TTC's CAD/AVL "Vision" System

[bus_7246]

4452 made its way back to Leslie just before 2pm today, with vision installed

Edit: Also 4420 has vision installed as well. I saw this car running in from St Clair, outside of Bathurst Stn

[bus_7246]

4462 now has vision. Currently running on the 504A King 

Edit: 4465 left Hillcrest around 1:30pm to make its way back to Leslie, with vision installed

[bus_7246]

After taking a good look at a fellow colleague’s post on Facebook, 4444 also has vision installed

Edit: 4456, 4458 and 4466 all have vision installed as well. 4456 was operating on the 504B, while 4466 was operating on the 504A. 4458 was being deadheaded back to Leslie

[bus_7246]

4443 just passed me on Roncesvalles in 504A service, with vision installed

[bus_7246]

4571 has vision installed. The car is currently operating on the 509 Harbourfront

[bus_7246]

4473 just passed Bathurst Stn deadheading from Hillcrest to Leslie, with vision installed

Also, 4453 was heading eastbound in 504 King service (I didn’t catch the branch it was on) with vision installed

Lastly, 4449 was running in from its day on the 512, with vision installed

[ttc rider]

Only 2 repair bays, each accommodating one car, can be used at Hillcrest for VISION installation work, so only 2 cars can be worked on at any given time.

In practice, to maintain a steady flux for this work, there are normally 3 cars at Hillcrest at any one time, with the third usually being stored either outside in front of the shops or on the test track normally used for braking tests on newly-delivered cars.

Movements from the operating divisions usually occur in mid-morning, roughly between 8-9 AM. Reverse movements from Hillcrest to the divisions usually occur in early afternoon, roughly between 1-3 PM. Work is suspended on weekends, so movements to and from divisions generally occur on weekdays only.

Since the August 15 update in this thread, a total of 25 cars have been equipped with VISION, with 2 more undergoing installation at Hillcrest at this time.

4476 & 4477 are at Hillcrest undergoing installation.

The list below includes in chronological order all the cars that have been equipped with VISION after August 15 until present.

Next to each unit number, the first date is the date of arrival at Hillcrest and the second is the date of return to the division, once installation was complete.

1. 4581 (Thu Aug 13 - Tue, Aug 18)

2. 4580 (Fri, Aug 14 - Wed, Aug 19)

3, 4571 (Mon, Aug 17 - Thu, Aug 20)

4. 4567 (Tue, Aug 18 - Fri, Aug 21)

5. 4453 (Wed, Aug 19 - Mon, Aug 24)

6. 4456 (Thu, Aug 20 - Tue, Aug 25)

7. 4589 (Fri, Aug. 21 - Wed, Aug 26)

8. 4405 (Mon, Aug 24 - Thu, Aug 27)

9. 4420 (Tue, Aug 25 - Fri, Aug 28)

10. 4444 (Wed, Aug 26 - Mon, Aug 31)

11. 4443 (Thu, Aug 27 - Tue, Sep 1)

12. 4445 (Fri, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 2)

13. 4401 (Mon, Aug 31 - Thu, Sep 3)

14. 4455 (Tue, Sep 1 - Fri, Sep 4)

15. 4464 (Wed, Sep 2 - Tue, Sep 8 )

16. 4466 (Thu, Sep 3 - Wed, Sep 9)

17. 4459 (Fri, Sep 4 - Thu, Sep 10)

18. 4462 (Tue, Sep 8 - Fri, Sep 11)

19. 4421 (Wed, Sep 9 - Mon, Sep 14)

20. 4452 (Thu, Sep 10 - Tue, Sep 15)

21. 4465 (Fri, Sep 11 - Wed, Sep 16)

22. 4458 (Mon, Sep 14 - Thu, Sep 17)

23. 4449 (Tue, Sep 15 - Fri, Sep 18)

24. 4473 (Wed, Sep 16 - Mon, Sep 21)

25. 4474 (Thu, Sep 17 - present) -  work is complete and the car is sitting outside the shops. It has yet to return to the division.

26. 4477 (Fri, Sep 18 - ongoing)

27. 4476 (Mon, Sep 21 - ongoing)

 

[ttc rider]

Cars 4474 & 4477 are now equipped with VISION.

Cars 4476 & 4481 are at Hillcrest for installation.

To recap, as of today, 137 of 204 cars are equipped with VISION, just over 7 months after installation has begun.

These units are:

4400 to 4408, inclusive

4410 to 4470, inclusive

4472 to 4475, inclusive

4477

4479

4482 to 4484, inclusive

4486 to 4502, inclusive

4504 to 4527, inclusive

4529 to 4531, inclusive

4536

4538

4566 to 4571, inclusive

4576

4579 to 4582, inclusive

4589

 

[ttc rider]

Since the previous update, cars 4476, 4480, 4481, 4485, 4528, 4532, 4533 & 4539 have been equipped with VISION.

Cars 4537 & 4541 are at Hillcrest for installation.

[ttc rider]

Since the previous update, cars 4409, 4534, 4537, 4540, 4541, 4542, 4543, 4545, 4546, 4548, 4549, 4550, 4556, 4578 & 4603 have been equipped with VISION.

Cars 4552 & 4573 are at Hillcrest for installation.

[TransitfanJW]

updated the list, let me know if I missed anything

[ttc rider]

On ‎10‎/‎24‎/‎2020 at 12:11 AM, TransitfanJW said:

updated the list, let me know if I missed anything

Thanks for doing this. If someone can update the wiki page as well, that would be much appreciated!

Since the previous update, cars 4535, 4547, 4552, 4572, 4573 & 4601 have been equipped with VISION. All have returned to the divisions, except 4601, which is still at Hillcrest.

Cars 4544 & 4551 are at Hillcrest undergoing installation.

Car 4554 is next in line to be equipped, but work has not started on it yet.

[Shemar]

14 hours ago, ttc rider said:

Thanks for doing this. If someone can update the wiki page as well, that would be much appreciated!

Since the previous update, cars 4535, 4547, 4552, 4572, 4573 & 4601 have been equipped with VISION. All have returned to the divisions, except 4601, which is still at Hillcrest.

Cars 4544 & 4551 are at Hillcrest undergoing installation.

Car 4554 is next in line to be equipped, but work has not started on it yet.

Wiki has been updated!

[ttc rider]

On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2020 at 9:27 AM, Shemar said:

Wiki has been updated!

Thanks for doing this!

Since the previous update two weeks ago, cars 4544, 4551, 4553, 4554, 4555, 4557, 4558, 4559, 4560, 4561, 4562, 4563, 4564 & 4565 have been equipped with VISION.

Cars 4574 & 4590 are at Hillcrest undergoing installation.

Cars 4583 & 4592 are next in line to be equipped and are at Hillcrest as well, but work has not started on these cars yet.

 

[ttc rider]

Since the previous update, cars 4574, 4575, 4577, 4583, 4584, 4585, 4586, 4587, 4588, 4590, 4592, 4595, 4596 & 4600 have been equipped with VISION.

All have returned to the divisions, except 4575 and 4596, which are still at Hillcrest at this time.

Cars 4597 & 4598 are at Hillcrest undergoing installation.

This leaves only five cars (4591, 4593, 4594, 4599 & 4602) in the active fleet still running CIS at this time, all of them recently confined to the 505 Dundas route.

In addition, 4503 still has CIS, but it has been out of service for over a year, since August 20, 2019.

Similarly, 4471 & 4478 have not been equipped, but they are off-property and out of service since the flash flooding on August 7, 2018.

 

[TTC Guy]

Is there any idea when 4471 and 4478 will be returned to the city?

[a.dicion]

Spotted 4599 returning to Leslie at Queen/Bathurst today around 2:30 yesterday.

[ttc rider]

10 hours ago, a.dicion said:

Spotted 4599 returning to Leslie at Queen/Bathurst today around 2:30 yesterday.

Yes, both 4598 & 4599 have returned to Leslie yesterday after they had VISION installed at Hillcrest.

Unless car 4602 is deployed in revenue service anywhere this afternoon (which is unlikely), we can say that yesterday (Dec 1, 2020) was the end of the 42 year CIS era on the TTC. CIS was rolled out in 1978, as far as I know.

Car 4593 was the last non-VISION vehicle in service on 503 Kingston Rd all day yesterday. It has headed to Hillcrest this morning for VISION installation. The last non-VISION car in the active fleet, 4602, will likely follow suit tomorrow morning.

[Shemar]

The wiki article has been updated!

[ttc rider]

We mark a milestone today, as the entire active streetcar fleet is now equipped with VISION. Work on 4602, the last active car that was still running CIS, was completed at Hillcrest this morning (i.e. Thu, Dec 10).

To recap, excluding the 4486 pilot car, which was completed last fall, work to install VISION on the streetcar fleet began on February 3 this year, with 4538 being the first car to go through the process. It took just over 10 months to complete the work on the entire active fleet.

There are now 201 cars (out of 204) running VISION. Car 4503 is the last vehicle physically on property still running CIS, but it has been out of service for over a year, since August 20, 2019. Cars 4471 & 4478 are not equipped either, but they are off-property and have been out of service since they were flash-flooded on August 7, 2018.