(12-17-2021, 12:35 PM)ac3r Wrote: I've been on the LRT when it has had to slam on the brakes hard. It's jarring experience, especially when it's full and people are standing.

(12-17-2021, 02:13 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:

(12-17-2021, 12:35 PM)ac3r Wrote: I've been on the LRT when it has had to slam on the brakes hard. It's jarring experience, especially when it's full and people are standing.

I would go so far as to say that in some circumstances the train should not use its emergency brakes. If a toddler runs out from the sidewalk onto a street-running section then emergency brake application is appropriate; but if people are trespassing on an exclusive right of way section, then they’re responsible for their own injuries and/or death and have no business imposing injuries and/or death on fragile occupants of the train.

(12-17-2021, 02:35 PM)Acitta Wrote:

(12-17-2021, 02:13 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I would go so far as to say that in some circumstances the train should not use its emergency brakes. If a toddler runs out from the sidewalk onto a street-running section then emergency brake application is appropriate; but if people are trespassing on an exclusive right of way section, then they’re responsible for their own injuries and/or death and have no business imposing injuries and/or death on fragile occupants of the train.

Except that it would take an emotional toll on the operator no matter who is at fault.

(12-17-2021, 08:23 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:

(12-17-2021, 02:35 PM)Acitta Wrote: Except that it would take an emotional toll on the operator no matter who is at fault.

I think it would either way: hitting someone, or having a passenger die due to an emergency brake application.

But for that matter I would expect it to be difficult for an operator to have a passenger die even if it was nothing to do with their operation of the vehicle, and also difficult if their train completed a well- (badly-) timed suicide attempt; most people get affected if they are in any way involved in a death, even if they have no blame by any reasonable measure. But this is probably a good thing to an extent; we have to have some distance from all the death happening all around the world in order to function, but if we’re actually near it it’s probably best that we can’t just shake it off instantly.

(12-22-2021, 03:36 PM)plam Wrote: I was riding around the LRT today and looking at my GPS to tell the speed again. The track design between Mill and Block Line is really terrible. I should time how long it takes to go through 15km/h section. Going north, heading into Mill, the train can't even quite reach 70km/h before it has to slow down again for the stop. Unfortunately, I think that the solution right there involves money and land expropriation (or road narrowing), not more realistic safety standards.

The other thing is that I was having a bad time with it being cold outside and my fingers therefore being cold and trying to operate the easyGO recharging machine.

The Traynor crossing seems fine, though it really was a production to get it done.

(01-17-2022, 02:33 PM)jeffster Wrote: So my kid had a dental appointment today, and on the way back home, we took King/Charles/Ottawa. Every Ion we saw was stuck, one a Market Station, one between Mill and Borden stations. Looking at the tracks, it looks like they'd be stuck for a while, being that the tracks were snow covered.

(01-17-2022, 03:00 PM)tomh009 Wrote:

(01-17-2022, 02:33 PM)jeffster Wrote: So my kid had a dental appointment today, and on the way back home, we took King/Charles/Ottawa. Every Ion we saw was stuck, one a Market Station, one between Mill and Borden stations. Looking at the tracks, it looks like they'd be stuck for a while, being that the tracks were snow covered.

Were they actually stuck, or waiting for an obstruction further along the track to be cleared?

Snow on the tracks should not stop any kind of modern train.

(01-17-2022, 03:54 PM)ac3r Wrote: I heard someone drove down the tracks near Borden Station which explains one of the delays.

When I was downtown earlier today, there appeared to be another train idling at a Victoria Park Station as well and a Keolis van was approaching. I didn't stick around to see what was going on given the weather.

I'm in the region this week and am not sure whether to bother taking the train home this evening or use a bus. I don't want to get stranded at any point, especially since the forecast says there will be severe snow drifts. The trains are already barely able to get up minor inclines (hello Hayward and Cortland) so I don't want to get stuck since they won't let you depart depending where you are when they can't move. I guess I'll just take the bus and hope that gets me home in a reasonable time.

(01-17-2022, 06:14 PM)ac3r Wrote: The trains are not operational between Willis Way and Mill Stations. So much for a train being able to plow though anything heh. 301R buses aren't operational either, which is odd because the main roads aren't bad now. They should be able to run shuttles if all other bus routes are fine.

I guess that's what you get when you build a surface level rapid transit system and don't think about clearing the tracks despite spending just under 1 billion dollars. I guess I'll be taking a bus home tonight whilst trying to traverse sidewalks nobody bothers to shovel. You do you, Waterloo Region.