude as Hudson Bay. See link.)

that would involve an entire culture shift and procurement of a huge amount of equipment to expedite snow clearing of sidewalks. its not practical

 

[W. K. Lis]

noone does concrete for city streets except for bus stops. the costs will be insane

Most major roads in Toronto are constructed with a concrete base topped with a few inches of asphalt. Side and residential streets are asphalt on top of base of sand or gravel.

 

[cplchanb]

Most major roads in Toronto are constructed with a concrete base topped with a few inches of asphalt. Side and residential streets are asphalt on top of base of sand or gravel.

its the asphalt that cracks and needs to be replaced. its also directly overtop of the heated lines. that also brings this point: how will they be maintained?
where will the heat comes from? electric? hydronic? will you and the rest of toronto be prepared to pay for it along with the upkeep via taxes?

thats why most of toronto's grand ideas remain as fantasies... noone wants to pay for it.

 

[sixrings]

I just don’t understand why we don’t do concrete if our weather fluctuates so much we end up with countless potholes. My understanding is this would not happen with concrete. So it might be an upfront cost but would be a huge maintenance saver. Unless I’m totally wrong.