technically Finch has most of these except for signal priority. That and the operating practices (drivers must not go above 30km/h) are really holding the line back

I had no idea it was CBTC enforced, the only place something like this really makes sense is for the curve under Hwy 27 so drivers can go faster approaching the tunnel. But they're driving slow in the trench anyways

one of the worst parts of NA transportation planning is the obsession with super wide "complete streets"

The only thing that comes from private financing is the operator having a full monopoly of the route and the government having to give the consortium somewhere between $50-$150 billion over 50 years.

90% of the building is just a comically long ramp to the concourse

38-40 minutes in travel time is about what you would expect for a fully grade separated line using these vehicles. The contract aiming for 45 minutes off peak and 49 minutes peak is quite ambitious given the infrastructure, and it seems they realized how hard that is in practice in RSD testing. 3/3

And good luck having consistent signal priority with 3 minute service and super long signal phases because we didn't build mid block crossings. The claim of 34km/h in tunnels is also unrealistic with that stop spacing, only VAL/rubber tire metros tend to achieve that in practice. 2/3

It seems that this "2023" document, is just some ancient crosstown info that was added to this document for some reason

wider ROWs do have a bit of an advantage of having the ability to separate the road into multiple phased crossings and have stop infrastructure. It would be so much easier to improve the streetcars if the ROW on most of the core routes were just a few meters wider

Josh Matlow posted this today and this isn't the discourse we need to get these lines moving quickly. Matlow is wasting time trying to get funding for something that already exists

far side stops are generally better for faster operations but you need functional signal priority to make that happen

Confederation GO has something very similar. 90% of the station building is just a mega ramp to bring people to the concourse

I think us transit advocates need to shift the conversation from whether or not we have TSP more towards what makes TSP effective or ineffective

Thats what happens when your soft to hard cost ratio is like 3:1

I think the subway is around 28-32km/h on average (besides Sheppard which is around 37-38km/h)

170 metres for 8 lanes and a multi use path is an excellent use of space

170m wide R.O.W is insane

They actually need to change it to this. A 13km/h streetcar should not be the same as subways on the map