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Monarch Butterfly said:
Dundas West Station should have crossover tracks (the next station west Keele Station has the crossover tracks), then UPX and GO trains could be used to continue trips to downtown.
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I wonder if the crossover tracks just east of Keele could be used for Dundas West., since they are between those two stations. I guess operationally it would be difficult since they are so close to Keele, and signalling would have to be upgraded. But it could be worth it to take pressure off the shuttle buses by directly getting people onto the GO train during disruptions.
 
JasonParis said:
I'd also like the no left-turn from Queen to Broadview to be kept indefinitely.
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An alternative I thought up a while ago, but would require quite intelligent smart traffic lights, is a form of TSP where if a streetcar is behind left turning cars, to give the cars an advanced left to clear out of the way of the streetcar. And the advanced left would only be triggered by a streetcar near the intersection, to not slow down streetcars going the other direction unncessecarily. Basically the purpose of the advanced left would be only for the purpose of getting the left turning cars out of the path of a streetcar.
 
jmi22 said:
Anyways, yesterday I foolishly assumed the closures were over and arrived to Kipling station around 3pm just as (heard from TTC employee) a train became stuck at Islington. Fix took 2 hours-ish, and as others have pointed out an issue occurring more than 24 hours after the end of snow falling seems like a complete failure.
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The closures were because of snow blocking (insulating) the third rail. I rode the subway north of Bloor today and in the a lot of the open cut sections the third rail is still almost totally buried, with just enough metal exposed for the contact shoe to pick up power. And some of the trains had crazy arcing so I doubt it wouldn't take a lot to block it again.
 
Richard White said:
Edit: Given how long this is going on and where it is, I suspect they are chasing someone through Lower Bay
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Not only did it take over an hour for them to chase him through lower Bay, Line 2 never really got going properly again. We waited 20 minutes at Dufferin Station, 20 minutes after the line had reopened, to finally get a train that had room for a group of 3 to get on.
 
I sometimes think the 504 should have been part of the Canary District build. It might have made more sense for it to veer south at Sumach, run along Front (via a new bridge over the Don), touch East Harbour on the east side, then head north on Broadview. That would leave a short stretch of King without the 504, but it would still be served by the 503. This approach could have eased the interlining bottleneck at Queen/Broadview while effectively linking the 504 with the future Broadview line.
 
robmausser said:
An alternative I thought up a while ago, but would require quite intelligent smart traffic lights, is a form of TSP where if a streetcar is behind left turning cars, to give the cars an advanced left to clear out of the way of the streetcar. And the advanced left would only be triggered by a streetcar near the intersection, to not slow down streetcars going the other direction unncessecarily. Basically the purpose of the advanced left would be only for the purpose of getting the left turning cars out of the path of a streetcar.
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That's how the signal on Bathurst and Adelaide work on the north leg. The streetcar can extend the signal until the queue is cleared (up to a maximum)
 
Northern Light said:
Platform Edge Doors are the key move here. For Line 2, that will require ATC.
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And many decades...I think we need better (realistic) short term solution if this continues to be a source of significant delay.

Bay station appears to be where spotted at track level, possibly for its' unique setup... Interesting they could not apprehend 3 people who went into the tunnels... Perhaps a start with better surveillance. No pictures of the suspects? Unlike suicide, I imagine trespassing to be less deterred by platform edge doors (at critical locations).
 
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From X, ice on a subway car.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2016305257941213462

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TRONto said:
For the Spadina Streetcar, I recently emailed the mayor and the local counselor Saxe about removing stops and closing intersections and.... got no response. I think there is enough public focus on the slow speed of our streetcars that now is the time to be able to remove some stops on Spadina and get it moving faster.
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I didn't get a response from either. Is that normal now? I always received a response from Councillors and Tory's office. What are other's experience?
 
Northern Light said:
TTC Agenda is up.

No update on Line 5 is posted.

But there is a presentation TSP more broadly. (not yet posted, just a placeholder)

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Ugh,

If they do delay the opening again, I can see questions being asked. The TTC would need to some explaining about the delay and get the ball ******* rolling.

You can only say we are working on it so many times before eventually someone says shut the **** up and open the thing.
 
TTC Chair Myers this morning on CBC Metro Morning said that TSP will be implemented by end of May, in a conversation about Line 5's opening date. Figure he meant a more aggressive implementation, but he didn't elaborate. Don't remember if he said it that certainly or if it was hedged with "I believe"... was early and there isn't a way to listen to it again.
 
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