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Toronto-Age |OT3| Going Off the Rails on a Gravy Train
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Harveys and/or Subway.
BigJonsson
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Started with wings, then burgers, then froyo
BigJonsson
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Remember when pork bone soup really took off? Korea town looked like the recipe had just been leaked and everybody was serving it.
I'm actually surprised there aren't more cafes ripping off Snakes and Lattes by now. That place is still ridiculously crowded every time I pass by.
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Kuro Madoushi
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Nothing wrong with this!
When was this...?
Pretty average in this city from the places I've been to.
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When was this...?
Pretty average in this city from the places I've been to.
Wow, I'm OLD. Thinking back, this was like a decade ago. Maybe more.
I watched it last night and it was hilarious.
What happened?
That the mayor sat in a council meeting yesterday and didn't address this issue at all is pretty unbelievable. How many of us could go to work with a compelling crack allegation hanging over you, ignore all questions, get your work done, and then go home.
How long do you expect you would keep your job if you said nothing for days?
How long do you expect you would keep your job if you said nothing for days?
I'm guessing yeah, the whole line between union and bloor was shut down due to it. Usually that's a jumper or accident.
What time was it closed? I checked the link but no times were given?
I don't think most people are upset with the person involved, but rather that one incident can happen at one station and the entire subway downtown is a shit show. Thousands of people were late for work because of it, I'd imagine.
Between 8 and 9 I think, smack dab rush hour.
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Let's say someone kills themselves by jumping on a track at Yonge and Bloor. They have no choice but to stop all the trains behind it. Not much they can do.
AlphaTwo00
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Shitty Subway network design. As city demands increases, the network should scale up to increase redundancy just so that one crippling aspect wouldn't halt the entire system.
Oh well.
Can you imagine the screeching and moaning and wailing about the costs if someone suggested putting down a parallel track on the line?
It's what should be done, and we as a country are rich enough to finance it but damn this place is short sighted.
Zombie James
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Ford staffers handing out magnets at a funeral.
Indeed. We're basically screwed because of lack of foresight and planning over the past many decades. Both in terms of being able to build new subways and with what to do with the Gardiner.
At least there are some good transit projects underway in the city now. None of them will fix our issues with the subway lines though.
Ford staffers handing out magnets at a funeral.
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I can promise you guys if I'm going to kill myself I'll do it during off-peak times.
I'm not saying there's an easy fix, but as AlphaTwo00 mentions below, there are ways to avoid these issues (although planning for them initially would have been ideal). All/Most stations should have 3 tracks: 1 in each direction and a third to allow trains to bypass the station. Yea sure, there is a cost involved, but there is also a cost involved for lost time when there are delays most days. The platforms need doors to prevent jumping/"track injuries" (I think South Korea has this to some extent, iirc). Unfortunately due to budget (among other things), the TTC seems to only look at the near future and not at long term solutions.
Exactly.
Putting up platform doors at each station would help as well. And they don't even have to be ugly. But it'll take us another two decades to make all the stations reasonably accessible for the disabled and elderly. I imagine putting up platform barriers would take us the rest of our life times.
He looks like he's overinflated and about to blow up.
He looks like he's overinflated and about to blow up.
AlphaTwo00
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Are the doors for suicide prevention? The example I know of with Hong Kong was that those were installed initially because it was to reduce the cost of AC at each station. Happening to prevent injuries was just a bonus.
Redundancy in my mind was multiple routes serving the same area, so any specific route within the "core" isn't the only route in/out. Even within Canada, both Montreal and Vancouver do that better than Toronto. The proposed DRL line would help, along with Eglington/Shepherd line if they were fully realized.
Researching this is surly depressing.
That's why the DRL should be high on the priority list. It increases north west redundancy so at least there's some option when one of the north/south lines get screwed as happened today on Yonge.
Still third or even fourth track on same line is awesome. It allows you you to run express trains parallel to the standard service which would do a hell of a lot to relieve congestion and provide failsafes.
Still third or even fourth track on same line is awesome. It allows you you to run express trains parallel to the standard service which would do a hell of a lot to relieve congestion and provide failsafes.
Whether the intent while installing them is to deter suicides / injury, or not, it still achieves that goal.
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Yes, it would be quite a shame if they had to automate the subway system so that it ran faster and cut cost..
Fucking TTC
BigJonsson
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CP24's Cam Wooley just mentioned that Ford's staff were handing out stuff outside the funeral, he asked for comment on the drug thing and was told to, "have respect"
He just doesn't get it, wow
He just doesn't get it, wow
"This isn't even my final form."
BigJonsson
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Doug Ford just made a statement, it's going to do nothing to get the media off this
Okay, that joke got me.
He basically said, Rob Ford told him the story isn't true and he believes his brother. He also called out the Star a number of times. And now he's been going on about all the great things Rob Ford has done for the city. Saved money, balanced the budget, record development (attributed to Rob Ford somehow?) and he defeated unemployment apparently.
edit: Calls out Gawker as well. And goes on for a while talking about how his family can't find any peace, as they're constantly harassed.
edit2: Goes on to say this degrading to the Somali community in Toronto. And leaves without taking questions.
BigJonsson
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This list is just going to piss off the reporters
Blah blah blah we're the victims, how dare you ask about a video of my brother smoking crack
Blah blah blah we're the victims, how dare you ask about a video of my brother smoking crack
Can't you just let Rob smoke his crack in peace?
BigJonsson
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RESPECT THE TAXPAYER!!! By tarnishing the reputation of the city!
Zombie James
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I listened to about 20 seconds worth of that press conference and it was enough. The Ford's have the most predictable, sad speeches.
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