tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460551.post116040848774728524..comments2023-03-21T10:50:26.560-04:00Comments on Hog-town Blog: The row about the St. Clair ROW continuesJ. Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14566574715211055826noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460551.post-1161821361902889242006-10-25T20:09:00.000-04:002006-10-25T20:09:00.000-04:00I hadn't seen the report or story reporting that t...I hadn't seen the report or story reporting that the running time saving is now expected to be nil. <BR/><BR/>I expect service reliability to be improved - but there will still be signficant bunching and service adjustment via short turning. The reason is that passengers arrive at the stop in a stochastic fashion. <BR/><BR/>Arrival of a large group of passengers - which takes a long time to load - slows one streetcar. While loading, a disproportionate number of passengers arrive and also board. Meanwhile there are fewer passengers on the following car - which speeds up. Soon the cars are bunched. <BR/><BR/>As streetcars run on tracks, there is no possibility of the 2nd car scooting ahead. Any alleviation of the situation must be by turning a car from the other direction so that passengers waiting for the slowed car can be picked up so that the schedule can be made up.<BR/><BR/>In reality, this type of maneuvre is just as likely to cause further jumbling. Leaving aside the inconvenience to passengers who are dumped off the short turned car, the gap created in the other direction will cause further bunching later on. <BR/><BR/>In addition, the turning involves:<BR/><BR/>- stopping<BR/>- unloading<BR/>- turning in and out of a loop<BR/><BR/>all of which sap the system of net running time. The vehicle is in service - but not productively. <BR/><BR/>I'd also note that the TTC has published no claims of how much service reliability will be increased. Will it go from 60% to 90% for example?J. Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566574715211055826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460551.post-1161011065086489392006-10-16T11:04:00.000-04:002006-10-16T11:04:00.000-04:00I think that the right-of-way is a waste of money....I think that the right-of-way is a waste of money.<BR/><BR/>John Sewell though he moved to the area only suddenly got involved in this issue only in the year leading up to the election.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.votejohnadams.ca" REL="nofollow">John Adams</A> while not involved in the SOS group has continuously been involved in many community issues in all the past years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com