The Great Canadian Transit Thread

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

Can you touch on this more? Why would it prevent an intermodal connection? Maybe I'm just not on the same page ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The width of the available space at McGill is too narrow to both have platforms and a third track as per new studies.

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

For intercity travellers, requiring a transfer to local transit to get downtown is a real turn off. When I went to Montreal in July, the train to Central station was the determining factor. Otherwise, I would have driven. Remember, that hauling luggage between transit vehicles is a royal pain, especially when local transit is really not that accommodating for luggage. This is why I say that Ottawa's plans for airport rail service will be a waste of money, with potentially two transfers required to reach downtown.

There are currently no talks of NOT having trains stopped at the Central Station. There are talks to add another VIA station to connect to the REM, as to aleviate the need to travel downtown for these users, since the tunnel won't be used by VIA Rail (which would have been the shortest route).

The current routing adds about 20 minutes to the trip. People who wants to shorten this trip can transfer on the REM for downtown and save 15 minutes. And this is for QC trains only.

[MalcolmTucker]

Originally Posted by d_jeffrey

The width of the available space at McGill is too narrow to both have platforms and a third track as per new studies.

Nothing money can't solve!

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

Nothing money can't solve!

Displace the green line and destroy skyscrapers?

Summary of the engineering study :
https://www.cdpqinfra.com/sites/all/files/document/presentation_interoperabilite_cdpqinfra_2016.pdf

[MalcolmTucker]

Originally Posted by d_jeffrey

Displace the green line and destroy skyscrapers?

Summary of the engineering study :
https://www.cdpqinfra.com/sites/all/files/document/presentation_interoperabilite_cdpqinfra_2016.pdf

Go lower with a second tunnel. Though my preference would be to spend an equivalent amount of money (or less) on dedicated tracks, straightening curves for high speed to the the north shore coming from the south side of Gare Centrale.


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Can build an underground (deep) station to connect Lucien-L'Aller with Gare Centrale and depart in a different direction than current trains, or build a few connections between CN/CP and AMT tracks to let the current terminal service continue with a bit of a circuitous route.

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

Go lower with a second tunnel. Though my preference would be to spend an equivalent amount of money (or less) on dedicated tracks, straightening curves for high speed to the the north shore coming from the south side of Gare Centrale.


Can build an underground (deep) station to connect Lucien-L'Aller with Gare Centrale and depart in a different direction than current trains, or build a few connections between CN/CP and AMT tracks to let the current terminal service continue with a bit of a circuitous route.

A deep tunnel at Gare Centrale will probably need to be built if VIA rail wants to speed up times from Ottawa/Toronto, especially if their new system is built.

[1overcosc]

Uber is now legal in Ottawa as of earlier today, as the company has been officially granted an operating license from the City of Ottawa. The necessary changes to the bylaws allowing for Uber to be licensed came into force at the end of last week and the license was issued Tuesday afternoon.

[manny_santos]

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Uber is now legal in Ottawa as of earlier today, as the company has been officially granted an operating license from the City of Ottawa. The necessary changes to the bylaws allowing for Uber to be licensed came into force at the end of last week and the license was issued Tuesday afternoon.

So now the cabbies can't say it's illegal. Right?

Speaking of Uber, I was in Kingston last weekend and I took an Uber to get to the train station. I asked the driver how many Uber drivers Kingston now has, and he said "25-30". A far cry from a year ago when they only had one, and that driver spent part of his week in Ottawa because of a lack of demand in Kingston. So it seems Kingston now has four solid choices for taxis - quite a feat for a city of 120,000.

[1overcosc]

Originally Posted by manny_santos

So now the cabbies can't say it's illegal. Right?

Nope they can't. Fully licensed by the city and no violations of any municipal regulations. Furthermore, Uber operations are now insured in all of Ontario, so the insurance concerns are also gone.

Originally Posted by manny_santos

Speaking of Uber, I was in Kingston last weekend and I took an Uber to get to the train station. I asked the driver how many Uber drivers Kingston now has, and he said "25-30". A far cry from a year ago when they only had one, and that driver spent part of his week in Ottawa because of a lack of demand in Kingston. So it seems Kingston now has four solid choices for taxis - quite a feat for a city of 120,000.

Yep, Uber has really established themselves here, which I'm honestly quite shocked about. It seems like they're mostly being used by the students so I wonder how they get by in the summer.

I doubt the City Council here is going to be as progressive as Ottawa's though. There's a lot of pro-union and anti-big business sentiment in the city that reflects itself in our municipal council.

[caltrane74]

Looks like a streetcar in the middle of the Canadian Shield....

Bombardier still way behind schedule, they need to crank out about 50 streetcars a year for the next 4 years to make it, and even then will still be behind.

JJ Trackside Rambles at UT

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/ttc...ry-bombardier.3263/page-607#post-1153895

[p_xavier]

The STM has partnered with different companies to integrate/recycle their old MR-63 cars. Here is one building that will be constructed in Griffintown.

[franktko]

Originally Posted by d_jeffrey

The STM has partnered with different companies to integrate/recycle their old MR-63 cars. Here is one building that will be constructed in Griffintown.

What they announced today is that a few projects have been selected for more consideration - it doesn't mean they will be built.

The picture you have shown above is not the project in Griffintown (which is less ambitious) but a project from Aedifica (see here). The original project wanted to use around 60 subway cars (pictured above) but STM have asked them to revise it using only a dozen cars...

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by franktko

What they announced today is that a few projects have been selected for more consideration - it doesn't mean they will be built.

The picture you have shown above is not the project in Griffintown (which is less ambitious) but a project from Aedifica (see here). The original project wanted to use around 60 subway cars (pictured above) but STM have asked them to revise it using only a dozen cars...

Well thanks for the clarifications. I took the info from journal metro.

[GreaterMontréal]

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[lrt's friend]

There is such a concern of the possibility of another cave in, that Ottawa is closing Rideau Street until the end of the year to complete LRT tunnelling. Rideau Street is Ottawa's main east-west street and a major transit corridor.

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

There is such a concern of the possibility of another cave in, that Ottawa is closing Rideau Street until the end of the year to complete LRT tunnelling. Rideau Street is Ottawa's main east-west street and a major transit corridor.

Wow, that's really bad. The alignment is so close to the cliff, it's not suprising.

[GreaterMontréal]

Montréal investit plus de 9 millions de dollars pour améliorer le Bixi
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/montr...ons-dollars-1000-velos-80-stations.shtml

[caltrane74]

Bombardier cannot keep up with the demand for LRV/LRT vehicles coming out of Ontario...

On Tuesday, Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, issued a request for qualifications — an early stage of the procurement process — for the planned Hurontario LRT, a 20-km, 22-stop line that will run from the Port Credit GO station to Steeles Ave. in Brampton. In addition to designing, building, operating and maintaining the $1.4-billion line,the document also asks the successful bidder to supply a fleet of 44 light rail vehicles (LRVs).

Good news?

Roof modules being designed for the existing contracts they do have..

[swimmer_spe]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Bombardier cannot keep up with the demand for LRV/LRT vehicles coming out of Ontario...




Good news?

Roof modules being designed for the existing contracts they do have..

If Bombardier could capitalize on this and open another production shop, they could meet or exceed the current and future demand.

[Innsertnamehere]

That's the plan. When bombardier finally admitted to the problem and said it would take a while to get production ramped up in the spring, they started building an extra facility to speed production. They are investing additional capital into the project to actually fix the issue, instead of just stringing the ttc along while they didn't really do anything like they did for the first year of deliveries.