Lines 2, 4 Miss LRT Performance Target By A Hair
This is a release from the City of Ottawa:
O-Train South Extension Trial Running Daily Performance Report
Date: October 8, 2024
The purpose of this memo is to provide Mayor and Members of Council with the O-Train South Extension Lines 2 and 4 Trial Running daily performance summary.
Currently, the simulated passenger service phase of Trial Running is ongoing and successful completion requires a 14-day rolling average of 98.5 per cent for on-time performance.
For further details on the requirements and make up of trial running please refer to the memo released on October 3, number 20-2024.
Daily Performance Summary for October 7
Day
Date
Daily
TransitNext
Performance
Issues Identified
14-Day Rolling Average
Minimum Days to Achieve
98.5% 14-Day Rolling Average
Day 1
October 7
98.3%
Vehicle
98.3%
13
Following the successful completion of the on-time performance demonstration of Trial Running, OC Transpo will test various operational and maintenance scenarios for seven days.
The terms of reference provide additional information on the performance metrics found in this daily performance summary.
Should you have any questions about the information provided in this memo, please do not hesitate to contact me at extension 52033.
Original signed by,
Richard Holder
Director, Rail Construction Program Transit Services
cc: Senior Leadership Team
Transit Services Departmental Leadership Team
Director, Public Information and Media Relations
Nathalie Gougeon, Auditor General
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I love this more rigorous approach to testing. No political influence visible. No artificial deadlines.
Well done
Missed by a HAIR or missed a HARE? No real passengers crowding the doors and good weather with no raincoats of strollers to delay or clog the doors? This test looks like running a car down the 417 with no traffic and saying what a wonderful well designed roadway. Sorry for the sarcasm but this is just day one in ideal conditions with new rolling stock.
What’s that saying … “A miss is as good as a mile.”? The train either passed the test or it didn’t. There is no ‘almost passed’ category. A failure is a failure.
It remains to be seen how many days it will take to produce fourteen straight days of success. Even if they now have a pass for thirteen days, if they have another miss on the next day, the clock rolls back to zero and those thirteen days count for nothing.
Bruce’s point that this exercise is not testing the train under real-life conditions is well-taken. Not very surprising though since OC Transpo management and many of their “overseers” on Council are not renowned for their connections with the real world that the rest of us inhabit.
I fear the testing will no be realistic and hence present us with surprises when the severe winter weather arrives AFTER the testing period has concluded.
The switches on this line are critical to on-time performance and were as I recall one of the key sources of faults that were supposedly rectified before this formal testing started. How the switches perform under heavy snow fall and freezing rain conditions will only be known after the line goes live for the public.