@@j-bird1778 Agreed! Queen's Quay at Spadina has red paint on the streetcar tracks and a "do not enter streetcars excepted" sign. The Quebec province uses "right turn only" signs! They should do the same and put "right turn only buses, TTC vehicles and authorized vehicles excepted" sign. It's also labeled as "P-110-2-D" in the Ministry Transportation Quebec road sign book manual.

@@404_profile_not_found that's true

@@delicious_seabass I 100% agree that streetcars in "mixed traffic" need to go. Streetcars should run either on its own dedicated lanes (like Spadina or St Clair), or just simply have it run underground or on an elevated right of way. I am actually looking into a solution to this as well. What I had in mind is to make King St a one way eastbound, and Wellington St is already a one way westbound. Streetcars already run on Wellington St from Church St to York St. Streetcars won't be held by anyone who is confused. Another benefit with streetcars running on one way streets means drivers can actually legally pass a streetcar on the left side when it's stopped letting people on and off on the right side. The only drawback with Wellington being used as the one way westbound, means it can only go from Church St to either Peter St or Spadina (without major intersection reconstruction/redesigning). Other than that, I agree with making King St and Queen St one way pairs. 👍 Thank you for your suggestion! 👍

@@j-bird1778 You said it! 👍 I 100% agree and really want Toronto to use this anywhere when pedestrians have a head start from turning traffic.

@@drsheikh I 100% agree with getting rid of streetcars from "mixed traffic". Streetcars should either have their own dedicated lanes (like Spadina or St Clair), or have streetcars run underground or elevated.

@@Gentrol I know :( I miss the gentrols being there. At least nothing changed with the signal phasing!

I 100% agree with using a horizontal and vertical line for the transit signal! I just wish Ontario would legalize it. Right now, only vertical transit lines are allowed in Ontario, which is considered an "all movement" priority.

I thought private motor vehicles are already prohibited from occupying railcar only lanes, kind of like how cars are not permitted to continue straight through an intersection where explicitly prohibited (for private motorists) as indicated by observable roadsigns that are implemented with the intent of providing adequate and expeditious operation of public transport vehicles therefore decreasing wait times, increasing reliability, and improving safety and efficiency in addition to quality of life improvements for those who rely on public transportation for their daily commutes to-and-from work. But that could just be me 😅

​@@jaysedanno, it's a shared street both cars and trams have traditionally shared the same right of way. You can see the tracks are flush with the road surface. They're called street CARS for a reason.

I don't think Google maps knows about it.

google maps shows correct turning restrictions.

Montreal has those, actually.

I 100% agree. It's unfortunately not legal in Ontario right now. Only vertical transit bars are legal in Ontario, which is considered as an "all movement" priority for transit.

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852It's weird cause some parts have the vertical line. I've seen it at Queens Quay and Bathurst. It's kind of half and half though, still has a red light but looks like 'green' is replaced with a white vertical line, to avoid confusion to the operators I assume.

As much as I somewhat agree with you, you'd be surprised to see how many Torontonians don't pay attention to or ignore "no left/right turn signs at other Toronto intersections such as Lakeshore Blvd, Woodbine Ave, Eglinton Ave, or at other downtown intersections. Especially when left turns are prohibited only at certain times of day. It's been so bad there, that they had to install LED blank out "no left turn" signs at intersections. The LED "no left turn" sign lights up during the no left turn hours. They even had to add an "oversized" no left turn sign on Lakeshore Blvd! But yes, comparing it to King St & Yonge, King St & Yonge is worse, but not by too much.j

We should use pictographs instead of so much text. Hasn't that been the general approach/direction we've been using for all signage? There are other ways signage could have been simplified too.

Nope. The yellow vehicle signal will never turn green. The city did that, because they think it will increase the chances that drivers will follow the "no going straight" sign. It allows drivers to stop and read the signage. Only public transit, cyclists and other authorized vehicles are allowed to go straight, which have their own dedicated signal heads that turn green each cycle.

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852 interesting! Yeah I’d opt to go with a vehicle signal with right arrows only. Might be less confusing for the simple minded haha!

Yeah I never saw a setup like that prior to these new changes here! I thought for sure that fully protected right turn signal heads would be used, when I first heard of the planned signal changes. I suspect they want the red ball to be displayed at all times, because unauthorized vehicles aren't ever allowed to go straight. They could do that with fully protected right turn signal heads too. I remember reading that the city wanted unauthorized vehicles that illegally go straight to be considered as running a red light, so the fines are a lot more harsh. If any green indication is displayed without a red ball, it's not considered as running a red light. Toronto really wants to maximize the penalty for unauthorized going straight.

I agree, and I mentioned this in a comment on a blog post, but someone said that the solid red is more communicative. I disagreed by saying that the red/yellow arrows would communicate to drivers that they must turn right only. If I recall, the MTO doesn't actually have a rule for coloured arrows, except for advanced Greens/Ambers ​@@TheTrafficTech

@@moho472 yeah I noticed that. Still, a right only protected signal would get the point across here. One less display to look at. The authorized vehicles signal could be mounted on the left mast arm and vehicle signals plus bicycle could be mounted on the right.

Why not do that here in Toronto? I 100% agree with you! I think the only reason they didn't do that, is because unauthorized vehicles are allowed to turn onto King St from another street. It's just through/left movements specifically from King St that aren't allowed. Maybe put "Do Not Enter" signs nearside only, or have it say "Do Not Enter from King St".

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852 What about putting a sign saying "DO NOT ENTER - Except Authorized vehicles and local traffic". The other benefit of that is making it clear to drivers turning onto King Street from the beginning that they can only use it for local traffic (such as to access garages and loading bays only entered off King Street). Part of the issue I think is that drivers turn onto King Street and then suddenly realize that the traffic controls won't let them go straight and get confused. If drivers were aware from the beginning that this is a local traffic road and not an alternative to Queen Street, they would be less likely to be going through that "traffic signal computation phase" at the next intersection.

I agree with that option, if only a vertical white transit bar would mean through only. If this was Quebec, they would have definitely done that, since they have several different types of white bars for transit.

That's correct. If we had multiple types of transit bar we could use the diagonal ones for turns, freeing up the vertical one for thru movements such as here.

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852 Why can't the vertical bar be used to mean streetcars/buses can proceed, whether that is through movement or a turn since in either case cross traffic would be stopped (which puts a turning vehicle in front of the next wave of cars on the cross street)? It's not like an indication for yellow is required for buses/streetcars/authorized vehicles.

​@@jacktattersall9457Not in the MTO book for allowed signals, other than the vertical white bar. I believe Traffic Man mentioned to me in another comment a while back that Waterloo got an exception to the rule when they built the ION LRT.

@@moho472 Can confirm, I work for the YRT, all of our transit leading intersections, look at Bathurst and Centre street, BRT signals have 4 aspects, red yellow green and on top, a transit signal, funny enough, because the BRT is only allowed to proceed on the transit signal, that light has never turned green!

Same here

A lot of people from India live in Canada now

Assuming you're referring to 6:21, If only 1 lane can turn right, I don't care which lane people turn into as long as it's safe, after checking. this is a T-intersection, and I checked the driveways and the nearby intersection before I made my move. What I don't like, is if people drive in a way that holds traffic, or if it impedes other people's safety (except obnoxious road users excluding those honking because they want to go or pass). If all the lanes are clear and safe, I only turn into the left lane if: - I want to pass someone going slower. - There are vehicles parked in the right lane. - I am turning left within a few hundred meters. Obviously if 2 or more lanes can turn right, then I always stay in the lane I started in. Slow drivers drive me nuts!

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852 There were two incidents. I don't plan to review the video in order to confirm your overreaction.

I never knew that garbage trucks are allowed to drive the wrong way on a one way street. Signage should be adjusted to inform the public. In my opinion, they shouldn't be allowed to drive the wrong way just like any other motor vehicle. Thank you for letting me know! 👍

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852 The automatic arm that collects the garbage is only on one side of the truck , it speaks for itself .

@@nickf6447 if there an automated arm on the right side of the garbage truck, then that's fine. I just don't know if there is one. Shouldn't there be an automated arm on both sides of the garbage truck?

@@jacksonbourrettransportati9852 i guess its not possible to have it on both sides its a pretty bulky system . its effective and important for worker safety and time management .

We even call it green in the US (we're not going to tell our kids to wait for the "white man" to cross the street)

@@frafraplanner9277 On the other hand, we do have white flashing light on railroad crossings to tell you it is safe to cross. 😅

I never knew they updated the specifications! I've seen some intersections such as Highway 27 & Finch Ave, Highway 27 & Humber College Blvd, where they just installed the permanent signals this month, after years of construction. They only installed one signal per direction that displays the green arrow. Most intersections that I see being reconstructed or redesigned have 2 signal heads that display the green arrow. I've seen the green arrow not working before for the northbound median signal at Don Mills & Eglinton. There isn't a second signal head that has a left green arrow there, and people were so confused.

Aw thank you so much! That really means a lot to me! 😊

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