OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
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can street lights and the OCS poles be combined to reduce sidewalk clutter?
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Yes. They were downtown, mostly in the loop.normalthings wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:15 pm can street lights and the OCS poles be combined to reduce sidewalk clutter?
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Will there be a blue light system included with this and future extensions?
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I think that’s a required safety thing due to the overhead catenary.normalthings wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:32 pm Will there be a blue light system included with this and future extensions?
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Interested in where this question comes fromnormalthings wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:32 pm Will there be a blue light system included with this and future extensions?
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On vacation and saw them at the train stations.KCPowercat wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:29 pmInterested in where this question comes fromnormalthings wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:32 pm Will there be a blue light system included with this and future extensions?
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Each light references the segment that's live and corresponds to a substation, at least that's how I recall it being explained to me. Not an electrical engineer.
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https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/c ... 2_Pham.pdf
Looks like it’s both in one, or could be. Since that’s 20 years old I bet this is more an idea of what was implemented.
Looks like it’s both in one, or could be. Since that’s 20 years old I bet this is more an idea of what was implemented.
The 2000 edition of the NFPA 130 3-1.5 reads (in part) as follows:
3.1.5 Blue Light Station
3-1.5.1 A location along the trainway, indicated by a blue light, where emergency service or authorized personnel can communicate with the central supervising stations and disconnect traction power.
Traction power disconnect devices shall allow quick removal of power from power zones. Emergency shutoff of traction power shall be achieved by activation of remote manual-control devices, which, in turn, cause the operation of substation circuit breakers and associated trackway disconnect devices.
3-1.5.3 Blue light stations shall be provided at the following locations: (1) Ends of station platforms (2) Cross passages (3) Emergency access points (4) Traction power substations
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Hearing a lot of moaning and groaning from Plaza area condo owners as they receive their streetcar assessments. Coming in at $600.00 to $700.00.
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^The estimates were given before the vote, there shouldn't be any surprises.
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Welcome to the team!
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Wait until they find out how much they pay to keep parking free.
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Are you referring to the sales-tax-only TDD that applies only the the Plaza proper? Oh, I'm sure they're way on board with that. Talk about taxation without representation! Does anyone know who represents them on that TDD board, none of whom are elected?
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Haha, I didn’t know it was only the plaza proper. What a joke.
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What was ever decided on the maintenance building? Are they building a separate building further south, or expanding the current facility to the adjacent northern lot?
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Expanding the currentAnthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:35 pm What was ever decided on the maintenance building? Are they building a separate building further south, or expanding the current facility to the adjacent northern lot?
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I assume no renderings are going to exist for that project?normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:44 pmExpanding the currentAnthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 1:35 pm What was ever decided on the maintenance building? Are they building a separate building further south, or expanding the current facility to the adjacent northern lot?
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