Making Our Transit More Resilient

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With a growing number of severe climate events, a lot of people have been asking how we can help make our transit more resilient to unpredictable weather and other circumstances, and today we explore exactly how we can go about doing this.
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@thunder____ Год назад

I think using hockey sticks to clear away snow and ice might be the most quintessentially Canadian thing I've ever heard of

@ianweniger6620 Год назад

ICE hockey sticks... I'm sure @RMTransit Reece didn't mean for the outside world to be thinking Cdns beat even more defenseless things than we already do during winter

@RMTransit Год назад

It really is!

@KingLarbear Год назад

@@RMTransit if you're going to put words on the screen, please make sure they are on the screen long enough to be read, this can be frustrating

@bernardrr Год назад

One aspect that is often overlooked is the humble bus stop. Here in Ottawa we seem to forget about winter for the other 6 months of the year, so our bus stops aren't designed for snow clearing. It's not unusual to find a snow bank between the shelter and the road, something that is impassible to anyone with mobility issues. We are also shamefully bad at clearing sidewalks, which are literally the first step in a functional transit system.

@Exploder11 Год назад

I think those wavy subway grates 5:02 were put in just before Huricane Sandy and they were said to be for preventing flooding, but the flat grates could be covered in bolted down plywood, while the waves couldn't. The wave grates could only be covered by tarps which blew away and let in just as much water as if they were open flat grates. The real purpose of those wave grates, and their periodic flanges is to prevent the homeless from sleeping on them. There are also bicycle rack grates which exist for the same reason.

@TMAziz Год назад

Worse for unhoused people, worse for transit users; that's a win-win for the people who make these decisions.

@serendripity2498 Год назад

yea it's called hostile architecture and sadly, it's everywhere all around the world once you take a closer look :/

@johncrwarner Год назад

I was visiting Tallinn in Estonia in the winter and there was a snow storm overnight and I was so impressed that the streets were cleared and the trams and busses were all running. In Britain where I was living at the time if you had one snowflake on the line it was "the wrong kind of snow" and services would be suspended.

@dasy2k1 Год назад

It's very much as case of how frequently it snows to the level that investing in the infrastructure to deal with it becomes worthwhile. Traditionally the UK didn't get enough snow to keep a fleet of snowploughs on standby. Just a couple up in Scotland and the pennines.... Some diesel locos were also able to mount a small snowplough on the front which was usable up to about 30cm of snow In countries where they expect heavy snow they have a fleet of specialist snowblowers and suchlike

@jtsholtod.79 Год назад

💙 Southwest has entered the chat: "Anyone looking for a crew scheduling system that fails under weather-induced demand?"

@RMTransit Год назад

This is actually a really interesting problem 😅 it gets the CS part of my brain going

@hockeymaskbob2942 Год назад

Southwest airlines also lobbies against highspeed rail in Texas 😒

@dylanc9174 Год назад

@@RMTransit Reece I was wondering if you could do a video on PEI's trans-provincial toonie transit system that just recently got expanded. It is a very interesting solution to connect rural towns, and excites me. PEI is making progress on reducing car culture. Warning: T3 hasn't made a map of the routes, so you may have to create your own, but the schedules are online.

@somethingsomething404 Год назад

Westjet in Canada is next, their system is a joke

@sams3015 Год назад

Idk why but the hockey stick thing cracked me up. Such a Canadian solution

@RMTransit Год назад

It really is!

@blushinglampshade Год назад

Can you do a video dedicated to how to make transport more accessible to disabled people (could include deaf and blind too). Lots of very easy bits of planning can make a huge difference

@questionmaker5666 Год назад

I agree, public transport will become more relevant as time goes on, so we must make it as accessible as possible for everyone. No one should be left behind because of solvable design issues.

@DanChan-qb2ec Год назад

In HK, most MTR lines are far from trees except the East Rail Line. Therefore after a huge typhoon (weaker hurricanes that appears in the Pacific Ocean), the East Rail Line is always the one to be disrupted.

@RMTransit Год назад

Need to move them back!

@marcleslac2413 Год назад

@@RMTransitWhat do you think the rem will do for on west island branch, especially the segment between kirkland and fairview pointe claire as, there's a basically a small forest right next to the track. As Ive witnessed what nature can accomplish in april. (read lost power for 4 days this april and my dads car is in the shop getting its roof fixed).

@kepstin Год назад

Kind of interesting that during the snowstorm during filming, several of the things you mentioned in the video came into effect here in Ottawa - they ran the trains overnight to keep tracks and power lines clear of snow and ice, closed some bus stops on hills or spots with poor traction, and reduced bus sizes on a few routes where articulated buses commonly got stuck.

@joermnyc Год назад

The cross river tunnels were the worst impacted during Sandy, that required months of shutdowns to allow reconstruction to remove everything with salt water damage. The worst station flooding was the brand new South Ferry station for the 1 train, water was all the way up to the top of the escalator in the mezzanine. They had to reopen the old loop station that can’t accommodate an entire train, only the front cars could open the doors.

@RMTransit Год назад

Yep! It was astonishing to watch, hopefully everything is more resilient going into the future

@mactan_sc Год назад

in Rochester MN the pedestrian tunnels and skyways were fantastic for crossing downtown without ever going outside

@c.t.8614 Год назад

Interesting to note that one of the reasons the NYC subway was built was due to the devastating blizzard of 1888 in which buried the city in snow, the response of the city was to put utilities and trains underground. Now, during major snowstorms and blizzards the underground sections of the subway still run without disruption.

@chrisorr8601 Год назад

Huh that’s fun thanks for sharing!

@MIKEJ788 Год назад

I LOVE UNDERGROUND SUBWAY NETWORKS!

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio Год назад

The snow wasn't as bad for the elevated railways as some people (and some publications) made it out to be -- if you have an open structure elevated, snow in excess of the little bit that can sit on the girders is just going to drift down through the structure. The snow did, however, make many of the elevated stations inaccessible for people that wanted to use them.

@h8GW Год назад

@Lucius Chiaraviglio 7-train Queens Boulevard concrete viaduct: _looks nervously around the room_

@nikhillrao3799 Год назад

Too bad the stations get flooded during heavy rains lol

@raphaelkinney Год назад

Anytime I think of someone asking for tunneling I think of Switzerland busting through the ground like the Kool-Aid man.

@theowainwright7406 Год назад

In my part of England the signalling system stops working when the temperature is over 35°, expect delays or cancellations if there’s a rainstorm and even worse delays and cancellations if there’s snow.

@ollie2074 Год назад

I know this video covered a lot of weather events, but another issue is fog. This usually always disrupts ferries and sometimes to lesser extent depending on the severity buses, as well as trains that don't have in-cab signalling.

@joelhurtado3652 Год назад

I recently moved to SF. While BART leaves a lot to be desired, one thing I think it gets right is the integration with the earthquake early warning system. As far as I understand it is open source (at least the warning system part) and covers the rest of the west coast.

@Hollandstation Год назад

the NS (the dutch railways company) should take notes here. In winter conditions the switches are always (at least from a passenger view) freezing And in the autumn there are leaves on the tracks which disrupts service.

@davidty2006 Год назад

what is with railways and bad weather? feels universal.....

@RMTransit Год назад

Everyone has room for improvement 😅

@sonicboy678 Год назад

Knocking snow out of doorways isn't something I'd consider unexpected. Doing it with hockey sticks sounds utterly hilarious.

@HenryMidfields Год назад

Maybe we should get NHL players as volunteers for some good old publicity!

@TorToroPorco Год назад

Regarding the hardening of infrastructure I’m really curious about Taipei’s subway and the design allowances for civil defence. I took notice of the blast proof doors at the subway entrances and the wide passage areas above the platform level that are able to hold a large number of people. Taipei receives over 90 inches of rain annually so drainage is a major consideration as well. Taiwan is also in an earthquake zone so there’s that as well.

@andrewmasin5787 Год назад

The Washington D.C. Metro is deep level. I wonder if any Civil Defense features were included? Any Washingtonians, or ex US CD people on the board?

@MercenaryPen Год назад

trees directly adjacent to rail lines aren't just a threat to power lines, leaf fall on rail lines creates conditions that maximise the chances of severe wheelslip- which can lead to fatal accidents (as seen in the vicinity of Salisbury, UK a year or two back)

@MarioFanGamer659 Год назад

This made me realise of a comment somewhere (don't know the exact video) which mentioned that diesel trains don't have to deal with trees shorting a circuit with the overhead wires and are (supposedly) a big reason for delays on Amtrak services even though weather can affect both sources (internal and external alike). That with the leaves is actually a good point and is further an issue not solved with an internal power source.

@Lucius_Chiaraviglio Год назад

I have noticed in my time in the Boston area that the resiliency of the MBTA and Amtrak has been getting worse, not better. In the 1970s and 1980s, Amtrak and the T used to be able to keep running through a major blizzard. Now both shut down for even a moderate event. You can tell that it's due to misplaced government priorities, because the roads get plowed and reopened first.

@freddysanders2826 Год назад

ahhh, now i understand why the K line ventilation grates here in LA are raised up by 3 or 4 feet!

@langr752 Год назад

“They go out with Hockey sticks to clear the door tracks”….. thats the most Canadian thing ive ever heard you say!! Haha😂

@apexhunter935 Год назад

Also, if your trying to build and/or extend a line into an area with a high water table and/or is flood prone, it may be best to build it on an elevated structure

@cx5307 Год назад

Resilience (or redundancy) not only concerning the weather, but construction works, strikes or sickness waves seems to be a very important topic to me. Owning a car costs me between 3 and 5 Euros per kilometre, because I drive very little. But selling the car is no option for me, because I need it as a backup when trains and busses are not running.

@CoBy_CoBy-97 Год назад

Railroad switches i cold areas also needs heaters to keep them clear from snow and ice. and these heaters needs to be quite effective as when a train goes over the switch it is likely that the shaking will course any snow gathered under the train to be dumped on top of them

@RMTransit Год назад

Yep, Ottawa was using electric heaters initially but switched to gas as apparently the older ones were not creating enough heat

@AlRoderick Год назад

It's a common sight for open flames from the gas fired track heaters to be visible around Chicago on the L system, coming right out of the ground, it's spooky.

@michaelimbesi2314 Год назад

@@AlRoderick The other day, the ones on the switch next to the L’Enfant Plaza VRE station were cranking so hard there was visible steam coming off it.

@MrBirdnose Год назад

@@AlRoderick I told someone that it was because a train used its flux capacitor. ;)

@MrBirdnose Год назад

In areas that get more light powder snow they sometimes use blowers instead, but for wet snow heaters are the only real option.

@Unpacked_Mind Год назад

It's always fun to see crossover in interests. Royal Bloof are a great band!!

@RMTransit Год назад

Royal Bloof 😂

@WhiskyCanuck Год назад

A bit OT: but I notice that the raised vents at 5:02 follow the modern pattern of hostile architecture against homeless people. Those crazy shapes prevent anyone from sleeping on a warm vent to keep from freezing to death. Or for any pedestrian from using it as a bench to take a moment of rest. Maybe instead of adding the cost to make them hostile, just spend that on making sure they're robust enough to support these secondary (and in the modern world with its exorbitant cost of living in many places, necessary) functions?

@ricequackers Год назад

This is a big issue for the UK since we're so used to having mild, temperate weather for 50 weeks of the year. As a result the country isn't built for hot weather (anything above 27C), cold weather (anything below 0C), or lots of snow (anything more than light flurries). Not just transit, everything seems to stop working.

@kartik_sinha Год назад

Yes here in India we build infra keeping temp between 15C to 50C in mind. Now we are going through a cold wawe and many cities have temp below 5C and we saw corners of rails chipping which led to speed restrictions. We also saw a lot of cracks on roads because so much contraction due to cold temprature wasn't a consideration.

@Nicholas-ks8xp Год назад

Halifax has budget and staffing constraints. No snow tires for the buses, and service reduction from lack of staff and storm plans also reduce service. A light automated metro would be perfect for Halifax. But tunneling through solid rock is expensive

@Hiro_Trevelyan Год назад

About trams and trees : line T4 in Lyon stopped 2 or 3 times in a month because of tree branches falling on the catenary. I never understood how they ended up in there.

@mymocs61 Год назад

Would be interested in learning about how and why other countries build transit faster. Like how much builders get paid and how many hours they work

@LeZylox Год назад

1:40 haha i was just there today, it's my favourite Bus line :)

@janetj471 Год назад

Please leave the “subtitles” on screen a little longer, I can’t read that fast. Thanks

@RMTransit Год назад

The idea when I put them in is just to pause to read, that’s the solution that I think is better for most users based on the analytics of where people watch

@JP-dn1ol Год назад

Very relevant video considering that portions of the Ottawa LRT have been out of service for over 24 hours due to ice build up on the power wires. Hard to believe that something as common as freezing rain can disable the system.

@eructationlyrique Год назад

The Montreal REM first phase opening was delayed to spring only because they didn't want the first few months of service to be in winter. They want to break-in the network and rolling stock during clement weather

Год назад

Tunnels are also less likely to be involved in accidents with cars or pedestrians. Not, of course, a sick passenger. My main expertise is dependable distributed software systems. Looking at how easily a single fault can stop major portions of our public transport systems is incredible. Definitely not enough resilience nor redundancy.

@RMTransit Год назад

I certainly agree re redundancy, that’s why I like the planning of Madrids Metro so much, many lower capacity lines helps keep things working even when one has problems.

Год назад

@@RMTransit With tunnels, there's also less issue with right of way (obviously a big thing on top). More costly, sure, but at least possible. I wonder what other options might exist to reduce the impact of incidents and medical emergencies on the rest of a particular track.

@GenericUrbanism Год назад

@Zaydan Alfariz Indonesia should do more tunneling especially considering how mountainous that country is.

@GenericUrbanism Год назад

@Zaydan Alfariz oh I see, tunnels are definitely expensive and would not be built during an austerity period.

@electricerger Год назад

Was stuck in YYZ for Christmas, but GO was able to get me out to the GTA and I could get a friend to help the last bit. Trains are the bomb

@jack2453 Год назад

Great sentiments. But I am a bit worried whenever the solutions are 'cut down all the trees' and 'spray chemicals on the wires (which presumably ends up in waterways)'

@MysteriousTraveler Год назад

I live on the Q line in Brooklyn. Whenever there's a storm a tree falls on the tracks and messes up the whole line.

@linuxman7777 Год назад

I know you are a transit channel but I think that all of these resiliency measures would be even more valuable for the freight rail and trucks, as the current state of affairs as far as infrastructure goes isn't good, and they have even fewer resiliency mechanisms than the passenger systems do.

@xander1052 Год назад

The way we've prevented flooding on the central line on the London Underground is by not ventillating the line pretty much at all.

@WilliamPitcher Год назад

I just want to say that you are a content machine of late. Congrats. However, please ensure your activity is sustainable. RU-vidr burnout is a real thing.

@RMTransit Год назад

Just December 🎉 new year I’ll return to regular levels :) thanks for caring

@GenericUrbanism Год назад

@@RMTransit I think you may need a bit of a break so you don’t get burnt out.

@peterhoz Год назад

Melb/Victoria always has a problem with excessive heat in summer.

@FalconsEye58094 Год назад

in the case of the NYC subway so much of the tunnels flood regularly and is not prepared for the storms we're getting all the time, you can see some unbelievable videos online

@ordinaryorca9334 Год назад

The trees removal thing not being universal is something I just don't get. Here in Belgium infrabel, the company in charge of the maintenance of the tracks in Belgium is allowed to cut down any and all trees on their land that are taller than they are close to the tracks, not the OEL, the tracks, without having to apply for a permit. Now less trees fall on the tracks, less damage is done to overhead lines and I believe we even have less leaves on the track in fall, it at least doesn't seem to cause many delays, as the major events causing delay are the first freeze and first heatwave, not the 2 weeks in which all trees lose their foliage.

@joshlikescola Год назад

Completely agree on the importance of this - if people can't rely on transit, as a system is out of commission for days/weeks after an extreme weather event, then it will push them to drive, creating more emissions and making the problem worse! In terms of cutting back trees/foliage, another big issue for rail systems is leaves on the track during autumn, which massively increase braking distance due to wheel slip. Trees and power lines are a disaster waiting to happen, as the tree will take down any overhead infrastructure with it in windy conditions. Network Rail in the UK seems to finally be getting round to pruning the foliage on many routes - at one point tree branches would regularly brush against the sides of the trains coming out of Nottingham!

@JonMartinYXD Год назад

You mentioned expansion and contraction of train rails, but another challenge in coping with a large variation in temperature (aside: Edmonton experiences this to an even greater degree than Ottawa, 73.7 C at YEG this year vs 62.7 at YOW) is overhead power lines. If they get too taut in the cold they can snap and if they sag too much in the heat the pantographs can push them out of their supports. Also when it gets down to -40 the track switching gear can have problems and the rails are more susceptible to damage, particularly at crossovers.

@kepstin Год назад

Overhead power lines for pantographs are typically run in relatively short sections, and each section has a constant tension maintained through it even as power lines stretch or contract - they don't get too taut or sag. You can sometimes see the tensioning pulleys and weights beside the track at spots where a new run of power line starts.

@yorkchris10 Год назад

Québec installed jeudi 29 décembre 2022 power grid after the Ice Storm. Some railway signals were taken out and not replaced. Regional rail had power and rails, but the doors were said not to open. Ice loading standards may have changed since. Railways have a lot of experience with temperature de cycling - like in tunnels. Skytrain runs trains continuously during snowfall?? They do have a hi-rail blower?

@ianweniger6620 Год назад

Skytrain has no blower but I live in Vancouver and... @RMTransit I think you'll agree that, if we got one, it would be so cool and also the source of so many complaints!

@ChristopherTindall Год назад

That was a good one! (I mean, they're all pretty good though.) The temperature swing really caught my attention. I'd like to hopefully see high-speed rail one day between Calgary and Edmonton, but that 80-degree temperature swing is something that I've never thought of. Makes sense, though.

@justformemes2922 Год назад

can u make a vid on the old coxwell streetcar plz

@smurftums Год назад

Bushfires or Forrest fires are an issue in some countries (Australia being one example).

@jarjarbinks6018 Год назад

Yeah I think what is not talked about enough is just how much more tunneling is done in other countries compared to North America. Both rapid transit and highways There are countries within Europe for instance that have more miles of road tunnel than the United States. There are many instances where tunneling would be preferable but due to cost related reasons such tunnels aren’t built. Whatever the tunnel, whether it for a train or a road, in North America we’re just not very good at building it cost efficiently

@MarioFanGamer659 Год назад

This reminds me of the Big Dig and how it went enough overbudget that some money from MBTA had to be used to pay for the project. If the US were really more efficient than that wouldn't have been that much of a problem, would it?

@qolspony Год назад

Elevated lines are good with flooding as long as the current isn't affected. While subways are good with snow as long as the melting of snow isn't drastic. So having a balance of them both is good planning. Street running systems are cheap for every reason So they should never be the main public transportation system in any mid size or large city.

@imsbvs Год назад

Trees, yes indeed regular problem in the UK as the autumnal fall of leaves tends to make the tracks slippery and cause havoc to rail transport. Modern trains with motors spread though the train suffer as each set of wheels has less grip and traction suffers. Then there is wind. Or shall I say excessive wind. In the "Great Storm of 1987" lots of trees came down, eveywhere, including across the rail tracks. We dodged a bullet in so far that the worse winds were in the wee hours, and by the time commuters started travelling many of the trees had fallen and lines were already blocked. Otherwise trains full of commuters would have become stranded (by fallen trees blocking the tracks where there is 3rd rail electric delivery or taking down overhead power cables) then the trains would have been crushed by falling trees, injuring & probably killing many passengers.

@pbilk Год назад

8:25 I thought this video was made in response to the latest snowstorm in Ontario and most nearby areas, but you clearly stated this was during the snowstorm. If you waited a bit longer before recording this, you would have had a more recent example of a tree landing on a train but between Ottawa and Toronto. 😬

@cheesygazelle Год назад

Trees too close to the tracks isn't just an issue for OHLE during windstorms but leaf fall in autumn months causes serious issues with traction. "Leaves on the line" is often used as a reason for delays or cancellations in the UK, usually to much ridicule by people who don't realise that operating a train on wet leaves is like driving a car on black ice. Letting trees grow adjacent to tracks might be nice from a visual perspective and help soften noise pollution, but it's a disaster for rail operations during very typical weather at certain times of year.

@michaelimbesi2314 Год назад

I’ve lived in the northeast US my whole life, and we’re famous for the all leaves changing and falling in autumn. I have never once heard of leaves causing any train any trouble. And the US typically has steeper grades and larger and heavier trains than the UK or Europe. I think your trains might just have a problem.

@kitchin2 Год назад

@@michaelimbesi2314 It has been a problem in the US Northeast. Wiki “slippery rails” and see the sand, water jet, and other techniques on MNRR etc.

@TMD3453 Год назад

Super cool re Japanese earthquake protection technology. Thanks, Reese! 🍁

@verba_volante Год назад

For heat fluctuations, just avoid long rail segments, it's slightly Louder and less eficent, but it's worked in the past, and with modern approach no reason it cant work now.

@dunkalunk Год назад

that raising of the ventilation grates also keeps people from sleeping on them

@rudivandoornegat2371 Год назад

Great video. I learned a tonne.

@quoniam426 Год назад

Tunnelling is the solution to protect the railway against everything nature can throw at it. On other parts, covering it with a light roof made out of solar panels can alleciate the heat and snow effect and bring power to the network at the same time, especially in Summer.

@jan-lukas Год назад

But it is 10 times more costly. So you need to have some good reasons to deploy tunnels

@mlmielke Год назад

@@jan-lukas And, flooding. If you're building extra tunnel cost because of flooding, it isn't everything nature throws at it.

@trainspotterlindau3227 Год назад

Can you make a video about the project "Stuttgard 21". It´s one of the biggest transit projects in europe in the last 100 years and it´s a combination of a new high speed line, a new central station for Stuttgard and a new conection to the airport for high speed and regional trains.

@yoqkl8626 Год назад

nice shirt

@RMTransit Год назад

Thank you! Good band!

@PeteS_1994 Год назад

Trees cause train disruptions yearly in Uk.

@leolu4868 Год назад

However, when it comes to a major disaster like an unprecedented rain storm, human errors are also to blame. Though China's rail transit infrastructure is the world's finest, a major flooding accident happened last year in the metro line 5 of Zhengzhou, a city in the middle of China. Water flooded the tunnel through the metro depot. But the metro company shut the system down so late that there are passengers already trapped in the train in a tunnel. At last 14 people are dead, 5 are injured. The state department launched an investigation about this. In the end, many higher-ups from the metro company and the local emergency management bureau are arrested. As a Chinese, I do hope these kind of avoidable accidents do not happen again.

@transitvideosbayarea Год назад

A couple months ago, record breaking heat made the rails in a section of BART twist, buckle and bend so much a train derailed… twice in 2 months!

@nking9268 Год назад

Japan has lot proactive solutions to all the problems you mentioned

@zephaniahgreenwell8151 Год назад

EXTREME TRANSIT!!!

@frnkndad Год назад

Has anyone else started taking a shot every time Reese says the word "Ton"?

@JonMartinYXD Год назад

It still annoys the crap out of me that here in Edmonton we didn't put the University to Century Park section of the LRT underground. As it is, it tunnels under two roads anyways. Almost all of the rest could have been done with cut-and-cover. The trickiest part would be getting across Whitemud freeway (under? over?). And not putting a stop beside Harry Ainlay was just braindead.

@josephpadula2283 Год назад

Joseph Padula Portland ,Or. L On Friday 23 Dec all my flights were cancelled going to La California due to the ice storm. The max Light rail from the airport not running due to ice on the wire and frozen switches. They provided a shuttle bus to the closest bus station. There transferred to another bus , all had chains so it was slow. Got to the Amtrack station , all full to CA. Finally got a ticket by buying one to the next station Then a ticket to California. Train arrived on time but left 4 hours late due to river bridge stuck open. Train arrived 7 hours late Christmas morning after midnight instead of Eve at 7pm… So train got me to Christmas when planes could not!

@test40323 Год назад

Thanks for sharing your fascinating research on how resilience can be managed. Have you heard the come back of trolley electric buses on the TTC?

@Adrian-1503 Год назад

Hello, could you make a video about Hamburg's (Germany) Public Transport system. Like the one on Berlin's?

@Br3ttM 11 месяцев назад

Fires are the natural state of the west coast of North America. The main reason they're getting worse, is that we try too hard to prevent them, so more fuel builds up, and when a fire does occur, it gets too big to fight. There are species of plants specialized in growing in areas that were burned, and some plants even release seeds after fire. And 2022 and 2023 weather was weird because of the El Nino/La Nina cycle, not any long-term changes.

@roger1818 Год назад

Trees were planted beside railway tracks to provide shade and reduce thermal expansion. By cutting down the trees, you are solving one problem but exasperating another.

@RMTransit Год назад

You can create shade in ways that don’t create a risk of knocking down wires though

@roger1818 Год назад

@@RMTransit You can also choose trees (and trim them accordingly) so that they won’t knock down the wires. I would argue that any structure you build is at risk of being blown over in a wind storm.

@RipCityBassWorks Год назад

*Montreal Metro Noises Intensify*

@malcolmmccaskill2311 Год назад

Right now all of Melbourne's trains are held up for a police request at one of the two largest stations. This is usually code word for attempted suicide. There should be investment in fencing between track pairs, so a tresspasser can only disrupt one track pair, not the entire system. Fencing of unfenced sections of track, and platform screen doors at major stations will also help.

@willwray8511 Год назад

Really well researched

@georgekarnezis4311 Год назад

St. Louis got slammed this year check out the pictures

@RMTransit Год назад

Yeah it’s crazy!

@l1nus0nl1neproductions9 Год назад

When ever i look at north america i cant help to think of a noob playing cities skyline

@Fazmukadar Год назад

Day #3 of asking RMTransit to play City Bus Manager on PC. I want to see how he would manage a Public Transport Company .

@RoboJules Год назад

Vancouver, New York and, Miami should invest in more ferries in the coming decades, as snow isn't the biggest concern of coastal cities experiencing climate change.

@peterj.teminski6899 Год назад

Toronto's linear induction motor train (SRT) has a rough time in snow. How does Vancouver's Sky Train handle snow? Can they help Toronto?

@RMTransit Год назад

It’s not the linear induction motor That’s the problem.

@peterj.teminski6899 Год назад

@@RMTransit Thanks Reece, I got the impression that snow between the reaction rail and stator caused clearance issues. Cheers.

@phoenixbloomfield8946 Год назад

The particular raised subway grate you posted is a glaring example of hostile anti-homeless infrastructure. By making it uneven and having random bits stick up it makes it painful for any homeless people to congregate on it to avoid freezing to death in the cold. Raising subway grates for flood reasons is a good thing, those particular vents are an example of what I would consider to be evil infrastructure and should be opposed though.

@kabirjavaid Год назад

Can I propose a new railroad system? I have the map made, the concept is 75% already operational.

@EngMadison Год назад

You may have seen other countries paint their rails white to reflect the sun. No, I saw that on Thomas :D

@ingibingi2000 Год назад

British Columbia is gobba get the big one at some point right?

@jmd1743 Год назад

It's going to help to have 30,000 dollar EVs that are quicker than half-million dollar Italian super cars. The reason is that performance cars become devices that get from point-a to point-b because everyone will be driving performance cars. Therefor people will care less about car culture and more about transportation, which means suddenly transit doesn't seem that bad because you'll desire something more than a quick car. 30,000 dollar EV cars will soon become 5000 dollar cars that are faster than a half million dollar car due to the used market. As a kid if could pick up a such a car why would you desire a lambo besides the looks & exclusiveness? While all of that happening the general public is coming to terms with the fact that they actually hate commuting, you're seeing the anti-EV crowd desire EVs more and more now. It will take time to reverse 100 years of car centrist infrastructure, but by the time it happens the public will organically support transit.

@matthewboog3193 Год назад

It's so ridiculous that BART needs to go slow whenever it rains

@rislingpodiumperformance Год назад

Don't give ottawa any excuses for just bad system design on the first stage of the Confederation line

@stranger6094 Год назад

Um look at Finnish transit. Very reliable.

@billylacharity3443 Год назад

Toronto known for getting snow. Sorry, I had to laugh at that statement.

@christbaumer Год назад

5:21 Not very convenient to have to go up to go down.

@112313 Год назад

Jet engines...use jet engines to clear the snow from the tracks...

@islaymassive1530 Год назад

Those raised grates you showed are also a disgusting piece off hostile architecture

@michaelimbesi2314 Год назад

No, it’s not. It’s a vent that needs to be kept clear to ensure proper ventilation. This is a safety issue, because the ventilation system is not just for bringing fresh air into the tunnels during normal operation, it’s also needed to extract smoke and bring in fresh air in case of a fire.

@samvalk3366 Год назад

Why are you blaming bad weather on poor people having access to cars and efficient energy to heat their homes?

@divineOrders683 Год назад

Itsabitzyspiderrunningdownryansback. Sorry old boy butsamwantshistuckerback inthelaunderyroomitssognarlyinthe yearstocomeoffustink

@moofey Год назад

Vancouver and cold/snow really don't mix. With the frequency of snow events increasing I feel like they haven't done enough on the bus network to deal with the issues that crop up. They talk about tire socks on the routes up to SFU but there are so many routes that also have to deal with steep hills which basically can barely run at all. There also needs to be better snow response from the cities to ensure these routes are clear. It seems that with every winter that goes by, the snow and the city's response to it worsens. SkyTrain is a bit of an odd one because it primarily is snow accumulation on trains and doors freezing. I've found that the newer the train, even with the doors hanging on the outside of the train, the better it gets through the colder weather. The Mark II stock has really bad issues with snow accumulation in general and I remember with the most recent storm having to clear snow out of the doors myself on the earlier trains so that it could close. Hopefully, when the Mark Is are retired and the Mark Vs enter service it will improve.

@RMTransit Год назад

Hopefully newer trains incorporate features like heated door thresholds and the like!

@imsbvs Год назад

winter tyres is a better solution, having driven on winter tyres myself I can say they make driving much easier and safer when there is snow on the road

@teddymacrae Год назад

I grew up in Vancouver and recently moved to Montreal. The way mtl handles snow is miles ahead of Vancouver and even places like Toronto and Edmonton. It doesn't seem to me like the STM manages their buses any better than translink. In fact I'd say they're are generally in worse shape. It seems to me it's all in the snow clearing and salting.

@SirDerpofCamelot Год назад

That snow storm on the 29th stopped the majority of transit; save for Skytrain, which was actually running. Maybe Vancouver needs more rail since other modes seem less reliable.

@williamhuang8309 Год назад

@@RMTransit I've seen images of snow accumulating on the insides of the doors. Seems like an issue exclusive to the Mk I and Mk II stocks. But the daily dose of Canada line outages during the snowstorm that happened just last week needs to be fixed.

@Yay295 Год назад

Many of Minneapolis' light rail vehicles are actually equipped with a permanent snowplow, as well as pantographs designed to cut through ice on the wires.