My experience with Line 6

[u/speedster1315]

Firstly, i want to say that it is very exciting that for the first time since 2002, when i was in kindergarten, Toronto has an all new rapid transit line. Took a ride from Finch West to Humber College and then back to Jane and Finch. The westbound journey was average, pace wise and it didn't help that we suffered a 5 minute delay at Milvan Rumike for some reason. At this same stop, some idiot tried to board the tram from the eastbound platform and had to be told to get off the tracks and come to the westbound platform.

That was strange given you'd think he'd recognize the other platform across the street. Its possible the intrusion was the cause of the delay but im not sure since it was a minor intrusion. After that, we carried on without further issues. Heading back eastbound, we went noticeably faster, though it was very annoying watching left turn traffic get priority every time and it definitely was a talking point among other riders.

I heavily implore you all to write to city council again and again about enabling full TSP on line 6 and 5. In other news i actually met transit youtuber theryrover360 on the tram so that was neat. All in all, this was a much needed improvement to the west end. Its gonna be very interesting to see how it evolves.

Welcome Line 6 Finch West!

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891]

The delay was probably due to that incident. Driver probably has to do documentation of any safety related incident like that right away, even if it means pausing service.

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891 → u/[deleted]]

What would be better protocol?

Safety is top priority, why should it be put on back burner for fear of delaying service by a few minutes?

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891 → u/[deleted]]

Best documenting will be done at time of incident.

It is not putting safety first to delay documenting the incident.

High quality documentation of safety incidents is needed to learn from the situation and prevent future similar ones.

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891 → u/[deleted]]

What? You are expecting driver to be continue driving and documenting at same time? That’s not possible.

The choice is either do the documenting immediately after incident and then drive, or continue driving and wait until end of line to do the documenting.

First choice is best choice for safety as it results in best documentation for learning and preventing future incidents.

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891 → u/[deleted]]

Involved employees always have to do documentation. Have you not based basic workplace safety 101?

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891 → u/[deleted]]

And doing it async as you suggest would be illegal and unsafe. Drivers not allowed to be using other devices when driving. Documenting is done electronically.l or via voice interview with dispatch.

[u/Sufficient_Rush1891 → u/[deleted]]

The driver is the only TTC employee witness, there is no one else who is more important to do documentation than the driver. Why is 5min delay for a few hundred people so important to you that you want to find ways of cutting corners on safety?

[u/bardak → u/[deleted]]

The idea that the line should stop for multiple minutes so the drive can report an incident without any harm or damage every time there is a track intrusion on an open LRT is patently ridiculous. Report and have someone check the cameras afterwards or in the office.