chrisw
Active Member
Toronto will be fully funding the Scarborough Busway.
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Toronto will be fully funding the Scarborough Busway.
Metroscapes
Active Member
In no way at all coordinated with Chow's budget, I published a YouTube video about my walk along the RT line in October (as well as the Stouffville Line). The intent was to document the line before something happened to it (like converting it into a busway).
Side note: this was my first test using a GoPro to document one of my walks, and my first video of a new format I'm hoping to carry on for 2024.
Side note: this was my first test using a GoPro to document one of my walks, and my first video of a new format I'm hoping to carry on for 2024.
Sandpit
Active Member
I support this only if there is a plan to run an express bus on it and/or use it as a “truckway” (and reducing congestion by reducing heavy truck traffic on nearby streets) after the subway opens.
Allandale25
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Scarborough RT Busway Funded in Mayor’s Budget
On February 1, 2024, Mayor Olivia Chow announced her version of Toronto’s 2024 operating and capital budgets at Scarborough Town Centre Station. There are many parts to this budget, including…
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Scarborough RT Busway Funded in Mayor’s Budget
On February 1, 2024, Mayor Olivia Chow announced her version of Toronto’s 2024 operating and capital budgets at Scarborough Town Centre Station. There are many parts to this budget, including…
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NIV
New Member
Great news! Now let’s speed this up and start work asap. Work on what you can while waiting for environmental assesment
Garuda
Active Member
Great news! Hopefully this gets built quickly
81-717
New Member
Cool, now hopefully other unfunded capital projects will finally get full funding too (NSTs)
Coolibop
Active Member
Unsure what date that was from, but assume it's quite recent (feb) data. Sounds as if they are falling further behind. 27 metres in ~30 days? Even if this data is a week or two off, it still is well below target.
Verbal update was mismatched with media... It is at ~900 metres with a pause for a couple weeks to get ready to go under the 401 (apparently they cannot stop once going).
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NIV
New Member
Monday metrolinx sent out email update of TBM progress, unfortunately still north of 401. How long will it take to get to the intervention shaft south of Brimorton so this problem can get fixed? The closure allowance of sidewalks around the launch site have been extended by 21 months. This is from city notes:
“Metrolinx has submitted a request for an extension of the temporary sidewalk closure
until December 31, 2025. This extension is sought to accommodate the ongoing tunnel
boring operations, which have experienced schedule adjustments due to challenges
associated with the tunnel boring machine operation and maintenance.”
“Metrolinx has submitted a request for an extension of the temporary sidewalk closure
until December 31, 2025. This extension is sought to accommodate the ongoing tunnel
boring operations, which have experienced schedule adjustments due to challenges
associated with the tunnel boring machine operation and maintenance.”
crs1026
Senior Member
cplchanb
Senior Member
and meanwhile theyre still working at union mandated speeds with that 10am coffee break and 4pm dismissal. This is a potentially huge problem that has ripple effects up and down the project schedule. they need to be scheduling extra crews and shifts to sort this problem 24/7 if needed.
Hairball
Active Member
I was just trying to find the express buses from Kennedy GO station, man in true TTC fashion not a single sign after going into the tunnel, I kinda guessed my way to where that temporary bus terminal was, which is where I heard that bus will be.
Also, is this a fare paid terminal outside? No one tapped their cards at all, but it was outside the Presto gates.
Also, is this a fare paid terminal outside? No one tapped their cards at all, but it was outside the Presto gates.
urbancog
Active Member
Your prejudice against the hard working people who do the unglamorous work that keeps the economy going surfaces in many of your posts.
Having worked on a tunnel job (a long time ago admittedly) I'd suggest that, when the TBM is functional, there are probably 2 crews, each working an 11 hour shift with breaks taken in the TBM. If the TBM is out of action, the tunneling crews will either have been laid off or their pay packets have dropped by 50%.
cplchanb
Senior Member
hard working =/= lazy. my prejudice will change when i see an infrastructure job site where they dont have 4 people staring down at 1 person doing the job and where they dont take months to fix a curb just to cut it out and fix it again.
i work in the construction industry myself so i know a thing or 2 when it comes to constructing efficiently.