A long section of Cote Vertu actually has fencing, between Bertrand and Decarie, but I think the city is installing more.
Ah yes. Gosh, that's unfortunate, as it becomes residential, with long distances between lights. It's one thing in rush hour, but quite another when it's quiet - even in Streetview, you can see easy-to- cross gaps. BUT This is a suburban 6-lane artery, and dual carriageway with 2 of the lanes being HOV. It's much more similar to Don Mills Road north of Overlea, or Kingston Road east of Midland. I don't like it, but I'd never say there'd never be something similar on such roads in Toronto.
I would have posted a streetview of R-L but the fencing is recent (within the last 3 years), so you can see the construction on streetview but not the full fence.
Interesting, haven't seen it. But typically, I walk under Dorchester than over. But again - 6-lane divided, like University - which wouldn't shock me if it had a fence one day, as sad as that would be.
St. Catherine is one-way, though, so it's inherently safer for pedestrians. And there isn't a major transit route that needs to be sped up.
Though I feel far safer crossing Queen and King mid-block than I do Richmond and Adelaide mid-block! Though St. Catherine isn't really comparable to either really. It's more like if Yonge was one-way with parking on both sides.
No love the the 15 bus I see ... if it's still around.
St. Catherine street doesn't have fences but it has bollards! It would be nice to see this treatment, with the sidewalk flush to the street, bollards, and granite pavers given to sections of King, especially for TIFF. Bollards would be a good substitute for fencing, something to put a psychological barrier marking the boundary between where the streetcar lanes are and the rest of the street. Of course a dark granite strip marking the boundary of the streetcar lane would be a nice touch.
Ah, I haven't seen that. That looks like Market Street, except on a bigger scale. Hmm, I see you've chosen just about the only view that doesn't have red plastic no parking signs on top of the bollards - my gosh are those ugly. I'm not sold on that being a huge improvement with those ugly signs.. But very interesting.
Sherbrooke is getting a makeover too, why can't Toronto streets get a similar treatment/facelift?
The grass is always greener. Each city has it's pluses and minuses. You might see this, but those of us who've lived there, know just how badly maintained many of the side streets are, with crumbling asphalt that should have been replaced years ago, and sidewalks long past it. Some really ugly construction - often because the mafia controlled both the construction industry and planning/approval process. And then there was the 30+ years it took to complete McGill-College. And of course the linguistic bigotry - but that's a discussion for elsewhere. But nice to see St. Catherines getting a make-over - though I wonder if this is more for the tourists, than the citizens. But if they keep going east, at least it will improve the working environment for sex workers.
The point is that since there's no wifi in the tunnels, you need to constantly reconnect and disconnect during the 30 seconds that you're in the stop. The reason that there isn't cell service in the tunnel is really more the fault of the Big 3 than the TTC, the TTC wanted to make money ...
??? The reason that there is no wifi in the tunnels, is they are doing the stations first. They haven't finished yet, that's all. Should be done end of next year:
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Even in Ottawa, they're designing the stations to have fencing as a safety feature. We should consider fencing on the surface streetcar (and future light rail) stations and stops.
I don't think you can compare what is essentially a subway station, with no reason to need to walk from one platform to the other - to King Street, which has intersections that require you to walk through traffic.
