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Richard White said:
Nothing on the outage map yet.
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Definitely something happening and it appears spotty.

FCP has no power, neither does the new TD building on Front as you can see in this photo the LED logo signs went out.

I'm in a building on the south side of King and York and it's business as usual here.

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Coolibop said:
Eta 430
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Looks like all is back up now.
A store worker told me the origin of the outage was a fire in Commerce Court that either required or tripped an emergency power cut to the whole area.
They were later able to isolate the directly affected building from the grid and get power back elsewhere while they worked on emergency repairs.
 
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There seemed to be a fire on the roof of the low Commerce Court building with the Walrus on the ground floor. There was a fire truck with a ladder up to there, and some smoke visible around 3:00.

I don't know if it was the whole area. I was watching a Champion's League game at the Elephant & Castle, and they weren't out. But the building right to the east of it was out.
 
generalcanada said:
I think people misunderstand what it means to "ask for more to be done" about the homeless. In general, they simply want them gone, and it always happens the same way whether it be Clarence Square, Trinity, or Allan Gardens, Its always the same, start with a bit of sympathy, give them time, then through incidents as you noted, causes residents to start asking the city to do something about it, when the city takes too long they then start saying "enough is enough go away".
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Indeed. And when the city takes too long, the encampments begin to expand.

www.thestar.com

Toronto’s tent encampments are up 20% — expanding into areas they’ve never been found in before

Despite new federal funds, numbers are expected to continue to grow.
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Paywall free: https://archive.is/wX7sw
 
One thing that drives me crazy for no really rational reason is that when the city officials talk about it, they refer to every single tent as an encampment. So they say thing like "Dufferin Grove has 83 encampments". No, it's one encampment with 83 temporary structures.
 
generalcanada said:
Whats interesting about this data is how far out of the core the encampments are. Like not expanded density, just more sprawly
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I can only assume that the three pillars of the homeless industrial complex (charities/non-profits, gov't services and complacent bylaw enforcement) that make encampments sustainable has also sprawled outward.
 
I imagine it's just people who have over the years been evicted from Allan Gardens, then Trinity Bellwoods, then Clarence Square, then Trinity Square and just want to maximize their chances of being left alone.
 
Northern Light said:
I'm sure we have an events thread for Jane's walks, but I still want to put a couple of them here.

Why? Because they are led by City staff from whom you may gain some insight on how things work.....and have the opportunity to ask questions...

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Sounds interesting!

I assisted with a Janes Walk once. We "broke into" the Toronto Zoo and walked the monorail guideway in 2013. It was a listed Janes Walk and we entered the guideway by hopping a fence near Old Finch and Morningside.

I actually have a video of it here:

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One might argue that Transportation Services supports Transit priority but they clearly THINK they do. This from: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-254795.pdf


At its meeting of April 7, 2025 of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee received a number of deputations regarding Transit Signal Priority (TSP) policies within the City and the need to ensure that the new Light Rapid Transit (LRT) such as Line 5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch West are supported by TSP.

TSP is a technology system that alters traffic signal timings to give transit vehicles a faster path through intersections by extending 'green times'. The infrastructure to support TSP includes roadside detection for transit vehicles approaching the intersection as well as modifications to the traffic signal equipment to accept transit detections and adjust the signal timings to prioritize transit. TSP can be either Conditional or Unconditional: Unconditional TSP, which always grants priority to transit vehicles, and Conditional TSP, which grants priority based on specific criteria, such as schedule adherence. Transportation Services has always supported the implementation of TSP within the City to improve the reliability and efficiency of the operation of TTC streetcars and buses, and it is a critical component of the Congestion Management Plan.

To date there are 420 transit signal priority locations in the City with over 80 installed over the past two years. All of the City's current TSP locations are 'unconditional' in their operation. Regarding the use of TSP on the new Light Rapid Transit (LRT) lines in the City, Transportation Services and Transit Expansion Office staff have worked very closely over the years with both Metrolinx and their consortia building the new transit lines to ensure that the City's policies and practices that support TSP are incorporated as requirements within their projects. The application of TSP for the new LRT lines is different than traditional streetcar and bus operations. Given the higher speeds that LRT trains travel and the frequency of LRTs traversing the line, Conditional TSP can enable better schedule adherence and help reduce vehicle bunching. The other key reason for implementing Conditional TSP along the LRT lines is the need to support public safety and transit flow both along the LRT corridor as well as on the north-south connection points. Given the high volume of riders transferring to and from the LRT from connecting buses, Conditional TSP better supports safe transfers for transit passengers. For these reasons, and in consultation with the City and TTC the Metrolinx consortia are implementing Conditional TSP on Line5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch West. This supplemental report provides more details with regards to TSP in Toronto and specific details around the proposed plans for TSP on Line 5 and Line 6
 
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