salsa
Senior Member
Or cancel our Amazon bid since we can't get our shit together.
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Or cancel our Amazon bid since we can't get our shit together.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
On the bright side, I am fairly sure at least we have a transit system here, however creaky it is. Indianapolis just voted to allow LRTs to make their bid competitive (and the less we talk about transit in Atlanta or Austin the better we are all for it).
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Leo_Chan
Senior Member
What is the chance that Amazon will not only choose Toronto, but fund transit infrastructure FOR Toronto?
Nah, that won't happen. Jeff Bezos is not retired Bill Gates.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Nope, but the growth Amazon will provide is coming this way with or without it. Better get ready regardless.
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Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
The time to do that would have been now.Time to whip out the... Spanish Solution
It will be prohibitively expensive in the future, since it would require moving the tracks.
muller877
Senior Member
For the center platforms like St George or Eglinton they should look at removing the broom closets that are at platform level. Why do they need these huge areas for storage when there is a perfectly good elevator which will take them to the concourse level with the same closet. They are redundant after the elevators were installed yet still take up valuable real estate at the platform level.
It would give passengers a lot more room.
salsa
Senior Member
What happened, according to Brad Ross.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Sounds like a PAA after getting stuffed at Museum with a disabled train.
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
What happened, according to Brad Ross.
Might totally be hindsight bias at play, but not moving a disabled train in the middle of rush hour seems quite obvious. Why move disabled equipment if there is a chance that equipment could break down?
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
The TTC better get on with the "state of the art" digital PA system.
Also, would any of the impacts from this event be lowered if Sheppard West was connected to Sheppard-Yonge? What route do trains take to get from Wilson to Bloor-Yonge?
Also, would any of the impacts from this event be lowered if Sheppard West was connected to Sheppard-Yonge? What route do trains take to get from Wilson to Bloor-Yonge?
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I am curious why it is that a 20yo system have degraded to this level and nothing was done about it? The snap crackle pop isn’t exactly a new problem - it’s been around for at least 25 years.
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hw621
Senior Member
Optimism here. TTC corporate plan says Relief Line South 2028 - 2032, so 8 to 14 years away, delays or changes aside.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
King Streetafy all the Streetcar routes and get Parliament Route back.
Richard White
Senior Member
The "broom closets" at platform level are also ERR's. They are emergency response rooms. You can tell where they are by the yellow sticker on the door marked ERR.
These rooms are there in event that someone jumps (and they need to relocate a body), if there is a flood, fire etc on the platform or onboard a train. The fact that they are there for use in an emergency requires them to be close to the scene of any potential emergency. In this case at platform level.
I recall a situation at Warden where someone ended up under a train. The gear to resolve the situation was located in the ERR at platform level. The rooms are big enough to hold a body for transport if needed.
TransitBart
Senior Member
At Eglinton-Yonge?Time to whip out the... Spanish Solution