nfitz
Superstar
Presumably that will only get worse with the moves to reduce the number of people coming to the country that will work.
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turbanplanner
Senior Member
are you aware of how private equity works? It’s literally in their best interests at times to basically tank the value of the company as long as sales or some other KPI is hit
felix123
Active Member
Alright, we don't need 2 pages about corporate pay inequality. Anyone have any actual updates about Line 5?
Natika33
Active Member
You can dislike something even if you are aware of why it happens. But as felix123 has said, we should get back to the subject at hand.
WillTo
Senior Member
That's alot of deficiencies.
cplchanb
Senior Member
i can understand scattered sections here and there but to have it for this huge stretch is unacceptable. its not the first time theyve done paving and theyve had years to figure this out.
Undead
Senior Member
This is actually coming from wildly irresponsible monetary policy since 2010 and especially during covid.
The labour shortage is not real.
StatCan report casts clouds on claims of a widespread labour shortage in Canada
A new report is casting doubt on the idea that Canada is facing a widespread labour shortage and bolsters the arguments by some labour economists that high job vacancies aren't due to a shortage of workers.
www.ctvnews.ca
What they really mean is that there's a shortage of people who will work shit jobs for shit pay. Who would have thought?
The real shortage is in the STEM and other difficult, technical professions, because few people have the desire or ability to educate themselves to a point where they qualify for the high end jobs.
Everyone wants to be in the cushy, mushy middle office job class. Which is exactly where we have an oversupply of labour.
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turbanplanner
Senior Member
I know this is in regards to sidewalks but a massive amount of the actual needs to be fixed, the newly paved sections were done terribly, sunken sewers etc
smallspy
Senior Member
It is and it isn't. They aren't tearing up every meter of sidewalk that they've installed. But they are (and have already) torn up and redone several sections of sidewalk - particularly at intersections.
In fact, most of the stretch is done now. There's only a couple more areas that they need to do before they can call it done and dusted.
Dan
christiesplits
Senior Member
cplchanb
Senior Member
You mean the at grade portion of the line... the elevated is raised above ground on its own viaduct... but yes I anticipate many dumb and aloof drivers who deserve suspensions and revocationa getting into accidents with the trams
crs1026
Superstar
The problem in Kitchener is the number of times that the tracks enter and exit the roadway.
I don't hear of either the Queensway or St Clair as being excessive in accidents - certainly there are some, as there will be on Eglinton - but this is not a huge showstopper.
What I do worry about is that the signage at intersections on Eglinton has been overthought - there are more different signs and lights at an intersection than a driver may be able to spot and absorb while in motion, and if there is a larger vehicle ahead or beside them, the key sign for their passage may be hidden. Likewise, there are near side stop structures that actually block a driver's view of the signage. But that's a function of the traffic engineering, not the decision to build at ground level.
"Slow down for safety" is a good rule, but some will learn it the hard way.
- Paul
I don't hear of either the Queensway or St Clair as being excessive in accidents - certainly there are some, as there will be on Eglinton - but this is not a huge showstopper.
What I do worry about is that the signage at intersections on Eglinton has been overthought - there are more different signs and lights at an intersection than a driver may be able to spot and absorb while in motion, and if there is a larger vehicle ahead or beside them, the key sign for their passage may be hidden. Likewise, there are near side stop structures that actually block a driver's view of the signage. But that's a function of the traffic engineering, not the decision to build at ground level.
"Slow down for safety" is a good rule, but some will learn it the hard way.
- Paul
mdu
Active Member
Yep, as crs1026 points out, the ION is really quite different from the ELRT, being really a tram-train with significant street running throughout the cities, many esoteric types of intersections and switches in which side of the road it's running in, and where many of the accidents happen with people making turns into the road from driveways. Now I do expect more than a few problems with people making left turns at intersections and delaying the whole system (they could have just elevated the thing east of Don Mills, damnit) but it shouldn't be as prone to these problems as ION
Carlodangez
New Member
I, also wish they elevated the surface section. It bothers me how the conversation/narrative is a focus on transit effectiveness or on cost. Fiscal conservatives really are frustrating.
As I have heard others mention, splitting the line seems more likely than real transit priority. Frustrating also talking about priority as anything but extremely unlikely.
As I have heard others mention, splitting the line seems more likely than real transit priority. Frustrating also talking about priority as anything but extremely unlikely.
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