Post B181Vmw20WD1Fu9B32 by notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com
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 (DIR) Post #B17ZsFuGAwRAlNF97I by notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com
       2025-12-10T23:38:12Z
       
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       @paulnatsuo I talked about this in my Toronto streetcars video. The TTC is an extremely (small-c) conservative organisation.If they've always been doing something a certain way, they'll keep doing it forever, and they are never willing to look outside of North America.Even reading the minutes from the meeting about signal priority they kept talking about how it would be revolutionary in North America to let the trams go before left-turning cars. 🙄
       
 (DIR) Post #B181Vf3BK3AunlQm5A by notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com
       2025-12-10T22:17:05Z
       
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       After years of delay, the Finch West LRT line finally opened in Toronto ... and the initial reception has been really, really bad.So bad that the mayor felt the need to post to reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/1pii3ay/comment/nt6qle8/I'm going to be in Toronto soon. Should I make a video about the Finch West LRT, or would that be beating a dead horse at this point? 🤔
       
 (DIR) Post #B181Vmw20WD1Fu9B32 by notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com
       2025-12-10T22:18:06Z
       
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       For what ti's worth, I already talked about how the lack of signal priority would be a major problem for these LRT lines in my Toronto streetcars video in July (@ 35:37):https://youtu.be/HhQxNHrD6fA?t=2137
       
 (DIR) Post #B181fy8FERuKsViLBo by sidepony@eldritch.cafe
       2025-12-11T04:40:21Z
       
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       @notjustbikes They claim to be working on it now that they've been thoroughly embarrassed. Maybe shoot some B-roll and some initial impressions, but I say wait until they open the Eglinton Crosstown (supposedly the TTC's internal target date is Feb 8) to see if they've learned any lessons.The interesting part of this story IMO, if they manage to get their act together, is that public pressure and Torontonians no longer just putting up with slow, heavily compromised transit managed to get the goods. That change for the better is possible if people demand it. And if they can't get their act together, why not and what is it actually going to take? And either way, what does this mean for the rest of the system, particularly the streetcar network and future projects.