BurlOak
Senior Member
I would guess they would be paved and with a low curb so they could be accessed by emergency vehicles.
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I would guess they would be paved and with a low curb so they could be accessed by emergency vehicles.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Damn it. Why can't people put out their own fires...
Shouldn't be too much of a problem anyways. Cars blocking our streetcar ROWs are very rare.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
LA's Expo Line is fairly similar to our ECLRT in its operation. One of the things I'm concerned about is whether or not the trains will be stopped in situations like this:
http://youtu.be/H73eyHOBH40?t=13m20s
Of course, proper signal priority could completely prevent situations like this while increasing LRV speed. I figure this setup will make situations in the video above rare, if not impossible, while maintaing traffic flow.
-Begin to turning east/west signals to green at least 10 seconds before LRV arrives at the intersection
-No left turns if an LRV is approaching. Allow left turns after LRV has passed.
-Keep north/south signals at red if an LRV is less than 25 seconds away. That gives at least 15 seconds for north/southbound cars to cross and clear the intersection
-Immediately turn north/south traffic lights to green if they were held by the LRT.
I just hope Metrolinx is willing to do this. I would hate to see a repeat of the Spadina priority signalling fiasco.
http://youtu.be/H73eyHOBH40?t=13m20s
Of course, proper signal priority could completely prevent situations like this while increasing LRV speed. I figure this setup will make situations in the video above rare, if not impossible, while maintaing traffic flow.
-Begin to turning east/west signals to green at least 10 seconds before LRV arrives at the intersection
-No left turns if an LRV is approaching. Allow left turns after LRV has passed.
-Keep north/south signals at red if an LRV is less than 25 seconds away. That gives at least 15 seconds for north/southbound cars to cross and clear the intersection
-Immediately turn north/south traffic lights to green if they were held by the LRT.
I just hope Metrolinx is willing to do this. I would hate to see a repeat of the Spadina priority signalling fiasco.
nfitz
Superstar
I'm taking the risk that posts about construction of this line, rather than endless navel gazing, are off-topic.
But here's a picture from this morning of the TBM at the launch site.
But here's a picture from this morning of the TBM at the launch site.
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Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
Does anyone know if the line will be run with a central underground route and the longer full crosstown route. It was mentioned way back but I don't recall if a decision was made.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
What are you trying to say? You're sentences don't make any sense.
JayBeeGooner
Active Member
This quote has been bugging me for a while:
From the Toronto Star:
Is that true?
From Nfitz's photo, there seems to be space for two TBM's side -by -side.
From the Toronto Star:
Is that true?
From Nfitz's photo, there seems to be space for two TBM's side -by -side.
Catenary
Active Member
My guess is it has to do with having room to work as well as site access. There doesn't appear to be access on the left side of the picture meaning both machines must be lowered in from the same side of the site. Assembling them one after the other also means the crews will know how to solve any assembly issues, as well as reducing the staffing requirements.
The Star might have been given bad info (there does appear to be enough room to assemble both if it's planned well enough) but space is likely the first in a list of reasons they are staggered.
nfitz
Superstar
How does it not make sense? I'll rephrase it, and perhaps then you can clarify the grammatical error in my original post. The only error that jumps out at me, is I probably should have hyphenated "navel gazing".
"Here is a photo of the launch site today. Is this the correct place for discussion of the construction, because everyone here seems to be discussing irrelevant BS".
Catenary
Active Member
It made sense to me the first time, but I like the wording of the second attempt better.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
What about this:
I'm assuming you're saying that you've taken a risk by going onto the ECLRT construction site and posting photos of the progress here. Am I correct?
nfitz
Superstar
You must be pulling my leg! But if you aren't ...
The risk I took, was that this is the wrong thread to post information about the construction. The photo was from the Honourable Glen Murray's twitter feed. He is the Minister of Transportation. If you click on the photo you open his tweet.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
blacktrojan3921
New Member
Well to be fair, with the warmongering the Ford Brothers are wagering against Stintz and TTC and City Council, more often then not taking pictures of the construction is not as entertaining as the war
smallspy
Senior Member
It is probably easier for them to launch one unit at a time from the west portal, as the road is cantilevered out over the north side of the pit. It probably isn't particularly easy to access the north part of the launch pit with the TBM parked in the south part of it.
But in any case, even if they could launch them at the same time, they wouldn't. When running through built-up areas such as Eglinton, TBMs should be run about 3 weeks to a month apart, to allow for any ground settlement to subside before the second unit runs through.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.