Talk:510 Spadina and 509 Harbourfront (TTC)
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Should this not be titled 'Harbourfront/Spadina Streetcar (TTC)'? The 'LRT' name has mostly been dropped in Toronto, because the 'RT' caused people to confuse the streetcar right-of-way projects with more intrusive systems like the Scarborough RT. David Arthur 13:14, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
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The article cites a document that shows the streetcars are two minutes slower than the old Spadina bus? That is interesting. But there is another very strong advantage of the streetcars. I used to ride that bus several times a week in the years prior to the streetcar construction.
- The buses were often trapped in traffic for ten minutes or more going the 500 metres from Dundas to College.
- The windows of the buses used to tattle deafeningly when the buses were able to travel at a reasonable speed. Why? I don't know for sure. But I suspect the road conditions were so poor, with so many potholes, that they only ran old, worn out buses there. Geo Swan (talk) 16:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
