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lol: Forest Hill residents may be wondering why the entrance on the south side of Eglinton isn’t open. That’s because it’s not even connected to the station underground yet. Station manager says the condo developer is still negotiating about the fare gates(?) so they haven’t even broken through...

Some things I learned while talking to a Line 5 operator today: The main reason for the speed slowdown in the underground section (although not the only reason) is the guideway intrusion detection system. The problem is it used to be hypersensitive, triggering the emergency brakes for things...

There are 3-5 accounts on here that are utterly poisoning the discourse. The Line 6 thread has been unreadable for its unrelenting nihilism and negativity for some time now. Line 5 hasn't opened, and it's already happening here too. Is Line 5 imperfect? Of course. Lots of criticism is merited...

They're just paraphrasing what Lali said directly at the board meeting. He said 5.40 start, although the TTC website says 7:30. TTC should correct the record if Lali misspoke. And #2 is in response to Councilor Bravo's question of whether Line 5 bus service will run in parallel with the LRT...

Sorry for belated post but see comments from Josh Colle: there will be full celebration when "full opening" actually happens. Also mini events happening over the course of next week. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-eglinton-line-5-m-s-metrolinx-arcadis.11782/post-2346799

Matlow: Can you explain why the LRT is not opening with full aggressive transit signal priority on the surface? And can you confirm that it will be fully aggressive transit signal priority? Lali: We will have a fully operational, functioning phase rotation TSP system before the end of Q2...

Saxe: I want to go back to the automatic braking. I mean having ridden the TTC for many decades, I think only once in my entire life, have I been in a vehicle that lurched to an immediate, sudden stop, where people would fall. That sounds like a feature we're going to have much more often on...

Bravo: What speed are trains currently operating at, and are we facing any equipment or maintenance challenges on the line that could be impacting sort of the speed and therefore serving people at lower speeds? Lali: So equipment issues, nothing that really is impactful that that we have seen...

Vice Chair Mihevc: It'll be a full run of trains. Is that correct? Lali: There'll be 24 trains, and we'll ramp up. It will ramp up later in the next year as well. TTC staff: The service level six, which is from in the project agreement, was for 28 peak trains in the AM. As the CEO just...

Commissioner Matlow: Today you've officially announced that February 8 is the opening date for the Eglinton LRT yet, work has been underway for a considerable period of time to organize the announcement event on Friday and then the opening date on February 8. And then recently, it was reported...

Bravo: How does the phased opening interplay with existing bus service on Eglinton? Will there be any plans to have or have there been consideration of having a sort of redundant or extra bus service? Particularly, I'm worried about the commute on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday next week...

Transcribing Lali's presentation: Lali: So what does, what does phased opening mean? How will that differ from what we did on line six? Well, this allows us to monitor performance, validate it collectively, and also allows upgrades that we know are coming to be phased in in a controlled manner...

What are you hearing?

Per The Star story from yesterday on the emergency braking issue, TTC will give an update at the board meeting on Tuesday. Link no paywall: https://archive.is/Mtt1D