Firstly, it was WAY more than 15 minutes
Secondly, 15 minutes x 5000 people (that's being generously low) = $30k+ even at minimum wage.
Thirdly, these people PUT THEMSELVES into these dangerous situations, and in fact I really wish Darwinism runs its toll but clearly it didn't.
Careful you don't turn that into a self-fulfilling prophecy one day.
People need to be responsible for their actions. Running a red and crashing into a train will cause delays and inconvenience for tens of thousands of people and bring our public transit system to a standstill.
The better question is why not? Why shouldnt these idiots be publicly shamed?
Um that driver will be responsible. There insurance company will probably have some massive pay out and he was probably charged. Definitely responsible to CT. Not everything has to be some public spectacle or circus.
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Wow. I think that most people can agree that this person did a stupid thing that cost a lot of time and money for many people. But to wish harm or death to another human because of it? That's beyond disgusting.
I shouldn't even respond to such a crass comment, but seriously dude, that's ####ed.
At just before 7 a.m., crews were called to the area of Centre Street and 9 Avenue after a man was struck by a commuter bus from Airdrie.
EMS confirmed that they transported a man in his 70s in life-threatening condition from the scene to hospital.
"Witnesses say he was wearing all dark clothing and he was walking against the pedestrian signal on 9 Avenue. He made it most of the way across the road but, because of his dark clothing, he was hard to see."
At just before 7 a.m., crews were called to the area of Centre Street and 9 Avenue after a man was struck by a commuter bus from Airdrie.
EMS confirmed that they transported a man in his 70s in life-threatening condition from the scene to hospital.
"Witnesses say he was wearing all dark clothing and he was walking against the pedestrian signal on 9 Avenue. He made it most of the way across the road but, because of his dark clothing, he was hard to see."
An 18-year old man is in serious condition after being struck by a C-Train Friday night.
The incident happened around 10:50 p.m. MT at the 58th Street SE crossing.
According to police, the light barriers and gongs were operating when the southbound C-Train approached the crossing. The driver saw the man crossing the tracks and applied the emergency brakes. The man was struck by the front corner of the C-Train and came to rest approximately 15 metres from where he was struck.
Police say no one else was injured in the accident and the pedestrian appears to be under the influence of alcohol at the time.
Yesterday about 4:40pm on the SB Sommerset train, some idiot in a truck ran into the C-Train I was on near 3rd Street SE near City Hall. Words cannot describe how stupid this collision was.
I had to take the train out of the core for about the 3rd time in the last year, yesterday at 5.
Fudge that guy. Calgary needs to make the Ctrain grade separated one way or another. The number of outages is appalling and makes me glad I don't rely on them very often.
1) People greatly exagerate how often the train is "out" for incidents like this. Usually Calgary Transit is very rapid to respond with shuttle buses, and take little time to get things back in line once the incident is cleared.
2) Grade separation is no good. Having the ctrain at grade downtown is no different form the hundreds of other intersections in the city with just cars. An no one is making the agrument to have those grade separated. Just stop at the red light.
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One thing I don't miss about Calgary Transit is the high numbers of delays because of accidents. With how often it occurs downtown, I wonder if they should consider getting 7th avenue buried along with 8th avenue at the same time, so then all of downtown lines would have a subway and would eliminate the number of these incidents significantly. (I imagine)
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I wonder if they should consider getting 7th avenue buried along with 8th avenue at the same time.
There's two major issues with that idea. The first is money. I haven't heard exact costs, but each line is likely somewhere around a billion dollars to run a subway. The money does not exist for one line, let alone both.
The other is logistics. Where would you run the trains if both lines were shut down at the same time? At least with doing 8th ave first, you could remain with status quo until construction is complete.
1) People greatly exagerate how often the train is "out" for incidents like this. Usually Calgary Transit is very rapid to respond with shuttle buses, and take little time to get things back in line once the incident is cleared.
As someone who has taken the train pretty much daily since 1997, no it is not an exaggeration. I do agree that transit does a good job based on what they have to work with. It's just incredibly frustrating when some idiot smokes the train and the whole city lines come to a standstill. In this case it's certainly not Transit's fault this happened.
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As someone who has taken the train pretty much daily since 1997, no it is not an exaggeration. I do agree that transit does a good job based on what they have to work with. It's just incredibly frustrating when some idiot smokes the train and the whole city lines come to a standstill. In this case it's certainly not Transit's fault this happened.
If it was underground it would not have happened, Transit can do things to limit these events.
What about a two-level subway tunnel on 8th? Obviously it would be more expensive than a single-level one, but cheaper and less disruptive than building two separate subways. And 7th could remain operational during construction.
But I'll file this under "would be nice, but never going to happen."
we're all super impressed with how hardcore you are.
