Those in favour cite Montreal as an example of a thriving system. Until New York’s program is fully implemented, Montreal’s will remain the biggest bike share program in North America with 5120 bikes, 411 stations, and over 35,000 customers. I hate to point out that Montreal’s system is still running a deficit despite it’s size, but if nothing else, it demonstrates how expansion could provide better transit service for Torontonians.
The bicycle barometer takes data about the weather, the status of the tube lines I use to get to work, and whether my local station is open or shut.
It then reduces all that data down to a single value and displays it on a dial with a bike sign at one end and a tube sign at the other.
For example, if it is raining a bit the dial will move a bit towards the tube sign, but if the tube is suffering delays, it will move a bit back in the other direction.
Different data points get different weightings. E.g. snow is more important than a bit of drizzle; the tube station being shut trumps everything.
“The Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension’s tunnel boring machines “Yorkie” and “Torkie” completed a rare double breakthrough at the extraction shaft” (by Toronto Transit Commission)
No wonder it takes so long to build subways, those machines move slowly…
Bill Sullivan took high-resolution pictures of NYC commuters in 2004 at the exact moment they were going through subway turnstiles. These are turns (in order) 9078, 14338, 13761, 11345, 18008, 16214. The people pictured were asked to sign waivers so that their pictures may be used in the exhibit.
