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

[Richard White]

it's the disorderly, mickey mouse approach to the project, lanes randomly ending with no warning, stuff scattered all over the place, the glacial pace of everything with no sense of urgency. Sad that our public infrastructure projects are now approached like they used to be in the developing world, whereas the developing world is able to get stuff done and build impressive stuff quickly.

Exactly this. The area in and around Kennedy and Eglinton is a write off. It has been a construction mess for years and is to be avoided like the plague. Repairs are fine but heavy construction is a disaster.

 

[cplchanb]

Therefore, NEVER do repairwork, upgrades, improvements, nor construction of any kind that will disrupt traffic flow. Not even filling potholes, because they will block traffic in the process.

Pain is temporary.....

 

[BurlOak]

Pain is temporary.....

Actually no - the LRT will be in-median and disrupting traffic in perpetuity.

 

[smallspy]

Actually no - the LRT will be in-median and disrupting traffic in perpetuity.

And the loss of buses - running approximately every 3 minutes in their own lane - counts for nothing, of course?

Dan

 

[Heller94]

People in Toronto complain about the lack of public transit and then complain when it actually gets built. Some people just can’t be pleased

 

[BurlOak]

People in Toronto complain about the lack of public transit and then complain when it actually gets built. Some people just can’t be pleased

I think they complain about lack of Rapid Transit.

 

[Bureaucromancer]

And the loss of buses - running approximately every 3 minutes in their own lane - counts for nothing, of course?

Dan

I think the idea is that the bus lanes are so completely unenforced as not to matter. Which says a LOT about the people who seriously complain about this on Eglinton.

 

[Neutrino]

Suburban traffic lanes carry 900-1,200 vehicles per hour at peak iirc
It's not like 20 buses an hour adds much to congestion.

 

[TransitBart]

And the loss of buses - running approximately every 3 minutes in their own lane - counts for nothing, of course?

Dan

Memories are short. I used to hate Eglinton. There were reserved bus lanes on the curb which were a total pain in the ass to navigate. I'll take in median and separated over dodging buses stopping randomly any day. As for every three minutes. It seemed they used to travel in packs - three at one intersection at a time. I don't miss that.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Suburban traffic lanes carry 900-1,200 vehicles per hour at peak iirc
It's not like 20 buses an hour adds much to congestion.

At 1.5 people per motor vehicle, that means 1,350 - 1,800 people. Not much when compared with buses or light rail.

 

[drum118]

According to Metrolinx Capital Project Report for next week meeting, overhead insulation is supposed to be taking place from the west portal to Caledonia, but I don't see any from the portal to Mt Dennis yet.

Over 41% of the track has now been installed on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (ECLRT) along with all of the fibre, lighting, overhead catenary system and cabling from Mt. Dennis to Caledonia.

 

[Allandale25]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1170719678739750913

 

[BurlOak]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1170719678739750913

What kind of person considers Eglinton being the "Northern Side of Toronto".?

 

[hw621]

What kind of person considers Eglinton being the "Northern Side of Toronto".?

Should be grateful that he didn't say"Northern Side of Ontario"...

 

[pstogios]

What kind of person considers Eglinton being the "Northern Side of Toronto".?

A person from out of town. Cut him a break. His series of tweets and a longer article on Toronto transit were very positive.