The Great Canadian Transit Thread - Page 226

J.OT13 · #**4501** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 4:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Via Reddit, Moscow's new hybrid trams.

Drooling here...

http://imgur.com/a/kNnzB

Holy alien spaceship! Not very aerodynamic though.

Taeolas · #**4502** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 4:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Holy alien spaceship! Not very aerodynamic though.

Very Tron-like in my opinion.

niwell · #**4503** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 5:59 PM**

Those look like they are from some 1980s dystopia.

They already look very dated. No thanks.

VIce · #**4504** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Holy alien spaceship! Not very aerodynamic though.

I'm not sure how you can tell that just by looking at something. Especially a low-speed vehicle like a tram.

SignalHillHiker · #**4505** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 7:08 PM**

1980s Dystopia isn't exactly out of place in Moscow.

I love it!

shogged · #**4506** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 7:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by VIce

I'm not sure how you can tell that just by looking at something. Especially a low-speed vehicle like a tram.

its pretty easy to tell that just by looking at it lol

but as you say, it's low speed so it really doesn't matter.

333609543 · #**4507** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 8:06 PM**

Toronto's streetcars are going to start going into service on Route 510 Spadina very soon. Or even now.

VIce · #**4508** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by shogged

its pretty easy to tell that just by looking at it lol

Maybe you're all just smarter than I am, but I'm not sure how you can make a statement like that.

Nouvellecosse · #**4509** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 9:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

Holy alien spaceship! Not very aerodynamic though.

How come other people see an alien space ship but when I look I see a ship ship. To me it looks very nautical themed.

SignalHillHiker · #**4510** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 9:14 PM**

Because you're from Atlantic Canada?

I saw the alien from the movie Aliens.

caltrane74 · #**4511** Posted **Jul 11, 2014, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by 33360954301

Toronto's streetcars are going to start going into service on Route 510 Spadina very soon. Or even now.

They don't begin regular fare paying service until the end of August. Although a few of the production models have already been delivered. Not as fancy as the Moscow trains, at least not the exterior, but a massive improvment on the existing fleet.

J.OT13 · #**4512** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by VIce

I'm not sure how you can tell that just by looking at something. Especially a low-speed vehicle like a tram.

The flat nose as opposed to the bullet shape of regular lrt vehicles.

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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

How come other people see an alien space ship but when I look I see a ship ship. To me it looks very nautical themed.

After taking another look, I see the boat boat up front. I guess I saw the space ship first because it looks futuristic. The interior made me think of Star Trek.

VIce · #**4513** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 2:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

The flat nose as opposed to the bullet shape of regular lrt vehicles.

I realise that's what you meant. My point was that "sleek good, blunt bad" doesn't make much sense.

goodthings · #**4514** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 2:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Via Reddit, Moscow's new hybrid trams.

Drooling here...

http://imgur.com/a/kNnzB

Now I know which LRT model Mississauga should get!

But of course, they have to go through Metrolinx with that...

eemy · #**4515** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 2:52 AM**

I kind of see a more futuristic-dystopian aesthetic, like Blade Runner. The seating, while very Star Trekkie, doesn't seem very efficient to me.

SignalHillHiker · #**4516** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 2:53 AM**

Yeah. The long chesterfields are cute though!

Nouvellecosse · #**4517** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 2:59 AM**

^ As is the fact that you still use the term chesterfield!

"Pinch his little cheeks" cute in fact.

ScreamingViking · #**4518** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 3:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by Doady

Also note how Hamilton transit ridership actually declined somehow despite high gas prices and increased provincial and federal funding. That's what happens when a city is stuck in the 50s mentality, building according 50s plans, building freeways through greenbelts. And now Hamilton is worse than Mississauga, it is sad.

I'm actually surprised it dropped that little, given the city's growth pattern and city council's reluctance to invest anything more than a pittance into the transit system. Route/service expansion has been happening at a glacial pace, marketing for the HSR is weak (it doesn't even have its own website - just some sub-pages on the municipal website) and its branding hasn't been freshened up in a long time.

bikegypsy · #**4519** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 3:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Via Reddit, Moscow's new hybrid trams.

Drooling here...

http://imgur.com/a/kNnzB

Sick design... The interiors are even more awesome

miketoronto · #**4520** Posted **Jul 12, 2014, 12:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

I'm actually surprised it dropped that little, given the city's growth pattern and city council's reluctance to invest anything more than a pittance into the transit system. Route/service expansion has been happening at a glacial pace, marketing for the HSR is weak (it doesn't even have its own website - just some sub-pages on the municipal website) and its branding hasn't been freshened up in a long time.

Hamilton's ridership did not actually decline. Its per capita ridership decline did, as ridership grew slower than population growth.

Also, I think you will find that gas prices really do not have much of an effect on most people choosing to take transit or not.
If transit is not a convenient and viable option for you to commute to work, then even high gas prices are not going to make you switch. A few people will, but not as much as we may think.

Hamilton has also been starting to improve some services, so hopefully this will start some service expansion.