The Great Canadian Transit Thread

[SkahHigh]

Bonaventure Expressway demolition


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[Coldrsx]

Edmonton's Metro line finally opens today connecting MacEwan University/Rogers Place, Royal Alex Hospital (2nd largest ^in Edm), Kingsway Mall and NAIT campus. An incredibly important connection, just a shame how it has transpired.

[Beedok]

I wonder if Toronto's Downtown Relief Line would get more support if it were renamed the Commuter Relief Line...

[MoreTrains]

Originally Posted by Beedok

I wonder if Toronto's Downtown Relief Line would get more support if it were renamed the Commuter Relief Line...

Likely yes, because that makes it sound like it would benefit everyone but downtown!

[MalcolmTucker]

Originally Posted by Beedok

I wonder if Toronto's Downtown Relief Line would get more support if it were renamed the Commuter Relief Line...

Originally Posted by MoreTrains

Likely yes, because that makes it sound like it would benefit everyone but downtown!

What about this branding and service plan? If your goal is to move people to another interchange, why not make the default path the one you want people to take?

[Innsertnamehere]

IIRC only about a third of people on the bloor - danforth line are expected to transfer to the DRL, so that setup would actually inconvenience more people than it would help.

People will still be willing to make the transfer to the DRL as it will be a faster subway line, with less stops.

[Nouvellecosse]

^ But is that 1/3 of the total riders on the Bloor-Danforth line or 1/3 of the people coming from east of the DRL interchange?

Also, I hope there's at least a couple new stops in the eastern inner city, perhaps one at Gerrard, another Queen, and one at Parliament or Sherbourne. It seems like a waste to build a transit line under some of the densest urban areas in the country and not provide any service for them.

[MalcolmTucker]

^ The lack of stations is more due to my limited patience with editing in paint.

Also, 30% of people transferring at that station, if you forced them to make a switch to continue to Bloor/Yonge, and you could up the number travelling via relief, that would be better no?

[ssiguy]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

IIRC only about a third of people on the bloor - danforth line are expected to transfer to the DRL, so that setup would actually inconvenience more people than it would help.

People will still be willing to make the transfer to the DRL as it will be a faster subway line, with less stops.

I'm not much of a computer geek.......what is IIRC?

[st7860]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

IIRC only about a third of people on the bloor - danforth line are expected to transfer to the DRL, so that setup would actually inconvenience more people than it would help.

People will still be willing to make the transfer to the DRL as it will be a faster subway line, with less stops.

Exactly, you remember that and understand the language well.

[WhipperSnapper]

This setup may lead to additional transfers however, it will also do the most to alleviate congestion on Yonge. I could go either way.

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

I'm not much of a computer geek.......what is IIRC?

If I Recall Correctly

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

What about this branding and service plan? If your goal is to move people to another interchange, why not make the default path the one you want people to take?

What if, instead of it only going downtown, have it do both?

Until they built a separate line further north of Danforth, the line east of Greenwood alternates between going east to Kipling and south to Union?

Yes, it would be confusing, but not nearly as confusing as Interlining.

[Nouvellecosse]

^ Wouldn't that mean that both the DRL and the Bloor line West of Greenwood would each only get 1/2 the service compared to the section east of Greenwood? If the section going from Greenwood to McCowan (Scarborough) had 30 trains per hour per direction, then 15 of them would continue along Bloor and 15 would divert down the DRL. 15 trains per hour per direction doesn't seem like enough for the central-most sections of the system during peak times.

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

^ Wouldn't that mean that both the DRL and the Bloor line West of Greenwood would each only get 1/2 the service compared to the section east of Greenwood? If the section going from Greenwood to McCowan (Scarborough) had 30 trains per hour per direction, then 15 of them would continue along Bloor and 15 would divert down the DRL. 15 trains per hour per direction doesn't seem like enough for the central-most sections of the system during peak times.

The other thing they could do is have some trains only go as far east as Greenwood so there is still a connection.

I wonder if they ran this, would they find that there is more demand going to Union than going to Kipling?
If that were the case, they could add another train that would just go Union-Greenwood that would connect with the Bloor through service.

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[Nouvellecosse]

What are the chances of the LRT project moving forward?

[SkahHigh]

Was the Flexity Freedom adopted everywhere in Southern Ontario lol?

[MalcolmTucker]

The provincial government signed a contract to buy a standardized product in bulk. Who knows if Bombardier will be able to deliver.

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