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

TheTigerMaster said:
Please someone tell me that Ben Spurr has made a mistake here.

Even by Toronto's standards, this is utterly bizarre.
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TheTigerMaster said:
Okay, so it turns out that saying the line "won't operate with transit priority" might be a bit misleading. See this thread by transit planner @larrylarry on Twitter.

I hope he's right on this.
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A second transport engineer has come out and said MX is incorrect on their claims of TSP not being implemented for ECLRT:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1448015977434783747

https://twitter.com/x/status/1448036131313012746

https://twitter.com/x/status/1448036132839739393

https://twitter.com/x/status/1448039599197020161
 
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Part 9

A photo of Cedarvale station's west bus bay taken on September 28, 2021:

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Additional photos are found in the spoiler tag in the station page: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...station-m-s-metrolinx-norr.19747/post-1745568

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Part 10 has more photos of the West Bus Bay
 
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I got a few pics today at the Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility for the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit. We were offering feedback on their Rulebook and the first day of the 3 day...
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I got a few pics today at the Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility for the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit. We were offering feedback on their Rulebook and the first day of the 3 day ECLRT Rulebook Course. Thursday we take a walk around the facility and Mt. Dennis Station.
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Full version of the night shot in the link above.
 
turini2 said:
The grass tracks are looking really good - gives the above ground line a much more European tramway look compared to the concrete look of the light rail you tend to see in the US. Just need the streetscape and buildings on Eglinton to catch up :p

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Will give us something nice to look at while we crawl along, waiting for cars to pass in front of a red transit signal.
 
ICYMI - Stakeholder consultancy power point and line 5 bus service changes with each bus listed and its changes once this line opens

Please pay attention to following quote:

34 Eglinton - This route was originally planned as a parallel surface route between Mount Dennis and Science Centre (Don Mills) Stations. It has been extended east to Kennedy Station so that there will be a surface bus paralleling the LRT service. This will maintain service at existing bus stops that would have otherwise disappeared.

My personal comments - why in the world will you run the 34 bus on the surface level when literally the eglinton lrt will stop at so many stops including the additional one of hakim lebovic. This means now Eglinton will have the LRT plus the diamond lane still for these busses. There will be so much continued congestion.

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Bus Routes by bus # impacted due to EGLRT Opening

TTC indicated they have been directed by Metrolinx for an opening on Thursday, September 1st, 2022 (also that the service will be free until January 1st, 2023 - based on this I assume opening will likely be October/November)
 
toronto647 said:
My personal comments - why in the world will you run the 34 bus on the surface level when literally the eglinton lrt will stop at so many stops including the additional one of hakim lebovic. This means now Eglinton will have the LRT plus the diamond lane still for these busses. There will be so much continued congestion.
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Now where did it say the diamond lanes would ever come back? This route would operate at the best at 15 minutes headway. It would for sure operate in mix traffic like it does today.

I think people complained and to support accessibility would have to transfer to the LRT east of Don Mills. That would be an extra 5-10 minutes that could be saved if the bus ran directly through. I don't think TTC should run this service with regular service periods of 20/7. Instead maybe 6am-7pm only. It may only last a couple of years if ridership remains low.
 
toronto647 said:
34 Eglinton - This route was originally planned as a parallel surface route between Mount Dennis and Science Centre (Don Mills) Stations. It has been extended east to Kennedy Station so that there will be a surface bus paralleling the LRT service. This will maintain service at existing bus stops that would have otherwise disappeared.

My personal comments - why in the world will you run the 34 bus on the surface level when literally the eglinton lrt will stop at so many stops including the additional one of hakim lebovic. This means now Eglinton will have the LRT plus the diamond lane still for these busses. There will be so much continued congestion.
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I'd assume its so that people on the 34 bus don't have to waste time transferring to the surface LRT. That can add significant time to their journey. Whether or not that's a worthwhile compromise is a matter of opinion (I lean towards no).
 
Transportfan said:
Cool UE vid of the tunnels. Even has a "driver view" at a good speed:

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An underground electric skateboard line is actually a pretty good idea.

Skateboards can stop a lot faster than trains can, so we wouldn't have worry about maintaining a safe distance between skateboards. This means that the capacity of an underground electric skateboard line could dozens, if not hundreds of times greater than that of a traditional underground electric subway line.

With travel speeds up to 30 km/h, the skateboards would travel at a similar speed to Line 2.

Quite frankly, I'd be willing to cancel the LRV order today, and move the ECLRT to exclusively skateboard-based operation.

Any word on MX exploring this possibility?
 
toronto647 said:
34 Eglinton - This route was originally planned as a parallel surface route between Mount Dennis and Science Centre (Don Mills) Stations. It has been extended east to Kennedy Station so that there will be a surface bus paralleling the LRT service. This will maintain service at existing bus stops that would have otherwise disappeared.

My personal comments - why in the world will you run the 34 bus on the surface level when literally the eglinton lrt will stop at so many stops including the additional one of hakim lebovic. This means now Eglinton will have the LRT plus the diamond lane still for these busses. There will be so much continued congestion.
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As someone who lives near Golden Mile, keeping the 34 will be a nightmare.

Eglinton has always been a busy street but now that the road has narrowed to two lanes in each direction with what looks like bike lanes (they have markings for them at Lebovic and Eglinton) it will be a disaster.

There is simply no room for a parade of buses to go alongside the Crosstown. With buses stopping and going all the time it will cause traffic problems not to mention heavy backups.

I can see them curtailing the 34 in short order once they realise how much of a bad idea it is.

This isn't like Sheppard where you have 6 lanes of traffic available not including turning lanes.
 
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