Transport committee  Yes, we have a relatively new system at Metrolinx called assetlinx. Everything at Metrolinx has a “linx” in it. That's entirely designed to do just what you're asking. It's to make sure that we work the economic life of our assets, that we know where we are, that we know what our

Transport committee  You're correct; there are in fact thousands of cameras on the SkyTrain system. They cover almost every aspect of the system itself, including something as arcane as inside the elevators. It's always been run, with that as a management tool. We've had no labour relations issues, t

Transport committee  Thank you. Yes, indeed we have asset management plans. We do life cycle analysis and life cycle costing. The responsibility—although it's outside of my direct area of expertise—for us is to squeeze the assets and get the greatest economic safe-life out of them that we can. We tr

Transport committee  The proposed mechanism is an investigatory one, mostly driven by the Transportation Safety Board. We'd much prefer to investigate proactively. We'd much prefer to investigate at a much lower level. The Transportation Safety Board generally doesn't get involved until there are som

Transport committee  My understanding is that it would be difficult, if not impossible. I would be happy to be wrong about that.

Transport committee  Yes, indeed. We already have a very robust privacy protection system, and we would certainly make sure that there is no misuse of the system.

Transport committee  Yes. I wasn't there when the process was implemented, but I am familiar with it. It was implemented as an early response to what we saw as forthcoming legislation or regulation, and we explained that to our contractors. We explained our values, of which safety is paramount. They

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  There is no audio on the front-facing camera, only video.

Transport committee  The most common use of the front-facing video is when we encounter a suicide on the tracks. In that case, we will download that information and provide it to the attending coroner. It's almost always a coroner who attends. It provides, in our experience, incontrovertible evidence

Transport committee  Yes, indeed. If there were to be an ambiguity as to the finding, it would be treated as a crime scene, and it could tie up the train and the subsequent trains for a long time.

Transport committee  The crew is relieved from duty. They're not able to continue their trip. They're given post-incident counselling, as are our other responders who come to the scene. As a result of that, there's an assessment made by them and their managers, or our managers, as to when they can re

Transport committee  The external camera is on when the locomotive is powered up. The internal cameras are only on when the train is active.

Transport committee  There is a data recorder, but it has a limited number of channels. What we can see on the back wall are a number of indicator lights and other things that may not necessarily be shown on the data recorder but may be useful in interpreting an incident.

Transport committee  Currently the data is recorded for 72 hours and then automatically overwritten.