Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[Coolibop]

Right now the transit signal light turns red 10secs before the traffic light turns red, but once a transit vehicle is approaching the transit signal will turn green for an additional 10 secs according to the YouTube page Transit thinker

Assuming you're referring to this video, that's not quite what was said. Here is direct from the YouTube transcript:

7:59
...the City of Toronto has decided not to give Line 5 full transit signal priority. Instead of ensuring Line 5 trains, which will carry a max of roughly 400 people, never get stuck at red lights, the city is only giving the line partial signal priority. This means that if a light is green, and an LRV is approaching, the light will be held green for an extra 10 seconds. With transit signals already activated they all currently turn red 10 seconds before the regular traffic lights turn red, so I’m interested to see if the extra 10 seconds will even have an impact on the actual light cycle.

It's the first I've heard of detail about the signal priority...Am I to understand they only get the above 10 second extension if running behind schedule (this is what was originally communicated)?

 

[nfitz]

I'm surprised to see that in this September's ACAT minutes in the December TTC agenda that a statement attributed to the TTC's Deputy CEO (Bruce Macgregor) says that the "publicly available information is that Line 5 is expected to open in Q2 or no later than Q3, 2025"!

Was that publicly available (two months ago!)?

 

[generalcanada]

I'm surprised to see that in this September's ACAT minutes in the December TTC agenda that a statement attributed to the TTC's Deputy CEO (Bruce Macgregor) says that the "publicly available information is that Line 5 is expected to open in Q2 or no later than Q3, 2025"!

Was that publicly available (two months ago!)?

So anywhere between march and September 2025 LOL

 

[Northern Light]

So anywhere between march and September 2025 LOL

I will not put out any guarantees..........but I will say, I am given to understand it will be on the earlier side of that timeline. TBD.

 

[nfitz]

Any indication how that compares to Finch? It would certainly be advantageous to TTC to make both changes at the same time.

 

[Northern Light]

Any indication how that compares to Finch? It would certainly be advantageous to TTC to make both changes at the same time.

I don't have any good insight into Finch just at the moment.

 

[timio]

Where exactly is this in the station? Near the north end of the concourse, when you come up the stairs from the Line 1 platform?

Yes. Bottom of the escalator from Yonge/Eglinton. Started coming down sometime between 9pm last night and 8am this morning. There was a security guard stationed in the very small gap between the fence and the studs tonight.

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

Toronto’s next transit megaproject should be to finally fix the ceilings in all stations. The state of some stations is beyond embarrassing.

NYC used to be the poster child for poor SOGR but they have largely renovated the worst decaying stations. Toronto is definitely worse now.

The ceilings are already part of an ongoing project to replace and modernize aging infrastructure in the subway stations which has been ongoing for a while. They’ll be replaced when that work is complete. It takes an exceptionally long time for them to complete this work due to the fact that they can only do this work when the subway is closed at night.