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Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Just took a drive along the surface portion of the Crosstown, and significant works are happening for the entirety of the route. In particular, I'd say that both the Brentcliffe and Don Mills portals are well over 50% complete at this point. At Don Mills specifically, it appears that there is a significant amount of ground-level permanent structure now complete.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
I think a big problem is that there simply are not enough washrooms on the TTC. Even on the newer parts of the line. TYSSE, ECLRT and Finch West all have hardly any washrooms. This is easily one of the top 3 big issues with the TTC
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This is apparently very common on pretty much all rapid transit systems.
 
I have to say, the new intersection configuration at Don Mills/Eglinton makes commuting a breeze! The elimination of left turns for north and southbound traffic means no more back ups!
 
TheTigerMaster said:
I think a big problem is that there simply are not enough washrooms on the TTC. Even on the newer parts of the line. TYSSE, ECLRT and Finch West all have hardly any washrooms. This is easily one of the top 3 big issues with the TTC
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You can take one of the best systems in the world like Hong Kong's and yet they lack washrooms. Their system is more than twice our size and with many more riders and there are barely any washrooms.
 
I drove the length of the surface section today. Here’s the dash cam footage, for those of us that haven’t seen the area recently

  • Centre median removed through the entire project
  • Significant works happening at Kennedy, Ionview, Hakimi Lebovic, Pharmacy, O’Connor,
  • Bridge is being widened over the both the East and West Don Rivers
  • Most significantly, both the Brentcliffe and Don Mills portals look to be mostly complete. On the Don Mills portal, it looks like permanent structures have now been built on the surface, including concrete finishes.
 
The Eglinton LRT should be completely grade separated but short of that they should not have ANY traffic lights between stations which slows down the trains, reduces reliability, creates traffic problems, and lowers potential frequency increases. For major lighted street crossings that won`t have a station, they should build over/underpasses to keep the traffic moving. It might also be more politically palatable to Ford so he could claim that not only will it speed up the trains but cars as well.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
I drove the length of the surface section today. Here’s the dash cam footage, for those of us that haven’t seen the area recently

  • Centre median removed through the entire project
  • Significant works happening at Kennedy, Ionview, Hakimi Lebovic, Pharmacy, O’Connor,
  • Bridge is being widened over the both the East and West Don Rivers
  • Most significantly, both the Brentcliffe and Don Mills portals look to be mostly complete. On the Don Mills portal, it looks like permanent structures have now been built on the surface, including concrete finishes.
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It was pretty much like that last week when I drove by. A lot has happened in the last two months. On the west end, the bridge supports are going up over Black Creek.

ssiguy2 said:
The Eglinton LRT should be completely grade separated but short of that they should not have ANY traffic lights between stations which slows down the trains, reduces reliability, creates traffic problems, and lowers potential frequency increases. For major lighted street crossings that won`t have a station, they should build over/underpasses to keep the traffic moving. It might also be more politically palatable to Ford so he could claim that not only will it speed up the trains but cars as well.
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I think most of us are tired of hearing this.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
I drove the length of the surface section today. Here’s the dash cam footage, for those of us that haven’t seen the area recently

  • Centre median removed through the entire project
  • Significant works happening at Kennedy, Ionview, Hakimi Lebovic, Pharmacy, O’Connor,
  • Bridge is being widened over the both the East and West Don Rivers
  • Most significantly, both the Brentcliffe and Don Mills portals look to be mostly complete. On the Don Mills portal, it looks like permanent structures have now been built on the surface, including concrete finishes.
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I think your "West Don River" widening is actually at Cellestica (6 minute mark).
 
I'd rather the whole thing have been grade separated too but now as there's no chance of that, this will be a very interesting case study on the merits of at-grade LRT. Maybe it just might work! I guess Kitchener will be the first look at this kind of system we get.
 
Steve X said:
You can take one of the best systems in the world like Hong Kong's and yet they lack washrooms. Their system is more than twice our size and with many more riders and there are barely any washrooms.
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That is incorrect. I know Mong Kok, Admiralty, Kowloon and Q Bay each have one. About 1/3 of the stations that I have been to have washrooms
 
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