Undead
Senior Member
it's misspelled?
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Steve X
Senior Member
Also the confusion around random cycling and skipping.
Let's say if the green cycle is too short, can they actually skip the pedestrian cycle and tell them to cross a minute later? I think people will still cross anyways and find them in the middle of the road.
Drivers would expect leading left and some would just illegally turn if they light doesn't turn green for them. Look how many people make those illegal "no turn on red" right turns and illegal u-turns.
I think a blinking train LED sign could help. I never understand why they won't install them. It might make people think twice before gunning their left turns.
Banning all left turns on Eglinton is probably a good idea. It avoids accidents and simplifies the cycles. They should look into turning Comstock and Ashtonbee into major collector roads to facilitate these turning movements. The problem is both these roads don't reach Victoria Park or Kennedy.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
Went on a bike ride from Kennedy to Leslie along Eglinton today, hoping to maybe catch a glimpse of some LRVs with no luck. Did get to see the surface stations weest of victoria for the first time in a couple of months though so. Pretty much the entire surface section looks to be complete, except some sort of work on the tracks at ionview. Just based on pictures others have posted her Science centre looked a little bit further along than in person, though it also looks to be around 95 percent complete on the exterior. Kennedy on the other hand is a mess. Didn't get any pictures, but in some places, I can see down to platform level through some rebar. The station building itself isn't too far off from completion but the area surrounding it is just a dusty mess.
Aplus23
Active Member
The lrt section looks much cleaner with the overhead wires compared to the spadina street car. I'm happy the wires are confined to the median section
whatever
Senior Member
Giancola is a fairly common Italian last name. Ginacola is a lazy and silly mistake.
But, I mean, beyond reading the guy's business card, a quick Google search would tell you how to spell it: https://www.automobileservices.info/company-silver-service-auto-repair-ltd-in-north-york-73678
Looks like it's a family business. Several Giancolas show up as working there.
daniel_kryz
Active Member
I think the execution of the poles is very chaotic, and the light poles look kinda creepy tbh. The renderings were much nicer. Although, the shelters look quite nice and I think they have a sophisticated look.
Steve X
Senior Member
They can't share poles with the city or they might end up playing the blaming game if something goes wrong. The negative part is emergency vehicles don't like driving on them with the pole in the middle even if the paved it like St Clair. I believe this was one of the reason why the pole is placed on one side on Queens Quay.
I also agree that these poles are very ugly. They should have mandate something similar to St Clair which is much cleaner and lightweight.
Are they really going to pave it flat? I really don't see the point since emergency vehicles would not likely use the medium and they installed equipment on the track. Seems like green or ballast are wiser choice.
Towered
Superstar
Is anyone else very annoyed that the signage on the Science Centre station entrance doesn't use the usual upper case TTC font??
H4F33Z
Active Member
Also where is the "5" line marker. It furiates me. Metrolinx is so inconsistent
allengeorge
Senior Member
Response from AMA re: Crosstown signage:
But I agree: the entire thing is incredibly inconsistent (even with Metrolinx’s own standards) and incredibly confusing. If this is getting redone, why is signage going up now?
ARG1
Senior Member
I wonder if gauging the public reaction is part of it. Its a pretty common tactic with companies to get something out in the open and to test what the natural reaction is to a design or decision, and then use that as feedback.
allengeorge
Senior Member
I can understand this if people are actually using the line, but that's not the case. If this is their goal - how are they going to go about doing it? Waiting for random Twitter comments and feedback on enthusiast websites doesn't seem like the most comprehensive way to achieve that goal.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
These signs are really, really bad. Hard to believe any kind of design professionals put this together.Went on a bike ride from Kennedy to Leslie along Eglinton today, hoping to maybe catch a glimpse of some LRVs with no luck. Did get to see the surface stations weest of victoria for the first time in a couple of months though so. Pretty much the entire surface section looks to be complete, except some sort of work on the tracks at ionview. Just based on pictures others have posted her Science centre looked a little bit further along than in person, though it also looks to be around 95 percent complete on the exterior. Kennedy on the other hand is a mess. Didn't get any pictures, but in some places, I can see down to platform level through some rebar. The station building itself isn't too far off from completion but the area surrounding it is just a dusty mess.
1. Nobody gives a damn about MX's inter-agency politics. In Toronto, the TTC operates transit, and their logo is synonymous with public transit. Put the TTC logo on it. Make it big and prominent. It's not at all clear what this building is for without their logo. This is classic design-by-committee nonsense, at the expense of our users.
2. The sign is completely ambigous. Is this a wheelchair accessible entrance to the Ontario Science Centre? Is this the bus-only entrance to the Science Centre station? Who knows.
3. The tram symbol is meaningless to users. The symbol looks almost indistinugable to a bus. Users don't know or care whether their vehicle has a pantograph, and they should not have to be concerned with these technical details. Also, the pantograph will be completely illegible to users with low vision. Put the Line 5 symbol on it.
4. Why do the surface stops have the Line 5 symbol, but not the station?
5. The visual design in general is a mess. There is not enough spacing between the text and the edges of the sign and the icons have inconsistent spacing.
6. MX really oughta just be following the TTC design guidelines for signage. I know MX wants to have a GTHA-wide standard, but until the TTC adopts the standard for *all* of their properties, MX is just introducing a second, totally disjointed signage standard in Toronto. You're making the problem worse, Metrolinx.
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Steve X
Senior Member
Were complaining so it’s working
EnviroTO
Senior Member
I swear the new LRT symbol could be used as a space invader icon and it wouldn't look out of place.