02-02-2018, 07:31 AM
(02-01-2018, 10:24 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I really wish they'd do something to make the trains stand out a little more, at least in the early goings, until they are used to interacting with them so we can put off our first crash as long as possible.
Stick few strobe lights on the trains, like the ones the school buses have, to get people's attention.
Just install temporary massive steel crash buffers on the trains
The test track is one of the more segregated portions of the line so I’m not expecting big problems. On the Waterloo Spur the only interaction is at railway crossings where it’s protected by gates. Even on Northfield I believe there is a proper curb separating the tracks so as long as people obey their signals there should be no opportunity for problems.
My biggest concern is somebody might get impatient at a railway crossing. The signals seem to be activating unnecessarily or excessively at times which might lead people to bypass them. They really need to get the signals working properly. Incidentally, does anybody know what will happen when an LRV is arriving, for example, northbound at Seagram station? The crossing protection on Seagram Drive should not activate until the train is ready to leave the station, but it’s not clear to me what will actually happen.
Once they start testing on the roll curb segments on King St., though, all bets are off. Of course there we also run into the illegal lane occupancy issue (it’s not really a problem with illegal parking or even stopping as such; the problem is that cars have no more right to be in the LRT lane than they do to be on the sidewalk, or on your lawn, or in the hallway of Waterloo Town Square).