Ontario Traffic Man
NS Sprinter treinen die stations overslaan
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For more information, see:
Muller, T., Dijker, T. & Furth, P. (2003) _Red clearance intervals: Theory and practice_
CROW (2013) _Handboek Verkeerslichtenregelingen_
Ministry of Transport (2012) _Ontario Traffic Manual Book 12: Traffic Signals_
CORRECTION: The Netherlands is not the only country which uses a conflict area approach with entry times. According to commentors, other countries (may) include the UK, Germany, Poland, Belgium and Switzerland.
CLARIFICATION: Entry time is calculated based on vehicles entering the intersection at speed, which obviously cross the intersection faster than vehicles starting from a standstill.
Heavily condensed version of this video, intended for North American traffic engineers:
youtu.be/i8SzY-YLBBc
0:00 Intro
1:41 Intergreen times
2:47 Conflict Area Approach
4:56 Entry Time
7:05 Benefits of Dutch methods
9:35 Risks of Dutch methods
11:55 Conclusion
The ICNG is a variant of the Alstom Coradia Stream, which has been modified for operations at 200 km/h on a 300 km/h high speed railway. The changes include improved pressurisation to resist the shockwaves generated when a 200 km/h ICNG encounters a 300 km/h Eurostar in the opposite direction.
Both clips were filmed at Lage Zwaluwe station on 7 September 2022.
0:00 Southbound at Lage Zwaluwe at 200 km/h
0:18 Northbound at Lage Zwaluwe at 132 km/h
Calculations for speeds:
Train length = 110 m
Clip 1: ICNG 3121 passes in 1.97 seconds: speed = 200 km/h
Clip 2: ICNG 3121 passes in 3.00 seconds: speed = 132 km/h
Participate in the public consultation for the City of Toronto Eglinton Avenue streetscape configuration:
toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/eglintontoday
0:00 Intro
0:19 Eglinton Avenue cycle tracks
2:20 Bathurst & Adelaide reconstruction
3:31 Toronto's new pedestrian button signs
4:31 York U GO Station closure
7:57 Maastunnel bikeshare closure
8:33 Conclusions
Videos referenced in video:
Eglinton & Allen Bike Lane Review:
youtu.be/0oFUYPSljAc
Richmond-Adelaide Bike Lane Review:
youtu.be/E-VwFM_dRzE
Why some pedestrian buttons don't seem to work:
youtu.be/jn__NOYSdhc
Least used station in Toronto: York University GO:
youtu.be/5VMrOEbHLns
The tunnel where cycling is mandatory | Maastunnel:
youtu.be/saLAZssuD2o
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The train was travelling approximately 140 km/h (90 mph).
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Current level boarding setup
0:55 Problems with current setup
3:05 Plan for full level boarding
3:37 Examples of future-proofing
4:50 Why not level from day one?
5:23 Options to retrofit trains
I took numerous measurements of this train's acceleration. The first clip in this video is very close to my average measurement, and the second clip is the fastest acceleration I observed.
0 - 100 km/h: 37 seconds (avg); 30 seconds (best)
0 - 140 km/h: 57 seconds (avg), 52 seconds (best)
That's literally double the acceleration of any train I've measured in Canada.
All directions include vehicle detectors far in advance of the intersection. Signal phases are combined based on the road users present in real time.
Kruithuisweg at Laan der Verenigde Naties
Trigger words to scare away advertisers and keep this video ad-free:
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Version française: youtu.be/zmuivaqFpPE
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Types of rolling stock
2:06 Opportunities for the ALP45s
3:08 NJ Transit
4:13 CT Rail
5:11 MBTA
6:52 RTD
8:12 Caltrain
8:47 Conclusions
English version: youtu.be/dp2a9IhtfKw
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Matériel roulant électrique de l'RTM
2:05 Opportunités pour les ALP-45DP
3:16 NJ Transit
4:22 CT Rail
5:18 MBTA
6:58 RTD
8:18 Caltrain
8:55 Conclusion
Nederlandse versie: youtu.be/ddQlvaP0jAw
Nederlands en English at gelijke time: youtu.be/PV64EMQqin8
Thanks to Matt Pinder from Beyond the Automobile for reviewing the script.
beyondtheautomobile.com
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Dutch intersections shown:
0:35
Westzeedijk & Pieter de Hoochweg, Rotterdam
goo.gl/maps/jSaFGTy7SJyCvQfN7
1:03, 2:24, 4:02, 5:51, 6:42, 7:06
Vierhavenstraat & Keileweg, Rotterdam
goo.gl/maps/G4czDzV2UgNaR3hr8
2:03, 6:24, 8:02
Stormrugbaan & Spoorsingel, Vleuten
goo.gl/maps/K9YtXBsF7uW5SSEv8
2:39
Schiedamseweg & Vierhavenstraat, Rotterdam
goo.gl/maps/XoxaMqr36jZLrzp76
3:13, 7:23
Mozartlaan & Brederostraat, Schiedam
goo.gl/maps/yinVjb1nDdcEdjdx6
5:08
Kruithuisweg & Schieweg, Delft
goo.gl/maps/YGRx85AUdVntuJ8Z9
8:40
Burgemeester van Harenlaan & 's Gravelandseweg, Schiedam
goo.gl/maps/CRGH4wZyx4U58rk66
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Ontarian intersections shown:
0:02 Highway 7 & Interchange Way, Vaughan
goo.gl/maps/u1VGtwwjz3jDaKoB7
7:41 Davis Drive & George St, Newmarket
goo.gl/maps/tEV2mJi7WPgjeS5B7
UPDATE: The bikes were moved downstairs: youtu.be/wzlKzrKTOLE
0:00 Mild flickering images in next section
0:34 Mild flickering images
0:58 OK
List of shots:
0:00 Eurostar entering HSL Zuid north of Rotterdam
0:15 Eurostar departing Rotterdam Central Station
0:49 Eurostar passing Lage Zwaluwe at 209 km/h
1:09 Eurostar passing Lage Zwaluwe at 287 km/h
1:31 Thalys departing Rotterdam Central Station
2:15 Thalys passing Noorderkempen (Belgium) at 300 km/h
2:26 Thalys passing Lage Zwaluwe at 292 km/h
2:36 Thalys passing Lage Zwaluwe at 300 km/h with horn
2:52 Thalys passing Noorderkempen (Belgium) at 262 km/h
3:08 ICE departing Utrecht Central Station
3:43 ICE passing Maarssen at 120 km/h.
Two of the shots are actually filmed in Belgium, but the same high speed line does continue across the border into the Netherlands.
Music is a thing I made.
Music is a thing I made a while ago.
Notes:
This video uses the broad definition of 'light rail', which includes any system using tram-like technology, including streetcars, LRT and some light metros (such as the Ottawa Confederation line).
Countless light rail systems have existed in Ontario (streetcars, interurbans, etc) but the TTC and GRT had the only operating systems at the time of filming.
Ottawa's O-Train Trillium Line is not a light rail line because it operates entirely on federally regulated railways (i.e. it's a commuter rail line).
2020 update: I'm still working on the followup videos for this series, but it's taking a while because I'm learning animation in order to display the concepts more clearly.
Music by me (reaperexpress).
Filmed Monday 21 May 2018 (Saturday schedule due to Victoria Day holiday).
GO Transit, please run more of these off-peak express trains, they are awesome! The local trains are painfully slow.
Spoiler alert: GO Trains travel at up to 150 km/h (93 mph).
Metrolinx Oakville Subdivision (GO Transit Lakeshore West line) at various locations along The Queensway
Speed limit: 80 mph (128 km/h)
Filmed on The Queensway east of Humber Loop, at a curve with a 10 cm superelevation.
CORRECTION:
The reference to Shark Teeth yield markings should be Ontario HTA Regulation 402/15, not 420/15.
Music is 'Forest Lights' by me (Reaperexpress)
Avec des sous-titres en français.
Time/Date: 14:04, Tuesday 16 January 2018
Location: Metrolinx Newmarket Subdivision milepost 14.82 (PK 23.9) Rivermede Road
Speed Limit: 75 mph (121 km/h)
As of December 30th, all trains stop at Downsview Park. Service operates hourly outside peak periods, and up to 4 times per hour during peak periods.
Filmed on Saturday 23 December 2017.
The project eliminated barriers such as crossing the street, or climbing a flight of stairs.
Music is a simple piece I made.
Music:
Gold Guns Girls - composed by Metric, performed by me
Take Me Away - composed by MOOG (Blair Joscelyne), performed by me.
Filmed on Saturday 26 August 2017 southbound on the Barrie Line. Speed limit 75 mph (121 km/h)
Filmed between 23:20 and 23:40 on Friday 28 July 2017. In this 20-minute period there were 6 trains, though I only caught 5 on video.
Over this weekend, evening/night GO trains were only operating as far as Whitby to allow the new Whitby rail yard to be connected to the mainline.
0:00 Intro
0:27 VIA 669 Intercity toward Toronto
1:26 GO 937 Local toward Aldershot
2:06 GO 936 Local toward Whitby
4:15 GO 895 Express toward Toronto
I was hoping it would blast through on the express track as the two local trains loaded, but instead it was dispatched onto the local track and got stuck behind GO 937.
5:26 Two CN locomotives with a seriously flat wheel
Speed Limit: 90 mph (145 km/h).
The trains are both travelling about 70 km/h, which is very slow for a GO train. With improved tracks, GO trains could easily get up to at least 120km/h in this distance.
Both trains left Kennedy station at 20:47, but the RT pulled away due to its superior acceleration. By Lawrence East it was half a kilometre ahead of the GO train.
Music is a techno thing I made.
Filmed in 2011, shortly after the path was built.
The 4.1km ride took 13 minutes in real time, which is a 19km/h average.
Music is a series of pieces composed and performed by myself.
The station was abandoned on 18 March 2020, and it was demolished in 2022. Full update video here: youtu.be/DJRt-zzgomg
Music is a blues jam featuring myself on piano, Errol Fraser on bass, Jim Wood on guitar and Mardi Wood on drums.
This video is inspired by the fantastic series of videos "Least Used Stations" (of the UK) by Geoff Marshall.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt4q5oaptyI9U2zddss8dm8srzuJj6nRz
More info in the blog post: ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/neglecting-pedestrians-in-vaughan-centre
This area is supposed to be Vaughan's downtown, so you'd expect that pedestrian delays would be kept as low as possible. But the signal timings reveal that York Region believes otherwise. They provide only enough Walk time to get pedestrians halfway across the street each cycle - even though there is actually a much longer portion of the cycle when one stage of the crossing could display Walk.
This video was taken outside of peak periods (on a Saturday). During weekday peak periods, the delays to pedestrians would be substantially longer due to a longer cycle length.
Here's why some pedestrian buttons don't seem to do anything. More info in blog post: ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/do-pedestrian-buttons-actually-work
Music is composed and performed by me (Reaperexpress).
Main article: ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/richmond-adelaide-cycle-track-review
The 4.0 km trip took 13 minutes, which is an 18 km/h average.
Main article: ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/richmond-adelaide-cycle-track-review
The 3.8 km trip took 14 minutes at a leisurely pace, which is an average speed of 16 km/h. That's very fast considering the number of traffic signals downtown.
Music is an unnamed jam piece composed and performed by me (Reaperexpress).
Avec sous-titres en français.
A review of the Richmond-Adelaide bicycle route in Toronto, which now forms the main east-west bicycle route through the Financial District.
Filmed in November 2015. All music is composed and performed by me (Reaperexpress).
*corrections:
- The lanes carry 800 people per hour in the peak direction, not 900 (2015 count, Richmond at Spadina westbound during PM peak).
- The signals on Richmond/Adelaide are timed at the 40km/h speed limit, not 50km/h as I said in the video (I didn't realize the speed limit had been reduced). This explains why the progression is also fairly good for bicycles.
The trip took 13 minutes, which is an average speed of 18 km/h.
The ride took 34 minutes in real time, which is a 19km/h average.
Since my last series of videos from 2011, the path has been completed between Norfinch and Yonge, and extended east of Yonge to Leslie.
Unfortunately my camera was acting up and randomly stopped recording.
Speed limit: 80 mph (129 km/h), however this is a few hundred metres south of the West Toronto Diamond which has a 70 mph (112 km/h) speed restriction for straight-through traffic and a lower speed restriction for turning (Milton line) traffic, perhaps 45 mph (72 km/h).
Location 1: York University Busway & Finch Hydro Corridor Bike Path crossing. Speed limit 75 mph (121 km/h).
Location 2: Langstaff Road crossing. Speed limit is normally 75 mph (121 km/h), but speed is restricted due to railway widening construction.
Turn on Subtitles (CC) for train speeds.
0:02 UP Express across Kipling Avenue at 115 km/h (71 mph)
0:17 UP Express 3005 at 127 km/h (79 mph)
0:37 UP Express 3001 at 114 km/h (71 mph)
0:54 VIA 905 at 90 km/h (56 mph)
1:17 VIA 6446 at 96 km/h (60 mph)
1:34 UP Express 1001 at 121 km/h (75 mph)
1:43 UP Express 1011 going pretty fast (didn't measure speed)
3:20 UP Express 3005 at 121 km/h (75 mph)
3:36 UP Express 3001 going pretty fast (didn't measure speed)
5:40 UP Express 3005 at 128 km/h (79 mph)
UP car numbers are the westernmost unit, regardless of direction travelled. Normally I don't record cab numbers, but I needed to correlate footage shot with different cameras.
Because of the short trainsets, speeds are only precise to within about 5 km/h.
Location: Metrolinx Weston Subdivision milepost 11.0
Speed Limit: The Georgetown South Project railway upgrades were supposed to increase the limit to 90 mph (145 km/h) here, but train speeds suggest that the limit is still only 80 mph (129 km/h).
Shot on Saturday October 10, 2015 between 10:30 and noon. There were about twenty trains in that period. At the time of filming, Kitchener line GO trains did not operate on weekends.
Turn on Subtitles (CC) for miles per hour (mph).
The ride is noticeably bumpier and squeakier than on a GO train.
Turn on Subtitles (CC) for miles per hour (mph).
0-100 km/h takes 80 seconds. I think the train was at low throttle pulling away from the station.
Music is "Teardrop" and "Dissolved Girl", both written by Massive Attack and performed by me.
This footage was shot in 2011 or 2012, relatively soon after the path was built.