dowlingm
Senior Member
Are there any bus routes which are to change for both 5 and 6? By which I mean, is it better for operations if both change in the same board period or to be staggered?
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Lyphe
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One thing I keep wondering about as I ride the subway ...
How will they handle the new subway/rt maps? They obviously won't replace them all with new ones showing only the new Finch line added, given the proximity to Eglington opening as well. Do they put up new posters, maps, and signage showing both lines? Wait for both to be operational? If they put up new signs with both lines showing, as I assume they would, do they just put little stickers over the Eglington until it is also running? Certainly not a deep musing, but I keep wondering how they'll handle that if the lines open 1-3 months apart.
How will they handle the new subway/rt maps? They obviously won't replace them all with new ones showing only the new Finch line added, given the proximity to Eglington opening as well. Do they put up new posters, maps, and signage showing both lines? Wait for both to be operational? If they put up new signs with both lines showing, as I assume they would, do they just put little stickers over the Eglington until it is also running? Certainly not a deep musing, but I keep wondering how they'll handle that if the lines open 1-3 months apart.
A 6264
Active Member
In the past, when a major line opens (or closes, as in the SRT), signs have not changed immediately, it happened gradually over months after the change went in.
I wonder about those electric LED signs on the Yonge line trains, if they are going to change to include new lines, or maybe they will just scrap the whole idea, as I find them to be not too well thought out. The idea was nice, but they did it wrong.
Archii
New Member
I recall another member of the forum a little while ago saying that the TTC will add line 5 and 6 without LEDs to the line 1 train maps. Something about being unable to retrofit them. Couldn’t find out where they heard that so take with a grain of salt.
hw621
Senior Member
They should have put monitors, which can be easily changed, instead of LEDs at the first place...
T3G
Senior Member
Err, and why, exactly? There is no chance of a TR train ever running on the LRT lines, you'd just be incurring additional energy and maintenance costs by having always on monitors.
hw621
Senior Member
Monarch Butterfly
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Not all monitors use the same amount of power. Assuming all of the following are 32-inch monitor, they will each have the following approximate wattages:
- LED: 30-55 watts
- LCD: 50-70 watts
- OLED: 60 watts
- CRT: 120 watts
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T3G
Senior Member
What transfer information does a digital screen provide that the system map doesn't? You will see line 5, and see that it intersects at Eglinton, Eglinton West, and Kennedy. Provided you don't require a legal guardian to perambulate the streets, you have everything you need.
As for commercials, if that means not being able to see the info on the screens while ads play, no thanks.
kev1n1m
Active Member
Easier said than done in the mid-2000s when these were designed.
Also, they did. The existing 10" LCD screen in each car is cute, but completely useless.
soundmuseum
Active Member
The TTC should implement monitors on their trains above the doors with station and transit info, similar to what JR has been doing in Japan for the last 20+ years :
https://designmadeinjapan.com/magazine/adventures-in-japanese-ui-design-railway-information-systems/
https://designmadeinjapan.com/magazine/adventures-in-japanese-ui-design-railway-information-systems/
chrisw
Active Member
Yeah no need for LEDs, they can use stickers to represent/cover lines.
INTz
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JBR
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