dowlingm
Senior Member
Transit signals don't solve idiots entering the junction without checking exit clear. Only enhanced road markings and enforcement will. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_junction
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
The key word is enforcement.
robmausser
Senior Member
pstogios
Senior Member
^this. Our cops currently don't give a rat's ass.
hawc
Senior Member
DSC
Superstar
Yes, I liked the statement below - could be Toronto in 2014. Who says we are not "world class"
If you found yourself in the New York City subway in the 1960s, you were probably lost.
Signs didn’t help you find your way, standards didn’t exist, even handmade lettering was common. Mass confusion was the status quo.
In 1970, the Standards Manual changed everything.
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
The TTC, the Ontario transit agencies, and the rest of Canada, should work on a "standard" for passenger information and flow on surface and rapid transit vehicles. Use emergency strips and stop request as a starting point.
themarc
Senior Member
I have seen on 3 separate occasions - 1 at Bay/College and 2 at Spadina/College - the tension wire on the rear of the old CLRV snap while the CLRV take a corner. Anyone else see this type of thing spike lately?
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Is the tension wire the wire that is coming out the rear of the streetcar?
JayBeeGooner
Active Member
The Star is reporting Bombardier and Unifor have reached a tentative deal. Yay!
innsertnamehere
Superstar
You mean the trolley pole? Those come off all the time when streetcars are turning.
DSC
Superstar
Which is one of the reasons that the new streetcars have pantographs (they are not yet using them because all the overhead needs to be changed first) - another reason is that the "shoe' at the end of the trolley pole wears quite fast, the pantographs spread the wear. The pole is more likely to come adrift at junctions which is why this is seen much more often at these locations.
P23
Active Member
It happens so frequently that they sometimes have an employee standing by at the worst intersections so they can reseat it to keep service moving.
Markster
Senior Member
!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thund...tentative-agreement-on-new-contract-1.2763397
Oh man, hopefully this means another streetcar or two will be delivered before I visit at the end of the month.
AlbertHWagstaff
Senior Member
The "tension wire" is actually just rope. The catcher may be jammed, preventing the rope from pulling out, so it's effectively a fixed length. The poles often come off at frogs where streetcars turn in one direction far more frequently than the other, wearing down the frog in the direction of most frequent travel. This is one of the reasons why streetcars heading north on Bathurst always go through Bathurst Station. The vast majority of cars turn into the station, so the pole will always dewire if a car tries to go straight through. This happens at other corners such as King & Church were most cars turn west onto King. Cars turning east almost always dewire. Queen & Broadview is another corner where this happens where the King streetcars turn west and only cars running into the carhouse turn east. Part of overhead maintenance is replacing frogs with heavy wear on a regular basis. Regular replacement of the carbon inserts is also important. Trolley shoes with worn carbons are more likely to dewire.
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