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Divisions Thanks 299. I was confused. I thought they were implying that this part of St. Clair was partly in Toronto and partly in East York. I was just dealing with Toronto Water which divides the city as follows (for customer service purposes): 1. Toronto and East York 2. York and...

Phase 3 Tender Issued (at last) I've been watching for this on the City's website for a long time. From the City’s Tenders page: 164-2008 Reconstruction of TTC Track Allowance and Watermain Replacement on St. Clair Avenue West from Vaughan Road to Westmount Avenue – Toronto and East...

Pinch Points Notice how the fire truck pulls into the middle of the ROW when it clears the last centre pole. Lucky there was no streetcar at the platform. Am I allowed to attach this photo from yesterday's Toronto Star? I would say every pair of stops is a bit of a pinch point. Check...

I agree that the centre poles are a real problem. When replacement buses were running in the heavily backed-up traffic next to the completed Phase I it became very clear that the ROW should have been designed to accommodate buses (and wide fire trucks). Our streetcars are at the end of their...

Are you saying Phase III construction cannot begin until the watermain on Vaughan is completed? The new pipe is already in place under Vaughan, tied in at St. Clair and water was being flushed through it onto the road the other day. Phase III was to begin in the spring and the watermain has...

Phase III Start In this article (dated June 7’th) from Joe Mihevc’s latest e-newsletter, he states: “ Phase III of the transit improvement project is expected to start late next monthâ€. So we’re talking late July now? Not April, not mid-June. I know the re-insertion of the stops at...

Phase 2 Observations Around 8;00 this evening they were still steam-rolling the new asphalt. Some stop lines and crosswalks had been painted – maybe trying to get the eastbound lanes open from Caledonia to Earlscourt for tomorrow morning? Not far off the scheduled date of last Friday...

Left Turn Priority I’ve noticed that at Russell Hill Rd. (1-way southbound) the left turn signal phase occurs even when there are no vehicles waiting to turn. At other intersections along the ROW, at least the left turn phase is skipped when there are no vehicles turning. Is there a problem...

TTC's hybrids fail to save amount of fuel it hyped Pricy buses burning just 10% less diesel JEFF GRAY From Thursday's Globe and Mail May 15, 2008 at 4:20 AM EDT TORONTO — Toronto's new and expensive hybrid buses are saving less than half the amount of diesel fuel the transit...

That's too bad about the ramps. I guess that means another disruption with no streetcars at all on the entire route.

St. Clair W Ramps Thanks for the photos and videos drum. Question: When the loop at St. Clair W was redone, did the tracks on the ramps get replaced? and the track switches?

Your waste and water are on the same account. Find the 9 digit account # on your water bill. The 11 digit client # is not used.

The only plans I have seen for this part of the project date back to the '04 EA. These plans show road widening on both sides of the underpass but only a single traffic lane goes under...

Davisville problem fixed Southbound trains are approaching Davisville at regular speed again. I'm not sure when the work was done but just this week I noticed the slowdown had been eliminated.

More money for roads!? Getting trucks off city streets and providing a decent link to the 401 is important. However, investing this much money to facilitate the movement of goods by trucks doesn't seem too smart. I believe that moving freight by train is over 4 times as fuel efficient as...

Joe Mihevc's Video Updates Joe Mihevc has posted a couple of updates on YouTube: Feb. 29, 2008 http://youtube.com/watch?v=iov6lpzRk1c April 8, 2008 http://youtube.com/watch?v=1DfVpd9Y0BM (just search for Mihevc on youtube.com to find all his videos)

I think drum was refering just to Phase 2. Phase 3 is the stretch you mentioned and then Phase 4 is Caledonia to the end. Thanks for the updates drum. I went to the Phase 3 Open House last Wednesday to look at the plans. The configuration of the Wychwood intersection was still being...

Phase 3 to Start mid-June? I think the best we can hope for is that things proceed without any more major setbacks or delays. I just received Joe Mihevc’s Community E-News. It states that Phase 3 will get underway...

New streetcars several years away The TTC put out the tender for 204 accessible low floor light rail vehicles (streetcars) on January 17, 2008. Since then there have been 6 addenda issued and the tender now closes June 30 (I think the original closing date was in April)...