Northern Light
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Based on how seats were maintained in the first few years of service, I think this is accurate; the problem, I suspect, as previously noted is simply less cleaning and less seat replacement.
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Based on how seats were maintained in the first few years of service, I think this is accurate; the problem, I suspect, as previously noted is simply less cleaning and less seat replacement.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
It is breathable alright - and it got a case of bad breath. And if it is so easy to clean - why are the seats so dirty? Swapping seats isn't "cleaning" - it is replacement.
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Northern Light
Superstar
I've articulated what I think has happened.
cplchanb
Senior Member
depends on their protocols. the swapped out seat covers could in theory be sent to the cleaners and returned to the spare stocks afterwards.
max
Active Member
At the top of the seat can we just attach that roll of paper you sit on at the doctor's office so you can a pull out a fresh one before you sit down?
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Or in a more macabre sense - disposable toilet seat covers.
Do you trust this as something they would do as part of their daily rounds immediately after an "event"? Much less consistently? I have my doubts - that's why I prefer question bold claims about cleanability and demand to actual wipe-clean performance.
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reinventingthewheel
Senior Member
This gave me a good laugh but honestly, if you’re that concerned and do prefer sitting on public transit, just carry around your own little protector. Maybe stow a roll of parchment paper or a shopping bag in your rucksack?
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Or just stand, like someone of us do if the seats looks dodgy - but at the end of the day, I don't call maintaining a clean, fast, reliable system to be anything but a priority for a high quality transit system, and we should not default to the lowest denominator like we have been doing in this city.
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picard102
Senior Member
I can't say I've ever found the seats to be terribly dirty.
T3G
Senior Member
The walkways are narrow in some spots, so in that respect the interior design could be better, but there are no less than 3 alcoves where multiple people might credibly stand and not be in the way of flowing traffic:
2-3 people would fit here:
7 or 8 would fit here if they chose not to pull the seats down, less if the seats are occupied:
4 people would fit here:
Of course, the latter 2 you would have to vacate in the event of a wheelchair or bike boarding, but those are extremely rare events - I have been on my share of rush hour Flexities, and have never experienced this. Where on a subway are there equivalent spaces where one can sequester themselves during crushloads? Every space not devoted to doorways or the driver's cab is occupied by seats. Standing by the off-side doorway only works until the platform sides change; then you are all of a sudden that ass that's blocking the doorway again.
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nfitz
Superstar
Sure, there's space when it's partially full. But it's more difficult to navigate when it's full than a subway when it's full - let alone crush-loaded. At least if you find yourself in the centre of the car, in the seats.
It's certainly not as bad as some of these small-town buses with 2x2 seating all the way down the bus, where even 5 or 6 people standing creates problems.
It's certainly not as bad as some of these small-town buses with 2x2 seating all the way down the bus, where even 5 or 6 people standing creates problems.
Richard White
Senior Member
Hello from Sunny England!
Judging by all the emails that I'm getting it appears the rain is wreaking havoc upon the transit system there.
How bad is the rain impacting things?
It seems like every 5 minutes something is closed or diverted for flooding.
Judging by all the emails that I'm getting it appears the rain is wreaking havoc upon the transit system there.
How bad is the rain impacting things?
It seems like every 5 minutes something is closed or diverted for flooding.
Jonny5
Senior Member
It's the usual flash flood spots, around Front Street and the road tunnels under the railway, the lower Don River, etc.
Though I don't know how much more you can divert routes in the City before they're functionally totally another route.
Hopefully this doesn't delay the reopening of King/Church, though when I passed there about 1:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon there was literally no one working.
Northern Light
Superstar
Trains bypassing St. Patrick, Lawrence and Pape due to flooding issues.
GO Trains bypassing Exhibition and Long Branch.
and service on the K-W corridor is turning back at Malton
GO Trains bypassing Exhibition and Long Branch.
and service on the K-W corridor is turning back at Malton
APTA-2048
Senior Member
Part of the PATH and Bay concourse connection to the subway is flooded too.