The city of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, has built a system of over 56km of bus corridors over the past few years, along with 306 new buses(60 more, electric, coming in 2025, supposedly)
1:44 So, here's the thing (disclaimer, mainline subway conductor who has worked on the R211A fleet on the A) there is a fair amount of internal pushback from train crews about the gangways due to our current investigation requirements in certain situations. each end of each car (all of them, not just the R211) has an outward facing emergency brake valve triggered by a small arm hanging on the outside. usually this would hit a small arm mounted on the ground next to a signal that raises up when the signal is red... but it can also be set off by obstructions that have fallen on the trackside as the train passes and hit that lever. when that happens, the train operator (driver) has to go and find it (I usually stay on the train and keep the passengers from climbing the walls). And this has happened to me on duty on multiple occasions. Tree branch... broken piece of the cover on the 3rd rail.... a bucket... Sometimes when this happens it's in areas with extremely tight clearances, where the only way to do your investigation is by climbing down between each car, one at a time, to look around, and with the open gangways, as they are currently designed in general, you can't do that. Now, for the record, I don't agree with that sentiment, I know a few ways to make it work, but a lot of the senior guys down here... they just don't like change.
@@udishomer5852 you're right, but some are still lower standard, lack of platform screen doors for example, even on new lines. Sometimes it's because they must be compatible with the rest of the system, but it can also be about cost cutting.
new Mumbai metro line is technically in a city named 'navi mumbai' (meaning new mumbai), adjacent to Mumbai Metropolitan region. The entire city is a business district and IT hub. That city can afford such a station. You can't expect an entire city full of various kinds of scales of industries to be able to afford such standards. So if larger Metropolitan areas are divided according to their zoning, and wealthier areas are made to self-fund their projects, you might've rare networks like these. But if the zone you ask to self-fund is a Nimby kind, this idea can backfire.
Yesterday the last S4000 train of Barcelona's metro made its last journey on line 1, with a small ceremony to this series that has been replaced by S9000. On the other hand, 9th of november the new tram extension in the city will start operation! (Maybe I already said this in another video xd)
I'm surprised you haven't mentioned any projects going on in Ottawa, Which quietly expanded its rapid-transit system by 40+ kilometers with 2/3 of its projects possibly opening in 2025.
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Re 2:32 The TINA trams for Basel also have stop request buttons. I wonder what these are for given that the Basel system is currently an all-stopper? Are they for travelling through less populated areas?
Walkthrough carriages are good. You can get away from a disturbance or walk to the carriage that aligns with a station exit. The new Piccadilly line train looks very smart, but it should not have been possible for grafitti vandals to get anywhere near.
Some news from California this week: The SMART regional rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area has announced that it will begin construction on its extension to Healdsburg (a popular wine country city) in Early 2025 for a completion in 2028. This comes after it received an $81 million grant from the state on Oct 23 to fully fund the $269 million extension.
Wow, haven’t expected news from Lviv) Do we know if the trams will be repainted into lviv colors? The news from New York and London were a little upsetting. On the one hand, the new subway trains are very good, but on the other hand, why are they impassable in New York? maybe it's for some of their security reasons? I know that the USA has its own ideas about safety in public transport. And I have no words for the vandalism of London's new trains…
7:50 the sound isn’t that horrible indoors, but one can’t open their window or go outside without hearing it, plus we have a huge sound barrier that blocks most when on the ground I live near there & the highway totally sucks, it should be demolished,
Union opposition. The plans to make the lines driverless might be cancelled altogether btw since there will always be opposition towards this move from both the unions and the public too, safety concerns being one the reasons for example.
@@transportspotterraphael but haven't tube drivers came to work under the influence of drugs and alchohol and aren't modern metros with drivers basically autonomous just were paying a driver to press a few buttons (because of ATO) and due to the added human factor there is more room for error whereas driverless trains can operate 24/7 never get drunk and are cheaper to operate in the long run allowing for more trains on the track and therefore have more on time trains, so while I agree unions will definitely oppose the move i'm not as convinced about the public , i mean especially with systems such as the DLR or heathrow terminal 5 in operation. Obviously the mayor of london is pretty leniant and even quite close to unions so i know that a fully driverless tube line is not coming anytime soon.
They are technicalities problem, example, many stations have to be renovated heavily to install the sensor and safety equipment for driverless train, not to mention they need to completely redesigned all the tunnel to meet safety requirements since you need to have separate walkway inside the tunnel in case of emergency, not to mention multiple section are completely not compatible for driverless operation. The short answer is the government didn't want to spend that much money😅
They can’t be made driverless immediately because the government is not funding the complete Piccadilly line upgrade all at once, the current signaling/ train control system isn’t capable of full ATO and there is strong union support for drivers. What will probably happen is the line will become almost full ATO with the drivers just opening the doors (like other tube lines such as the Victoria line)
Nice video my friend mta order 2 sets of r211t which is open in between cars they are testing to see if they can order more of those cars you can find them on the c line in passenger service
About Stockholm: they didn't build those buildings because there's too much noise from the highway? Or the construction of the buildings would have made too much noise?
@@cityforall Thank you for the reply. It's good at least that they recognise that highways and cars are loud. Maybe the next step wpuld be to reduce the size of those highways 😊
8:15 This is the ugliest render I've ever seen. White car is weird, tram is off-center and cyclist's foot isn't even on the pedal, his hands aren't on the handles. They used AI to make this trash.
Listen, the shittier the renders the better: it's just a tramway, you'll see it when it's built. we shouldn't be spending crazy amount of money on sophisticated renders for a simple tramway, increasing the project's costs. What matters are the engineering drawings and the project being actually built. BTW Bologna sucks and this tram isn't gonna change much, what is needed is a proper metro. But something is better that nothing I guess
@@Adrenaline_chaser At least spend the effort to make it look good. It's supposed to help make the project attractive. If it's ugly, it hurts the very important first impressions. It shows that not much care has been put into it, how are we going to trust they won't butcher the actual project?
@@dontgetlost4078 again, it's a tramway. We have several other tramways in other cities. One should be able to imagine a tramway on a street, it's not that complicated. No need for expensive renders
Awesome video! Really picky I know, but London is the capital of England. The UK is England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, which all have their own capital cities. So it would be “London, England”, not “London, UK”. Love seeing these videos on my home page!
@@cityforall: the United Kingdom doesn't have a capital since it's not a country, but a collection of different countries that each has its own capital city.
The city of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, has built a system of over 56km of bus corridors over the past few years, along with 306 new buses(60 more, electric, coming in 2025, supposedly)
The nyc subway is 120 years old today
1:44 So, here's the thing (disclaimer, mainline subway conductor who has worked on the R211A fleet on the A) there is a fair amount of internal pushback from train crews about the gangways due to our current investigation requirements in certain situations.
each end of each car (all of them, not just the R211) has an outward facing emergency brake valve triggered by a small arm hanging on the outside. usually this would hit a small arm mounted on the ground next to a signal that raises up when the signal is red...
but it can also be set off by obstructions that have fallen on the trackside as the train passes and hit that lever.
when that happens, the train operator (driver) has to go and find it (I usually stay on the train and keep the passengers from climbing the walls). And this has happened to me on duty on multiple occasions. Tree branch... broken piece of the cover on the 3rd rail.... a bucket...
Sometimes when this happens it's in areas with extremely tight clearances, where the only way to do your investigation is by climbing down between each car, one at a time, to look around, and with the open gangways, as they are currently designed in general, you can't do that.
Now, for the record, I don't agree with that sentiment, I know a few ways to make it work, but a lot of the senior guys down here... they just don't like change.
I see. Thank you very much for the explanation.
I think the problem is that New York is still using this archaic emergency breaking system 😭
The new Mumbai metro line is pretty impressive, seems built to a higher standard than a lot of metro projects in Europe and the US. Cool logo too.
It depends on what you compare it to, but in general, yes, the standard seems to be very high.
to be fair most metro projects in the US and Western Europe were built decades ago.
@@udishomer5852 you're right, but some are still lower standard, lack of platform screen doors for example, even on new lines. Sometimes it's because they must be compatible with the rest of the system, but it can also be about cost cutting.
new Mumbai metro line is technically in a city named 'navi mumbai' (meaning new mumbai), adjacent to Mumbai Metropolitan region. The entire city is a business district and IT hub. That city can afford such a station. You can't expect an entire city full of various kinds of scales of industries to be able to afford such standards. So if larger Metropolitan areas are divided according to their zoning, and wealthier areas are made to self-fund their projects, you might've rare networks like these. But if the zone you ask to self-fund is a Nimby kind, this idea can backfire.
Great video! Additional news from Germany: the U5 Stadtbahn line in Stuttgart was extended to Leinfelden Neuer Markt on October 18th
It’s funny, these huge developments are so common around vancouver, I wouldn’t even have considered it news!
Then why is there a housing crisis in Canada and Vancouver being so expensive?
While on the topic of Stadler, Utah Transit Authority has approved a contract to acquire 20 Stadler Citylink cars to replace it's Siemens SD100 cars.
Thanks! I've already planned it for the next week.
Yesterday the last S4000 train of Barcelona's metro made its last journey on line 1, with a small ceremony to this series that has been replaced by S9000.
On the other hand, 9th of november the new tram extension in the city will start operation! (Maybe I already said this in another video xd)
Great video as usual! And I am happy that Lviv will get more trams!
I'm surprised you haven't mentioned any projects going on in Ottawa, Which quietly expanded its rapid-transit system by 40+ kilometers with 2/3 of its projects possibly opening in 2025.
It's a weekly news format, I'm sure he will cover the opening of those projects
Some things may simply pass by my radar, because I can't keep track of absolutely everything that happens in the world.
@@cityforall Understandable
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Your videos are really great to keep an eye on international transport topics. Keep it up! :)
Thank you for a new issue!
Thank you for your weekly updates. Watching your videos is like drinking a cold beer when you are hot, thirsty and bothered: absolutely amazing! There is so much toxicity, rage baiting and clueless attention seeking online that your videos stand out like a shining beacon. I truly appreciate it and wish you see a lot more success. ❤
Thank you very much for your kind words. I am glad that my videos evoke so positive emotions in you.
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Re 2:32 The TINA trams for Basel also have stop request buttons. I wonder what these are for given that the Basel system is currently an all-stopper? Are they for travelling through less populated areas?
Good to see NYC trainsets keeping the rivet and stainless steel look
Walkthrough carriages are good. You can get away from a disturbance or walk to the carriage that aligns with a station exit. The new Piccadilly line train looks very smart, but it should not have been possible for grafitti vandals to get anywhere near.
Some news from California this week: The SMART regional rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area has announced that it will begin construction on its extension to Healdsburg (a popular wine country city) in Early 2025 for a completion in 2028. This comes after it received an $81 million grant from the state on Oct 23 to fully fund the $269 million extension.
Love your content! You should talk about the addition of line 3 & 4 to Casablanca tramway with the busway too!
Thanks! Actually I've talked about Casablanca a few times in previous episodes
Wow, haven’t expected news from Lviv) Do we know if the trams will be repainted into lviv colors?
The news from New York and London were a little upsetting. On the one hand, the new subway trains are very good, but on the other hand, why are they impassable in New York? maybe it's for some of their security reasons? I know that the USA has its own ideas about safety in public transport. And I have no words for the vandalism of London's new trains…
I try to expand my geography, so it happens.
7:50 the sound isn’t that horrible indoors, but one can’t open their window or go outside without hearing it, plus we have a huge sound barrier that blocks most when on the ground
I live near there & the highway totally sucks, it should be demolished,
I don't understand why the London underground trains aren't going to be made driverless immediately instead of sometime in the future
Union opposition. The plans to make the lines driverless might be cancelled altogether btw since there will always be opposition towards this move from both the unions and the public too, safety concerns being one the reasons for example.
@@transportspotterraphael but haven't tube drivers came to work under the influence of drugs and alchohol and aren't modern metros with drivers basically autonomous just were paying a driver to press a few buttons (because of ATO) and due to the added human factor there is more room for error whereas driverless trains can operate 24/7 never get drunk and are cheaper to operate in the long run allowing for more trains on the track and therefore have more on time trains, so while I agree unions will definitely oppose the move i'm not as convinced about the public , i mean especially with systems such as the DLR or heathrow terminal 5 in operation. Obviously the mayor of london is pretty leniant and even quite close to unions so i know that a fully driverless tube line is not coming anytime soon.
@@Myguy2110 besoides when thing go wrong and you have to evuate a train ina tunnel to have someonr live to folloe is very reassuring.
They are technicalities problem, example, many stations have to be renovated heavily to install the sensor and safety equipment for driverless train, not to mention they need to completely redesigned all the tunnel to meet safety requirements since you need to have separate walkway inside the tunnel in case of emergency, not to mention multiple section are completely not compatible for driverless operation. The short answer is the government didn't want to spend that much money😅
They can’t be made driverless immediately because the government is not funding the complete Piccadilly line upgrade all at once, the current signaling/ train control system isn’t capable of full ATO and there is strong union support for drivers.
What will probably happen is the line will become almost full ATO with the drivers just opening the doors (like other tube lines such as the Victoria line)
08:21 In the news about the new trams for Bologna there is an image of the tram with the livery for Rome.
Yes, I noticed. For some reason, all the articles about it had such photos. Apparently Rome ordered trams of the same model a little earlier.
@@cityforall You are right, Rome ordered 121 Caf tram.
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You can build near highways... just slow down max speed on these by a lot! Cities take precedence over cars.
New 'Metro' (BRT) opened in Brisbane this week. All electric busses.
Thanks! I've already planned it for the next week
1:29 Jeremy sighting
Nice video my friend mta order 2 sets of r211t which is open in between cars they are testing to see if they can order more of those cars you can find them on the c line in passenger service
Yes, it's something about 20 cars out of 500+ as far as I remember.
Unfortunately the TINA trams have been quite troublesome in Darmstadt, since they are unreasonably loud when driving over switches and through curves.
Same problems in Basel.
About Stockholm: they didn't build those buildings because there's too much noise from the highway? Or the construction of the buildings would have made too much noise?
Noise of the highway
@@cityforall Thank you for the reply. It's good at least that they recognise that highways and cars are loud. Maybe the next step wpuld be to reduce the size of those highways 😊
1989?! When american cities still bought high floor trams, europe allready had low floor ones.
Yep. From what I've read those trams are one of the first low floor trams built.
Why would a city by trains with no thru passage?! That is ridiculous!
Its because of weird and Old regulations from the 1930s
8:15 This is the ugliest render I've ever seen. White car is weird, tram is off-center and cyclist's foot isn't even on the pedal, his hands aren't on the handles.
They used AI to make this trash.
Listen, the shittier the renders the better: it's just a tramway, you'll see it when it's built. we shouldn't be spending crazy amount of money on sophisticated renders for a simple tramway, increasing the project's costs. What matters are the engineering drawings and the project being actually built. BTW Bologna sucks and this tram isn't gonna change much, what is needed is a proper metro. But something is better that nothing I guess
Yep, those renders are quite strange
@@Adrenaline_chaser At least spend the effort to make it look good. It's supposed to help make the project attractive. If it's ugly, it hurts the very important first impressions. It shows that not much care has been put into it, how are we going to trust they won't butcher the actual project?
@@dontgetlost4078 again, it's a tramway. We have several other tramways in other cities. One should be able to imagine a tramway on a street, it's not that complicated. No need for expensive renders
@@Adrenaline_chaser As for me, you can do without glamorous visual effects in such renders, but geometric accuracy is still important.
Just an FYI: the new tube trains for London, have already been vandalised :(
Something else besides what I talked about in the video?
Awesome video! Really picky I know, but London is the capital of England. The UK is England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, which all have their own capital cities. So it would be “London, England”, not “London, UK”. Love seeing these videos on my home page!
Very interesting. What city is the capital of the UK then?
@@cityforall: the United Kingdom doesn't have a capital since it's not a country, but a collection of different countries that each has its own capital city.
Carbon neutral*, rather than climate neutral
The new trams in Basel are worse than the ones they replace. The new trams are noisy, unreliable, uncomfortable and ugly.
can you send me the a clip of the kiev news so i cansend it to my ukrainian friend.
But there were no news from Kyiv. Lviv is another city :)
Anyway you can send them a link to the whole video.