GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

[nfitz]

The REM's initial segment is 16.6km with 5 stations, so 3.2km. The error, I believe, is that the unbuilt Griffintown station's been included, with which you'd have 2.75.

With 5 stations, there are only 4 segments. So the spacing is: Length ÷ (Stations - 1).

16.6 ÷ 4 ≈ 4.15

If they build stations in Griffintown, then travel time would increase.

 

[robmausser]

But you guys understand what's going on here with this Lakeview station? Doug didn't agree to build this station because he cared about offering transit to the people in this neighbourhood. His developer buddies want to use the tax payers to fund a GO station to be constructed in this area so they can mark up the homes in this new master planned community on Lakeshore.

Liberal does this: "guys its called induced demand! We should be building transit oriented neighbourhoods and making sure that those stations have 15 minute communities around them!"

Conservative does this: "its nothing but a corrupt politician serving his developer friends"

 

[crs1026]

Liberal does this: "guys its called induced demand! We should be building transit oriented neighbourhoods and making sure that those stations have 15 minute communities around them!"

Conservative does this: "its nothing but a corrupt politician serving his developer friends"

Perhaps, but what should happen is that a qualified and independent third party creates an objective and non-partisan design for the transit infrastructure, using valid data and using generally agreed to decision criteria and methods....and then some reasonable consensus is reached between various governments about that plan, or some iteration of it.....and then everybody builds to that. Nobody should be able to crash the queue.

The ML plan was not without its flaws in method and conclusion..... but Lakeview was never in the plan until this particular developer showed up. We have to stop retrofitting intensive development to the transit network and build the two in an integrated manner.

- Paul

 

[Undead]

Liberal does this: "guys its called induced demand! We should be building transit oriented neighbourhoods and making sure that those stations have 15 minute communities around them!"

Conservative does this: "its nothing but a corrupt politician serving his developer friends"

Both parties have built or tried to build development oriented transit--TYSSE and Kirby GO for the libs--to benefit their land owner buddies in Vaughan. It's the same mob controlling both parties.

 

[kaptrice]

With 5 stations, there are only 4 segments. So the spacing is: Length ÷ (Stations - 1).

16.6 ÷ 4 ≈ 4.15

If they build stations in Griffintown, then travel time would increase.

LOL, I stand corrected. Basic geometric reasoning is beyond my abilities - a real shame.

 

[rbt]

LOL, I stand corrected. Basic geometric reasoning is beyond my abilities - a real shame.

You're not alone. The Fence Post Problem, it takes 2 posts to hold up 1 span and 3 posts to hold up 2 spans, is a common source of off-by-one errors in software.

 

[Bordercollie]

It's such a shame that Finch and Eglinton are almost finished and politics is causing delays preventing people from being able to use it.

 

[Bojaxs]

Photos I took today of the double tracking progress on the Barrie line.

Maple GO;

King City GO;

 

[Bojaxs]

Aurora GO;

Anyone know what the columns are for?
Is the plan to have the double track come to an abrupt end at Aurora GO? Or are they going to tie it into the single track somewhere north of Aurora GO?

In this photo you can see where the double track comes to an end.

 

[Bojaxs]

Would you rather this site not have good access to rapid transit, and instead contribute however thousand more autos a day onto the roads? It reminds me of the arguments about the routing of the YNSE.

Except I'm not arguing for cars. I'm arguing that we should extend or construct rapid transit lines to existing GO stations instead of building new GO stations.

Does it make sense to construct an entirely new GO station to replace a 5 minute bus ride to the nearest GO station? No.

 

[WB62]

Anyone know what the columns are for?
Is the plan to have the double track come to an abrupt end at Aurora GO? Or are they going to tie it into the single track somewhere north of Aurora GO?

Aurora will have a similar layout to Unionville with 3 platforms, 2 though and one stub.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

Anyone know what the columns are for?

Just idle pile driver attachments, the one attached to the machine in this photo of yours is a helical drill bit while the others standing in the ground (looking like columns) are hammers for the steel beams (piles) driven into the earth.

I’m not familiar with the site plan for Aurora. In that specific location I don’t know what they’re piling for, my best guess is prep for digging out the pedestrian tunnel.

 

[Bojaxs]

Aurora will have a similar layout to Unionville with 3 platforms, 2 though and one stub.

I'm having a difficult time finding any renderings of what Aurora GO will look like after construction is completed. The most information I could find was a posted in a blog for the Mayor of Aurora. But this post dated back to February 2020. Knowing MX, how relevant is this information? Is there still a plan to grade separate Wellington st? There was no signs of any work being done at the grade crossing.

Wellington St Grade Separation Proposal

This Monday Metrolinx will be having an Open-house, drop-in format at the Aurora Community Centre starting at 6:30pm until 8pm. This open house will focus on the proposed grade separation at…

mrakas.ca

 

[WB62]

I'm having a difficult time finding any renderings of what Aurora GO will look like after construction is completed. The most information I could find was a posted in a blog for the Mayor of Aurora. But this post dated back to February 2020. Knowing MX, how relevant is this information? Is there still a plan to grade separate Wellington st? There was no signs of any work being done at the grade crossing.

Wellington St Grade Separation Proposal

This Monday Metrolinx will be having an Open-house, drop-in format at the Aurora Community Centre starting at 6:30pm until 8pm. This open house will focus on the proposed grade separation at…

mrakas.ca

As far as I know there is no renderings of Aurora, unfortunately. The diagrams you see in the blog post are very similar to what the final product will be

 

[nfitz]

It's such a shame that Finch and Eglinton are almost finished and politics is causing delays preventing people from being able to use it.

What politics are you suggesting are preventing people from being able to use them?