Every major Canadian newspaper that publishes in the GTA had an article yesterday about the problems the fire department has with the new ROW for streetcars on St. Clair. What does it come down to? Centre poles. They cite the curb might be hard to hop, which I doubt, as well, but say the centre poles only give the fire department 6 inches of clearance.
I laugh at this because Steve Munro's said this over and over. I also sigh, because the fire trucks we have now are way too big.
There was a link to this report on Steve Munro's page, about route choice for the Waterfront West LRT.
That's not what I want to talk about. What I want to talk about is Exhibit 6, on the last page, a depiction of what the route under the Gardiner can look like. Look at the stop. It still uses the standard TTC streetcar stop pylon. I can't believe that. In a time where you're trying to differentiate between the terrible traditional streetcar service you run, and entice people with what is supposed to be a new approach to transit, you can't even design a new stop pylon?
VIVA did a great job with a new brand. The TTC needs to do the same.
