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Old Posted Apr 4, 2010, 2:03 AM
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Originally Posted by miketoronto View Post
-The stops are much too close, for this line to be considered streetcar rapid transit, which is what the TTC is marketing it as. In some cases, stops are only a block or two apart, and it seems like a waste of money to have had to build these more fancy stations so close together. The close stop spacing, means the streetcars never gain enough speed to make the right of way, worthwile.
I would assume that the stops are the same stops as before. Only diff now is that streetcars do not have to wait for left-turn vehicles as the left-turners are now on their own signal.
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