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It's near certain that Waterfront Toronto will now receive another round of funding to continue their work. Besides the waterfront LRT, expansion of the new Queens Quay template east to Parliament, pedestrian bridges, remaining wave decks, a park at the foot of Yonge Street and possibly HTO Park North are all projects that could receive funding.
 
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One would hope the East Bayfront LRT and associated streetscape improvements would be high on the list of (relatively) shovel-ready infrastructure projects that the new federal government is looking to fund.
 
The Feds were actually reasonably supportive of WT (within its own priorities eg The Island Airport/Ports Toronto) under Flaherty. It will be interesting to see whats the long and short term board changes - plus WT is looking for a new CEO.

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allabootmatt said:
One would hope the East Bayfront LRT and associated streetscape improvements would be high on the list of (relatively) shovel-ready infrastructure projects that the new federal government is looking to fund.
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I was going to write a longer post in the Waterfront LRT thread when news of this came out, but as it stands the East Bayfront LRT is being reanalyzed (or whatever the word would be). Although that might sound negative and that the project is DOA, I'm extremely optimistic about it and think that it's the right decision. There were a lot of problems with the proposal IMO (cost, reliability, capacity, Union Loop shutdown, evidence from QQW about side-of-the-road and its inherent probs, etc). Plus, we're essentially rebuilding all of Lake Shore Blvd E and the Gardiner East. I think it only makes sense to tie in this reconfigured LRT with that work.

Having said that, the Prov and Feds should damn well step up to the plate and fund it asap. Just because it's being reanalyzed in no way means funding can't be promised today.
 
From dcstreetcar.com, at this link:

Flashing Yellow Signal at Starburst

In February 2015, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) launched the first left-turn flashing yellow arrow in the District at the Starburst – the five-point intersection of H Street NE, Bladensburg Avenue NE, Benning Road NE, 15th Street NE and Maryland Avenue NE. The signal flashes a yellow arrow when vehicles are permitted to turn left from H Street NE onto Bladensburg Road NE and now replaces the traditional green signal at the intersection used to indicate the need for left-turning vehicles to yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.

The flashing signal enhances the safety and efficiency of the busy intersection and allows for safer operations of motorists and the DC Streetcar through the intersection.

The signal operates as follows:

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All motorists should use caution when traveling through the intersection and follow all restrictions.
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Of course, Ontario, or Toronto for that matter, cannot and will not use the above arrow signal lights as indicated here, because it makes sense.
 
W. K. Lis said:
Of course, Ontario, or Toronto for that matter, cannot and will not use the above arrow signal lights as indicated here, because it makes sense.
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Michigan is starting to do something like this as well. Previously they had a bit of a confusing flashing red ball signal to indicate stop and turn. It was also similar to the Toronto system in that it had the sign that said "Left Turn Signal" or something like that.
http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9615_44557-157538--,00.html

I wonder, did anyone go to their public meeting recently?
 
From the above report:

Cyclists are using the new Martin Goodman Trail in record numbers. This is now the most traveled cycling route in Toronto.
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Usually on expressways, where traffic increases beyond the capacity of the roadway, they end up adding a lane, two, or more.

Would they do the same (widening the bike path) with the Martin Goodman Trail? Probably not with the current politicians.
 
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