Off the top of my head there are 3 connections that must be a priority for Metrolinx to connect with a walkway, and ideally a moving one. If anyone knows any others please feel free to mention them. I know this comes up a lot, but these strike me as the ones of utmost priority to ease travel between heavily used lines.
2. Spadina (reinstate the movator)
3. Main-Danforth (definitely also needs a movator)
The pedestrian tunnel from the mainland to Billy Bishop Airport is 853 feet or 260 metres. Almost double the distance mentioned above (148.25m). However, since the rich & elite use it, the movator there stays. See link.I agree this should happen, but for insight into the TTC's mindset, the existing escalators from the Spadina Platform are being removed to make way for the new elevators.
Not happening, probably ever, certainly in the next decade.
Reasoning discussed here:
2681 Danforth Avenue | 163.35m | 48s | CT REIT | Turner Fleischer
Previously, we've seen an application here at UT for the easterly portion of the property currently occupied by a Canadian Tire Retail store and parking lot, fronting Danforth, between Main and Dawes. The site, had a peculiar fragmented ownership, the line of which literally runs through, or...urbantoronto.ca
Read your response, and it clarifies things. I was thinking more along the lines of an elevated walkway “tube” rather than underground. But, given that the city is leaning towards improving the street-level experience, that is also probably unlikely. I favour a moving walkway to this because of the distance covered; without it, the connection would require a long walk no matter how nice you spruce it up. If we can’t make the stations physically closer, we may as well do so artificially.I agree this should happen, but for insight into the TTC's mindset, the existing escalators from the Spadina Platform are being removed to make way for the new elevators.
Not happening, probably ever, certainly in the next decade.
Reasoning discussed here:
2681 Danforth Avenue | 163.35m | 48s | CT REIT | Turner Fleischer
Previously, we've seen an application here at UT for the easterly portion of the property currently occupied by a Canadian Tire Retail store and parking lot, fronting Danforth, between Main and Dawes. The site, had a peculiar fragmented ownership, the line of which literally runs through, or...urbantoronto.ca
It's not that moving walkways are impossible to maintain, nor is a conspiracy against poor people. It's simply a question of cost/benefit. The transfer between Line 1 and 2 is more convenient at St. George regardless of a walkway there, so it's only the transfers between Line 1 and the 510 which actually need to walk down that corridor. In contrast, the tunnel to the island is the only practical way to get to the airport.The pedestrian tunnel from the mainland to Billy Bishop Airport is 853 feet or 260 metres. Almost double the distance mentioned above (148.25m). However, since the rich & elite use it, the movator there stays. See link.
I agree this should happen, but for insight into the TTC's mindset, the existing escalators from the Spadina Platform are being removed to make way for the new elevators.
Not happening, probably ever, certainly in the next decade.
Reasoning discussed here:
2681 Danforth Avenue | 163.35m | 48s | CT REIT | Turner Fleischer
Previously, we've seen an application here at UT for the easterly portion of the property currently occupied by a Canadian Tire Retail store and parking lot, fronting Danforth, between Main and Dawes. The site, had a peculiar fragmented ownership, the line of which literally runs through, or...urbantoronto.ca
As the only potential direct connection between L2 and the LSE GO line a higher order connection does seem reasonable. 300m is long but, the walk at Kipling is like 250m. And arguably of similar importance. (Connection between many Mississauga transit passengers and L2, versus Scarborough and Durham passengers on LSE)It's not that moving walkways are impossible to maintain, nor is a conspiracy against poor people. It's simply a question of cost/benefit. The transfer between Line 1 and 2 is more convenient at St. George regardless of a walkway there, so it's only the transfers between Line 1 and the 510 which actually need to walk down that corridor. In contrast, the tunnel to the island is the only practical way to get to the airport.
I believe you're looking at the height of the building at 2681 Danforth. Measuring on Google Earth, a pedestrian tunnel between the GO and TTC platforms would be closer to 300 metres.The pedestrian tunnel from the mainland to Billy Bishop Airport is 853 feet or 260 metres. Almost double the distance mentioned above (148.25m).
It's just a dumb Twitter 'urbanist' take. It's not gonna happen:the main - danforth connection seems like low hanging fruit at first, but the reality is that it's not *that* close and crosses several different property ownership groups which makes it challenging.
If the TTC / Metrolinx ever wanted to make the connection, they would likely have to do it via a long excavated tunnel underneath Main St, which wouldn't be cheap.
It's just a dumb Twitter 'urbanist' take. It's not gonna happen:
If there was an equivalent skywalk (like near the CN Tower), but with shops between Main Station and the GO Danforth Station, would people use it? Yes!It's just a dumb Twitter 'urbanist' take. It's not gonna happen:
The tunnel along Main Street would be six times the length of the planned tunnel between Bloor GO and Dundas West TTC. The Dundas West platforms stretch 134 metres east from the current entrance, so the new tunnel from the east end of the platform will only need to be about 50 metres long.I believe you're looking at the height of the building at 2681 Danforth. Measuring on Google Earth, a pedestrian tunnel between the GO and TTC platforms would be closer to 300 metres.
It's not impossible but at the same time not nearly as important as Bloor/Dundas West (which looks like it would probably be about half the length). When you're on the Danforth platform it's pretty easy to find Main Street, and then you can just cross Danforth and follow the streetcar tracks until you find the subway station. At Bloor, I most often see people cross the FreshCo parking lot, jaywalk across Dundas, and dodge buses exiting the loop to get into the station. It's pretty embarrassing that the transfer has been this janky for so long.