Look on the bright side 6-ers:
Only one month till the finally start using the new streetcars.
New streetcars only happen once every 30 years, so it should be an exciting event for those who are excited by transit
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It should be a big improvement to our streetcar system: larger capacity, air conditioning, low floor all door & POP to reduce dwell times, more reliable in the winter, huge windows.
Once the Bombardier strike is resolved, it should be continuous improvement over the next few years while the new vehicles are rolled out.
Just like the subway system now: Yonge is almost all new vehicles now, and the Bloor line gets the old Yonge lines and gets to throw out the old unreliable vehicles.
Lots of things to look forward to over the next few years: Union station 2nd platform opening & other union station improvements, UP Express opening, Spadina & Queens Quay loop end of Aug. Queens Quay streetcar will re-open October, the whole street is being re-constructed. Then, a whole new subway extension of 6 stations opening! And they will be palaces!
We'll all go to Vaughan and see what's up there.