Coolstar
Senior Member
I see Metrolinx still hasn't settled the lawsuits with the MBTA, TransLink and Pittsburgh. Still no T logo yet.April 25
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drum118
Superstar
I have seen a number of bus stops with the T at the top, but not in a position to get a shot of them.
Metrolinx only knows how to copy someone else work and can't think outside the box
drum118
Superstar
LOL..............That funny, as I never noticed when I was shooting the site and goes in hand to my comment above this posting
crs1026
Superstar
Just great.... with this city’s luck we will have motorists getting stuck on the tracks after they mistake the shelter for the gas pumps...
Queens Quay all over again ;-)
- Paul
Voltz
Senior Member
From this picture it looks like the outside area of the bus platform is fairly narrow, barely a few feet from the curb to the wall, I can see the area getting crowded.
Streety McCarface
Senior Member
60% faster across the entire corridor is for everything, including the underground section — the section where the road is narrowest, the section where most passengers use the Eglinton routes, the section with the most traffic congestion, the section with all the lights, and the section that will run with advanced signaling.
If the average speed of a bus in this city (including stops and traffic) is 15 km/h, then a 60% increase equates to a 24 km/h average speed — 4 km/h less than what they claimed initially. By way of comparison, Line 2 is scheduled to have average speeds of 32 km/h, and it has stop spacing very similar to that of the crosstown. If we go by actual potential runtimes, then the average speed is 35-36 km/h. So how is it that a line with better signaling and less ridership (the crosstown) be 33% slower?
If we assume the underground section (>11.5 km of 19 km) has the same train speeds as line 2 (32 km/h), then that means that the surface section would have an average speed of 11.75 km/h — That's abysmal. It's even worse than the bus despite having fewer stops than the bus.
Richard White
Senior Member
April 25
Lot more up on site
The whole eastern end is coming along remarkably well. I live in the east end and can finally see this nearing completion. I mentioned to my folks that we are likely to see track installation completed by the end of the summer.
sixrings
Senior Member
This surface section construction seems to go pretty fast. But let's go underground in the West instead and finish it by 2040
sche
Active Member
This is a really minor detail, but I really hate how none of the signage matches the rest of the system. Like, why are there arrows on all the stations in the strip maps? Why is the font different? Why are we using chevrons instead of arrows for the direction of the trains? Can ML seriously not make the line fit in with everything that already exists and have some design consistency? It doesn’t even match GO’s maps.April 25
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Coolstar
Senior Member
But now that the crosstown doesn't have signal priority it might be better off grade-separated in the west.
rbt
Senior Member
2040 seems very optimistic at the moment. Subways at any cost will not win the next provincial election and this proposal needs to survive an election during high deficits, low transit ridership, and voter demand for health-care expansion. Ford has a good chance of winning again, but not with the same priorities he ran on last time.
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drum118
Superstar
I will be very surprise if all the track is not in place on the surface along with a chunk of the overhead come Sept. There where a number of empty spool for underground cable and few with not much left on the around 3" dia.
The big change will come in June/July when Kennedy Intersection will be back to being normal once the back filling is done, along with new roads and sidewalks.
As for the west extension, With the COVID-19, transit is going to take a serious cut in getting things built. Any idea of maintaining the thought of fully grade separation will be put on the back burner for a number of decades due to cost and lack of funds for it that the surface route will be back on the table. It may take a decade before it gets underway as ridership system wide will take a major hit.
Health care will become a number 1 issue with all parties and it will cause major changes from top to bottom that will eat up a huge chunk of funds from all levels, leaving transit with peanuts.
How people will work in the coming year and decade, will see a drop in need for transit expansion. A number of companies are already looking at reducing the need for workers to travel to work. My daughter company is already looking at her coming in once or twice a week and that will save her no less than a hour a day of traveling by highway to/from work and having to replace a car every 3 years.
Most cities I saw on Monday, very little foot traffic or using transit. Guelph has the lowest number of people allow on a bus and that 10. Only 7-15 on the KW LRT, with the driver opening and closing the doors like TTC. The front seats behind the driver tape off.
EastYorkTTCFan
Senior Member
H4F33Z
Active Member
I think he was referring to the 2040 opening of the Eglinton West LRT. A major line in Doug's plan which might be put on the backburner post covid
Johnny Au
Superstar
Work from home is becoming a popular option, especially with the rise in teleconferencing, reducing the need to commute.
In a few years, online education would become the norm for children.