[mikey7767]

First off, the signal configurations and timeings at a couple of the intersections have not changed at all. Leslie for sure, but I thought that Vic Park was another of them.

Second, at the other intersections all they have done is adjust when the phases happen, not institute any live phase rotation algorithm. At most of the intersections, the left-turn phase on Eglinton now happens after the straight-through phase, not before.

The more advanced stuff, such as phase rotation and more aggressive signal holding, is still to come.

Dan

What is your source for this? Last I checked, they mentioned that the first phase of "signal priority" was being rolled out in February. Not just timing changes....

The Mayor Literally called the current changes "priority"

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/1rqd87j/transit_signal_priority_update

At the end of the day, what was done is just a static change. It still goes through ALL the cycles....and this is the "phase rotation algorithm".

 

[nfitz]

What is your source for this?

The documents that people keep posting in this thread! We all know there were some simpler timing changes made initially.

 

[mikey7767]

The documents that people keep posting in this thread! We all know there were some simpler timing changes made initially.

Didn't see a single one, and I've been pretty active in this thread. What timing changes? Can you elaborate? Because to me it just sounds like a nice soundbite. Just because you say something doesn't make it true.

Seems like it goes through the exact same cycle.

 

[PL1]

Didn't see a single one, and I've been pretty active in this thread. What timing changes? Can you elaborate? Because to me it just sounds like a nice soundbite. Just because you say something doesn't make it true.

Seems like it goes through the exact same cycle.

Several members of UT post things from sources they cannot name. They have demonstrated over time that their informants and information are good. You can either choose to accept that @smallspy and others are such members privy to such info, or don't. But asking repeatedly for more sources isn't going to change things. Sorry

 

[urbanclient]

Anecdotally, Line 5 Eglinton has serious problems adhering to headways both east and westbound in the underground section.

If you go by the service summary, (https://www.ttc.ca/transparency-and-accountability/transit-planning) then Eglinton is supposed to come every 7'36" on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. And yet every single time I've been on it in the past 3 weekends, the trains come every 10+ minutes. Longest I waited was just over 12 minutes. This is unacceptable.

Compound this with missing a Line 1 train and you're wasting up to 17 minutes at Cedarvale or Eglinton station.

Otherwise, the travel times are just as google maps predicts. It's the headways that are wrong. Lastly, the Line 5 trains on weekends are clearly closer to full capacity than Line 1 trains. Dwell times seem much longer on Line 5 because of how slow people are disembarking and boarding even with 40-50% empty trains. If I have time to report on a few weekday rush hours, I will.

P.S. overheard one university-age-looking person say "it uses streetcar vehicles basically" last week. Funny how this still passes for small talk. Last I heard this was when Line 6 FW opened.

 

[doublemint]

It will take a bit longer for this change to hit Line 5 & 6 since most of that restriction is coded into the signal system software but the plan is to push that change to the software before FIFA.

Could you elaborate on this? I don't understand how it could be coded into the signal system. I thought it's the operators themselves slowing down to and speeding up from 25 km/h (hence why some operators go 25 km/h throughout the whole intersection until they clear it, while others simply choose to enter the intersection at that speed then speed up).