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That was answered in the board meeting. The line was designed and built to support the TSP policy as it existed with the city at the time, which was for conditional priority only. As Mandeep Lali stated the policy hadn't been revised in many years and is now in the process of that revision (as directed by the TTC board and Council) with an emphasis on prioritizing transit vehicles.
At Kennedy, I was thinking about lining up outside the new entrance, mostly because I don't know if the indoor one would be open at that time. Of course i'll be careful this time, considering that I got caught in a crowd crush while waiting for the first Finch West train
The Western extention is planned for opening in 2031. Subject to change.
No, the easiest is the extended green - like you see all the time on streetcar routes for years. The priority for LRV going ahead before the turns is what they are trialling right now on Spadina, and hopefully is rolled out on Eglinton before the full opening.
I could never understand why that wasn't done from the beginning. If done right, drivers would not be inconvenienced by it.
That’s just getting cute now. The minimum of TSP should be that no LRT is ever, never held back by a red traffic signal or an advanced left turn signal. How hard is it in this digital age (after just spending tens of billions on two LRT lines) to direct the traffic light to hold (or cycle to) green AND delay the advanced left turn if there’s a LRT approaching? Nothing of this should be aspirational or future planning.
Let's hope that the revision and the direction from the council will result in something meaningful for Line 5. But don't expect miracles. Implementing an aggressive TSP is made difficult by design choices that have already been made; one-stage pedestrian crossing, near-side stops, etc. It may also conflict with the city policies for easing traffic congestion.
What's the logic behind near-side stops? Perhaps the assumption is that the LRT (or streetcar for that matter) is already being held back by a traffic signal, so we might as well stop here to board? If so, it all starts with the original sin of ignoring the need for TSP.
I am not sure how this is "cute", this is how TSP is defined and used- specifically that it is ANY MEASURE to reactively speed up transit, there is no minimum % of speed up required to be called TSP. This is precisely why its used less often in favour of more explicit terms like absolute TSP or strong TSP, where ATSP more accurately decribes "no LRT is ever, never held back by a red traffic signal or an advanced left turn signal"
I know this is a non-starter & would never happen, but it would be nice if buses could have TSP over cars as well, for the same reason of not inconveniencing dozens of people just to prioritize those in their personal cars.
