[A 6264]

Yep, it's a culture of defaulting to safe failure instead of trying anything with any kind of risk, no matter the upsides it would bring. Endemic to our entire public service unfortunately.

And I know from an insurance perspective this is unserious, but I would rather a lifetime of fast streetcars with a few crashes here and there, then a lifetime of crawling streetcars (that I would realistically abandon for a car when opportune)

The irony is that we build freeways (or whatever you want to call them) which are designed for high speed travel in cars by ordinary people with other jobs. Public transit can and should be the same high speed travel (except for those frequent stops along the way), but done by drivers who are better trained and drive for a living. As a traveller, or even just a pedestrian walking beside a road, which do you trust more?

 

[Northern Light]

*Crosspost to the Bikeshare Thread*

Most or all of the Bikeshare stations along the route are being removed for some type of construction.

 

[TOtramz]

*Crosspost to the Bikeshare Thread*

Most or all of the Bikeshare stations along the route are being removed for some type of construction.

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That's a lot of sidewalk restoration for a project that is reportedly finishing the RSD soon!

 

[A 6264]

That's a lot of sidewalk restoration for a project that is reportedly finishing the RSD soon!

It sounds like they've just discovered a lot of things need to be ripped up and redone. Perhaps we should no longer expect ithe line to open this year.
And if they don't want us to jump to that conclusion, you'd think they would give more explanation as to what this is about.

 

[TOtramz]

It sounds like they've just discovered a lot of things need to be ripped up and redone. Perhaps we should no longer expect ithe line to open this year.
And if they don't want us to jump to that conclusion, you'd think they would give more explanation as to what this is about.

https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/..._Update_Norfinch_Oakdale_to_Driftwood_FAW.pdf

"crews will continue to do remedial works forcurb, sidewalk, milling, road, utilities, landscaping, and paving"

Yea I don't think it's related to anything too major

 

[BrenWilson]

Finch has been continually replacing sidewalks, they never stopped. Maybe they are specfically redoing the bikeshare areas. I don't think minor civil works should impact the opening, a keen observer might notice there is a not insignifcant portion of the line where the road/sidewalk/cyletrack hasn't even really started yet.

 

[Allandale25]

Finch West LRT tests ‘proceeding well’ but opening date still not available - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

Roughly a month ago, on Sept. 18, the Toronto transit line entered its final major phase of testing, operating as if it were open to the public, but behind closed doors.

globalnews.ca

 

[NotACop123]

Finch West LRT tests ‘proceeding well’ but opening date still not available - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

Roughly a month ago, on Sept. 18, the Toronto transit line entered its final major phase of testing, operating as if it were open to the public, but behind closed doors.

globalnews.ca

From the article: “There are still additional steps that need to be taken after this phase to ensure the line is safe and reliable before opening - including a bedding in period to further test the system and independent certification.”

So much for RSD being the final testing phase.

 

[Thaboss]

From the article: “There are still additional steps that need to be taken after this phase to ensure the line is safe and reliable before opening - including a bedding in period to further test the system and independent certification.”

So much for RSD being the final testing phase.

And it Confirms that eglinton will probably undergo the same treatment.

Too bad. I believe it was heavily implied by Lindsey that the bedding in period and RSD could happen concurrently.

I wish they could just be transparent about timlines now that things are so close...

 

[JSF-1]

Do we even know what the "bedding in" period even is? What are they looking/testing for exactly? is it just an extended RSD or is there something more specific?

 

[TOtramz]

Do we even know what the "bedding in" period even is? What are they looking/testing for exactly? is it just an extended RSD or is there something more specific?

The bedding in period was added as a lesson from the disastrous Ottawa LRT launch. It's supposed to be an additional bit of RSD like conditions to make sure the systems won't just fail immediately after the RSD has concluded.

According to the contract from ECLRT (didn't read finch), the line must open within 90 days of being certified as complete, so that is the maximum time the bedding in period can take.

 

[T3G]

It's supposed to be an additional bit of RSD like conditions to make sure the systems won't just fail immediately after the RSD has concluded.

Seems like they're being far too cautious. What if the systems fail immediately after the bedding in period has concluded?

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

From the article: “There are still additional steps that need to be taken after this phase to ensure the line is safe and reliable before opening - including a bedding in period to further test the system and independent certification.”

So much for RSD being the final testing phase.

This is just getting beyond ridiculous at this point.

 

[Steve X]

This is just getting beyond ridiculous at this point.

They just don’t want it to open yet

 

[hw621]

Seems like they're being far too cautious. What if the systems fail immediately after the bedding in period has concluded?

That means they are cursed.