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Johnny Au
Superstar
Here are the final set of photos that constitute Part 13 (the final part) of the series of photos taken at Cedarvale station on September 28, 2021
Northwest Corner Part 3:
An overview
More bags of King Pearl-brand expandable polystyrene taken from the lower level
Northwest Corner Part 3:
An overview
More bags of King Pearl-brand expandable polystyrene taken from the lower level
allengeorge
Senior Member
I’ve always wondered why the TTC is so resistant to change on this front. Steve amunro has brought this up multiple times.
smallspy
Senior Member
Because it hugely complicates things that are required under the current (and past) collective bargaining agreements. Things like where operators start and end service, coffee and/or lunch breaks, etc.
Dan
allengeorge
Senior Member
Thanks for the insight; that’s incredibly unfortunate. I support unions, but wish that both sides could be more flexible. At the end of the day our goal should be a well-maintained, effective transit system for the public - and it would be nice if there were ‘give’ in the contracts to help achieve that.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Seems strange to not have train or bus symbols... but maybe this is the entrance to a parking lot and not the closest place to a curb side drop off? The only service mentioned on the sign is parking.
Irishmonk
Senior Member
So, we should be calling it Union Transit as opposed to Public Transit. As much as I appreciate unions and their need to exist in the free market, this is why they make absolutely no sense in public sector monopolies that are funded by...the public.
DirectionNorth
Senior Member
Unions are fine ... I've never been a fan of the public unions though, since they demand outrageous salaries and benefits in Ontario. We have a teacher's strikes, transit workers get so many breaks it damages public transit efficiency, postal strikes, and it's not like they're underpaid or in poor working conditions.
drum118
Superstar
Depending on the systems, wages eat 70-85% of operation cost, leaving very little for other things or quality of service. In some cases, operation cost has an impact on the construct budget that it may cause projects to be defer.
With automated trains coming down the road very fast, operation cost will start to fall once drivers are remove and replace with a less pay person on standby incase they have to step in and remove over time. they cause what fare riders have to pay as well those maintaining the equipment.
An 18 km line in Germany is seeing non drivers on an S Bond line trains. There is an railroad running 200 plus car long long distance non man. BN has already done some long distance trail testing with non man trains.
Have work in both sectors, non union was the best route as you can pay x worker more over y as they are doing more and the quality of work is better. When x slacker join a group of works in a union and those workers that were better workers before the slacker join, their work starts to fall as they say why so I do more when x is getting the same pay while doing less work. A lot harder to fire a worker or discipline them to the point companies give up unless it real bad. Seen this as a worker and on the management side. Paying people a fair wage is very important, but what does that mean to people is a different story.
In time, this line will see no divers at all.
Steve X
Senior Member
Maybe one day when trains can be fully automated with a remote operator for emergency braking and safety need, they can move to a headway operation. Remote operators can be swap out momentary.
The problem is there is no one physically there to help with evacuations in the tunnel or give first aid.
The problem is there is no one physically there to help with evacuations in the tunnel or give first aid.
Northern Light
Superstar
A report to the October 26th meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Ctte addresses how residents of Wynford Drive are expected to get to their Crosstown LRT stop, given that the roads are grade-separated.
Report here: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-171902.pdf
The gist is that a new sidewalk/ramp will be built along the connecting ramp/road from Wynford to Eglinton.
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Aside: How was a solution for this not considered during the initial project design?
Report here: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-171902.pdf
The gist is that a new sidewalk/ramp will be built along the connecting ramp/road from Wynford to Eglinton.
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Aside: How was a solution for this not considered during the initial project design?
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H4F33Z
Active Member
Why wasn't a switchback ramp considered?
ARG1
Senior Member
Back of napkin plans, whatcha gonna go about it?
Northern Light
Superstar
A good question, to which I have no answer.
crs1026
Superstar
Couldn’t think of a better thread for this…. Taken yesterday. The point being, Edmonton’s new LRT is in testing just like Crosstown.
Back when Ottawa and iOn were a-building there was suspense about which would open first. I suspect Edmonton will beat Toronto this time.
Impressive that we soon will have all four LRT’s complete, with three more on the way in Ontario and one in Quebec. That’s progress for sure.
- Paul
Back when Ottawa and iOn were a-building there was suspense about which would open first. I suspect Edmonton will beat Toronto this time.
Impressive that we soon will have all four LRT’s complete, with three more on the way in Ontario and one in Quebec. That’s progress for sure.
- Paul