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Originally Posted by biguc
Nah, bus drivers have an annoying job. I get it. Just taking an ironical stab at figuring out why bus service runs... off the rails.
But yeah, Toronto's streetcar system is pretty idiosyncratic in how much it mixes with traffic. We kind of take that as a baked-in flaw with streetcar systems, but it doesn't have to be that way. I get tripped out every time I'm there that in places where there's an island stop (I don't know what they're called-- these things) that cars are allowed to drive on the tram side of the platform, potentially blocking the tram from reaching the platform. No wonder they're always getting stuck in traffic. |
They do have a shitty job, yeah, and deal with a lot, but I’ve never really found the drivers to be insufferable or anything.
Yeah, the way streetcars are in Toronto isn’t the only way to do streetcars. Hell, even within Toronto, the Spadina line is a bit different (though still quite slow). Some of the issues with speed/efficiency on the TTC streetcars can be easily fixed in ways akin to what the King St Pilot Project accomplished.
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