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(01-03-2021, 08:50 PM)ac3r Wrote: There's nothing on the GRT_ROW Twitter account about it. It's not like we'd see the TTC shutdown the entire subway/streetcar network in Toronto but not give any sort of press release or update to social media, so I wonder why GRT thinks it's okay to leave 620'000 people in the dark about it.
Would it have really been the ice? There wasn't a whole lot in the end - certainly nothing that would be too much just for the LRV pantograph to break through on its own...it might spark a few times but that's pretty normal. They have sand dispensers on the vehicles as well that handle the traction.
The public -- and, more importantly, the users -- are the last ones to be informed.
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It seems that the "free" 15th Bombardier unit will be delivered sometime in February according to this post on Urban Toronto.
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/io...st-1639790
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(01-12-2021, 01:21 PM)GarthDanlor Wrote: It seems that the "free" 15th Bombardier unit will be delivered sometime in February according to this post on Urban Toronto.
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/io...st-1639790
Here is a tweet from Tom Galloway saying this.
https://twitter.com/tomjgalloway14/statu...9852654594
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Buy 14 light rail vehicles with structural welding issues that come years late - get one free!
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Let's not get into this again, please. The delays were not all on BBD, and having issues on the trains happens with all manufacturers. I think we've gone over this enough times already, have we not?
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Caught this accident at the corner of Benton & Charles this afternoon. Pictures were taken about 15 minutes apart between 1:45 & 2pm as I passed by. Didn't see any ambulances so hopefully no injuries. LRT traffic was halted in both directions. I noticed Fairview bound traffic resuming by 2:30.
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(01-17-2021, 04:10 PM)GarthDanlor Wrote: Caught this accident at the corner of Benton & Charles this afternoon. Pictures were taken about 15 minutes apart between 1:45 & 2pm as I passed by. Didn't see any ambulances so hopefully no injuries. LRT traffic was halted in both directions. I noticed Fairview bound traffic resuming by 2:30. It never ceases to amaze me how people manage to crash these infernal machines!
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So now they don't even need a train to crash into?!?!
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(01-17-2021, 11:50 PM)panamaniac Wrote: So now they don't even need a train to crash into?!?!
This is what they’re talking about when they say that any attempt to make something foolproof will soon be foiled by the introduction of a greater fool.
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I'm trying to piece together what happened there and having a hard time figuring it out. Where they trying to get onto the west-bound lanes of Benton through the crosswalk? Did a train hit them, or was it some other kind of collision?
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(01-18-2021, 09:28 AM)jamincan Wrote: I'm trying to piece together what happened there and having a hard time figuring it out. Where they trying to get onto the west-bound lanes of Benton through the crosswalk? Did a train hit them, or was it some other kind of collision?
"What is that pole...I've never seen that pole before....why is it getting bigger..."
Edit: To be honest, on a second look, it looks like they were driving in the crosswalk.
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My guess is they turned from Charles to Benton, realized they were headed the wrong way, and decided to U-turn then and there.
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I couldn't figure out what happened either and I didn't get a chance to stop and ask. There definitely wasn't a train involved and the only other vehicle that could have been involved was that black car parked in the intersection. If you look closely there appears to be a little bit of debris under/around the car, but I didn't get a glimpse of the other side of the vehicle to see if it actually was damaged. Maybe it was just an unmarked cop car blocking traffic?
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Coming out of the U driveway in front of the Crowne Plaza, trying to make a left turn?
That's my guess.
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Auckland talking about buying electric buses too.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/bus-plans-an-...-ambitions
Fully electric is still in the feasibility study phase.
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