Someguy3071 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Last summer I was doing Bloor night bus and east bound stop at Yonge and Bloor kept getting moved almost daily. I have no idea who would come out and actually move the signs but you'd get people standing in 3 different stops and some operators would only stop where the sign was posted. This could be because they don't do this route nightly and didn't know stop was being moved and therefore only stopped when the sign was posted. So who's at fault here? The operator for stopping where the sign is posted? Someone who moved the signs almost daily? Or people that would just blindly stand without looking if the temporary stop sign is posted? I stopped because I saw a big crowd of people standing and I knew there was a temporary stop there the night before. And what did I get for stopping? I got yelled at because 3 or 4 buses drove by before me. So my point is people need to pay attention and look if anything is posted at the stop that might indicate that something g is different instead of just standing there out of habit. I've seen where a stop is completely blocked off with those big pylons and orange fencing due to construction and people climb inside to wait for the bus and then wonder why the bus is not stopping there to pick them up. 12 minutes ago, nfitz said: Well, it was a streetcar replacement shuttle, so getting on and off across a live lane, isn't unusual. But it was odd for a shuttle bus ... but there was nothing coming. I think the main answer, is he didn't know know the area well. But as I'd asked if he was stopping at the next stop (just before where the buses usually turned), and he'd quoted the rules, that this was the last stop, and he wasn't allowed to stop at the next stop, I was a bit mischievous about delaying exiting and asking about the safety of getting off in the middle of the road .... I've done streetcar shuttle and unless I'm driving in the streetcar right of way I'm dropping people off at the curb. Unless there are parked cars blocking the curb lane and I can safely drop while staying in the left lane. It's just common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 19 minutes ago, Someguy3071 said: I've seen where a stop is completely blocked off with those big pylons and orange fencing due to construction and people climb inside to wait for the bus and then wonder why the bus is not stopping there to pick them up. At the same time, I've seen that, and Customer Service is still insisting that people should get on there. Or just around the corner, is another sign, telling people that the blocked off stop is where people should go! You should see my twitter threads with Customer Service about the Princess/Adelaide 143/144 stop. It's almost comical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 Ossington Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 22 hours ago, Someguy3071 said: Last summer I was doing Bloor night bus and east bound stop at Yonge and Bloor kept getting moved almost daily. I have no idea who would come out and actually move the signs [...] [...] I've done streetcar shuttle and unless I'm driving in the streetcar right of way I'm dropping people off at the curb. Unless there are parked cars blocking the curb lane and I can safely drop while staying in the left lane. It's just common sense. Should be the cab supervisor of the division responsible for the route. And for streetcar replacement shuttles, I have never seen any act like a streetcar, servicing a curbside stop from the left lane - there's absolutely no reason for doing that as it is unnecessarily unsafe. The only times are when it's an island stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someguy3071 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 8 hours ago, 63 Ossington said: Should be the cab supervisor of the division responsible for the route. And for streetcar replacement shuttles, I have never seen any act like a streetcar, servicing a curbside stop from the left lane - there's absolutely no reason for doing that as it is unnecessarily unsafe. The only times are when it's an island stop. I know who is supposed to be responsible for placing temporary stop signs up, but I don't see why they would be going out there daily to move the stop. As far as servicing a stop from the left lane, it can be done safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 Ossington Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Someguy3071 said: I know who is supposed to be responsible for placing temporary stop signs up, but I don't see why they would be going out there daily to move the stop. As far as servicing a stop from the left lane, it can be done safely. If there is no reason to ie) stop is not impacted by changing construction/roadwork activity nearby then I don't know why the stop would be moved either.. as that is usually the reason to move a stop. Okay, poor wording on my part - I thought it was established that if the right lane was plugged by parked cars it would be less unsafe. But I meant if a bus chose to not pull into the curb lane and decided to be a streetcar by staying on the tracks, and stopping curb-lane traffic by opening its doors to service the stop that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC5327 Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 As of today, 5280/1 have been fitted with LED interior lights. Those were the last two cars to be fitted, so this means that all the T1 subway cars have been fitted with LEDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7749 Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 3 hours ago, TTC5327 said: As of today, 5280/1 have been fitted with LED interior lights. Those were the last two cars to be fitted, so this means that all the T1 subway cars have been fitted with LEDs. Actually it was yesterday, I saw 5280/1 with LED lighting but I thought it already received it a while back. Guess I was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusFreak93 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 1371 Passenger side window is completely tinted. Can barely see the side destination sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoUse4AName Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 1:24 AM, Someguy3071 said: I got yelled at because 3 or 4 buses drove by before me. Why did you get yelled at because the other buses drove by? because they weren't picked up by those buses? so you got to take the tongue lashing because you DID stop and pick them up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someguy3071 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 4 hours ago, NoUse4AName said: Why did you get yelled at because the other buses drove by? because they weren't picked up by those buses? so you got to take the tongue lashing because you DID stop and pick them up? You got it!! And those people weren't even at a bus stop. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK78 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 I've noticed something unusual today, while on a 905 Scarborough East Express on a Nova 8713. It was visually displaying "Arriving at" and then saying the stop name, also announcing it via the speaker. I don't take the Express services often, but I've taken it within the last week or so and haven't noticed this. This isn't a Vision bus either, is this something new on Express routes that is rolling out or is this feature enabled on this bus by mistake? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, MK78 said: I've noticed something unusual today, while on a 905 Scarborough East Express on a Nova 8713. It was visually displaying "Arriving at" and then saying the stop name, also announcing it via the speaker. I don't take the Express services often, but I've taken it within the last week or so and haven't noticed this. This isn't a Vision bus either, is this something new on Express routes that is rolling out or is this feature enabled on this bus by mistake? This is arriving annoucements, on saturday most Express routes were given them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shemar Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, MK78 said: I've noticed something unusual today, while on a 905 Scarborough East Express on a Nova 8713. It was visually displaying "Arriving at" and then saying the stop name, also announcing it via the speaker. I don't take the Express services often, but I've taken it within the last week or so and haven't noticed this. This isn't a Vision bus either, is this something new on Express routes that is rolling out or is this feature enabled on this bus by mistake? Only the Express routes have this feature, not the VISION equipped units. The 95E/995 was the first route to have this feature enabled a few years ago and it eventually got added onto the rest of the express routes. The 905 and 939 had it added last week. But once all of the bus fleet is VISION equipped this feature will go out the window. I know that the 986 doesn't have it yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK78 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ultimate said: This is arriving annoucements, on saturday most Express routes were given them. Ah, cool. So it wasn’t just my imagination that it was a new thing. Thanks Just now, Shemar said: Only the Express routes have this feature, not the VISION equipped units. The 95E/995 was the first route to have this feature enabled and it eventually got added onto the rest of the express routes. The 905 and 939 had it added last week. But once all of the bus fleet is VISION equipped this feature will go out the window. I know that the 986 doesn't have it yet. Interesting that they won’t maintain this feature with vision. Why even bother with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, MK78 said: Ah, cool. So it wasn’t just my imagination that it was a new thing. Thanks Interesting that they won’t maintain this feature with vision. Why even bother with it? I heard rumors that vision will be getting arriving annoucements also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK78 Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ultimate said: I heard rumors that vision will be getting arriving annoucements also Cool, I hope they will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transit geek Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Ultimate said: I heard rumors that vision will be getting arriving annoucements also In fact, there is already... sort of. I discovered the way stop announcements on a Vision vehicle works is that the next stop is always announced after the vehicle has travelled about 50 m from the previous stop. If the next stop is greater than a certain threshold (I believe 200-400 m) from the previous one, the system will announce it again approximately 50 m away from it (this is most apparent on express vehicles). One would probably not be aware of this since the arrival announcement uses exactly the same "next stop" wording as the one heard upon departing the previous stop, as opposed to the "arriving at" message that this conversation has been about. And if you were wondering, the "arriving at..." messages on what is now route 985 must have existed for quite some time now, since the last time I rode it, they use the recorded human voice instead of the TTS one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 34 minutes ago, Transit geek said: In fact, there is already... sort of. I discovered the way stop announcements on a Vision vehicle works is that the next stop is always announced after the vehicle has travelled about 50 m from the previous stop. If the next stop is greater than a certain threshold (I believe 200-400 m) from the previous one, the system will announce it again approximately 50 m away from it (this is most apparent on express vehicles). One would probably not be aware of this since the arrival announcement uses exactly the same "next stop" wording as the one heard upon departing the previous stop, as opposed to the "arriving at" message that this conversation has been about. And if you were wondering, the "arriving at..." messages on what is now route 985 must have existed for quite some time now, since the last time I rode it, they use the recorded human voice instead of the TTS one. Yea some express routes did have the arriving annoucements for a while now, but most of the remaining ones got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTC4120fan Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 4455 has a white rear panel instead of red. Its front panel is white as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someguy3071 Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 On 2/21/2019 at 6:32 PM, Ultimate said: I heard rumors that vision will be getting arriving annoucements also Hope they keep it for express routes only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 5:06 PM, Matthew TTC 4120 said: 4455 has a white rear panel instead of red. Its front panel is white as well. maybe short on rear panel parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7575 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Found 1291 with HID lights on the 21 Brimley. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Someguy3071 Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 We talked about 1291 months ago. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transportationtoronto Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 8403 has a single layer exposure simply saying "NOT IN SERVICE" instead of the typical stacked sign saying "SORRY... NOT IN SERVICE" (sorry about the poor photo by the way) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnicaProductions Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, transportationtoronto said: 8403 has a single layer exposure simply saying "NOT IN SERVICE" instead of the typical stacked sign saying "SORRY... NOT IN SERVICE" (sorry about the poor photo by the way) That's the new NIS exposure, all the buses will get it soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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