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Awesome!Thought you guys might like this. I am doing a whole series on my channel about the Toronto Streetcar Network. It's not flashy but I hope its informative.
Also if you liked it I have a playlist of the streetcars I have covered so far.
Wow. Old world narrow streets. That would never work with Toronto drivers and parkers. Interesting gauntlet-type alignments to accommodate the narrow clearances.Meanwhile...
Taking Lisbon's Tram 28 At Night - Like A Roller Coaster - Pure Excitement!
Yes, the Lisbon trams are quite the trip! Unfortunately, it is (or was, pre-covid) hard to actually get on a 28 (or others) as they are filled with (other) tourists. Well worth it though.Wow. Old world narrow streets. That would never work with Toronto drivers and parkers. Interesting gauntlet-type alignments to accommodate the narrow clearances.
Too bad the 510 SPADINA couldn't be re-routed through Kensington Market like that.Wow. Old world narrow streets. That would never work with Toronto drivers and parkers. Interesting gauntlet-type alignments to accommodate the narrow clearances.
Wow. Old world narrow streets. That would never work with Toronto drivers and parkers. Interesting gauntlet-type alignments to accommodate the narrow clearances.
Or, we can think about ways we can encourage development so that more streets in Toronto have narrower widths, a more fine-grained grid and more retail.Too bad the 510 SPADINA couldn't be re-routed through Kensington Market like that.
Lots on this in St Lawrence thread and on City website. Planned start date is 15 March.
Of course if there were no stops the streetcars could go faster but it would then only serve passengers living close to the termini ( Gunns Loop and @Yonge). There needs to be a balance between speed and convenience and this is a local service where it is unreasonable to expect people to walk a mile to catch a streetcar. From Steve Munro's analysis the problem is the TTC scheduling and huge lay-overs.Too many stops.
Of course if there were no stops the streetcars could go faster but it would then only serve passengers living close to the termini ( Gunns Loop and @Yonge). There needs to be a balance between speed and convenience and this is a local service where it is unreasonable to expect people to walk a mile to catch a streetcar. From Steve Munro's analysis the problem is the TTC scheduling and huge lay-overs.
That does not mean there aren't overly redundant stops. Like is Tweedsmuir really that necessary when St. Clair West is less than 100m away, and Spadina is 150m away? Its literally a 2 minute walk to spadina, by the time you reach it the next streetcar probably hasn't even arrived yet.Of course if there were no stops the streetcars could go faster but it would then only serve passengers living close to the termini ( Gunns Loop and @Yonge). There needs to be a balance between speed and convenience and this is a local service where it is unreasonable to expect people to walk a mile to catch a streetcar. From Steve Munro's analysis the problem is the TTC scheduling and huge lay-overs.