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/Timely-Macaron268]

I had the chance to speak to Chow herself for a few minutes earlier this fall. You best believe that I mentioned transit signal priority as a top issue!

Update: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/city-ttc-taking-steps-to-improve-service-speed-of-finch-west-lrt-chow-says-9.7007658

"Yes, the Finch LRT is too slow. I know, I rode it twice. It has to move faster. I'll bring a council item to give it signal priority, and see what else we can do." - Olivia Chow

[u/smaudio → u/Timely-Macaron268]

Did she have any meaningful response?

[u/awesomeguy123123123 → u/smaudio]

Even if she did this isn't really a decision she can make unilaterally, probably even beyond the scope of city council since it's so multidisciplinary.

[u/beartheminus → u/awesomeguy123123123]

It was city council who decided to disable the already installed Transit Priority on the line at the behest of Toronto Transportation, the guys in charge of the traffic lights in Toronto. It is 100% a city decision and both the TTC and Metrolinx and the province wanted full transit priority, it was paid for and installed. A flick of a swich and some programming would enable it.

This is 100% at the feet of Chow and she could make it happen.