Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[NoahB]

The street running sections of ION, akin to those on the east end of the Crosstown, have none of these things.

I stand corrected

 

[Deadpool X]

Can't be any worse than the Sheppard Subway. Anyone who has been to Bayview, Leslie, Bessarion or Don Mills can tell you the agony of stairs.

I live close to Leslie station and I don't mind long stairs. Are long stairs worse than choosing a 3 times slower bus ride to avoid subway? If not, then it shouldn't affect the ridership. People who live there will use the stations. They won't start driving because stairs are longer.

 

[drum118]

Nov 20
Keele & Eglinton Intersection back to normal with cycles lanes on Eglinton.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Eglinton Connects in action! now how long until the city lines up funding to fill in the gaps between the parts Metrolinx is building..

 

[Towered]

Eglinton Connects in action! now how long until the city lines up funding to fill in the gaps between the parts Metrolinx is building..

Several decades while the city conducts studies and consultations.

 

[dowlingm]

At least Vancouver adds a tax hike with their transit projects.

Like this one? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-city-building-fund-increase-1.5383788
or this? https://www.railwayage.com/passenge...ough-line-now-voted-a-subway-line/?RAchannel=

 

[micheal_can]

Like this one? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-city-building-fund-increase-1.5383788
or this? https://www.railwayage.com/passenge...ough-line-now-voted-a-subway-line/?RAchannel=

I didn't know Toronto actually did that. Good to see.

 

[H4F33Z]

^^ Isn't that what John Tory proposed to pay for the Scarborough Subway?

 

[Northern Light]

Nov 20
Keele & Eglinton Intersection back to normal with cycles lanes on Eglinton.

There's no trees and no room for any..................that's awful!

That will make the area very unappealing aesthetically and for walkers, it means no respite from the hot sun and no wind breaks.

I'm all for bike lanes, but those should have come at the expense of a lane of traffic, not streetscaping.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

There's no trees and no room for any..................that's awful!

That will make the area very unappealing aesthetically and for walkers, it means no respite from the hot sun and no wind breaks.

I'm all for bike lanes, but those should have come at the expense of a lane of traffic, not streetscaping.

According to the plans, trees will be planted around the station entrances. From link. You'll have to let your grandkids see the mature trees, unfortunately.

 

[tmlittle]

There's no trees and no room for any..................that's awful!

That will make the area very unappealing aesthetically and for walkers, it means no respite from the hot sun and no wind breaks.

I'm all for bike lanes, but those should have come at the expense of a lane of traffic, not streetscaping.

While I'm glad these LRT projects are happening, it's unfortunate the street redesigns are happening at a time when it's not very politically possible to shrink bloated 4 lane arterials down to something more reasonable. First we have to get out of the mindset of "traffic will always increase" and instead, "how can we choke traffic down to a minimal level on urban streets".

 

[asher__jo]

While I'm glad these LRT projects are happening, it's unfortunate the street redesigns are happening at a time when it's not very politically possible to shrink bloated 4 lane arterials down to something more reasonable. First we have to get out of the mindset of "traffic will always increase" and instead, "how can we choke traffic down to a minimal level on urban streets".

I think in the context on a crosstown arterial road like Eglinton 4 lanes is completely appropriate.

 

[Northern Light]

I think in the context on a crosstown arterial road like Eglinton 4 lanes is completely appropriate.

So you want a treeless landscape where all the businesses will suffer financially and pedestrians are left with an unpleasant environment? Or you want to cancel the bike lanes?

Pick.

I don't mean to seem aggressive, but something does have to give.

I will unapologetically pick the traffic lanes.

 

[WillTo]

Oh boy a bike lane .... and it disappears...

 

[micheal_can]

While I'm glad these LRT projects are happening, it's unfortunate the street redesigns are happening at a time when it's not very politically possible to shrink bloated 4 lane arterials down to something more reasonable. First we have to get out of the mindset of "traffic will always increase" and instead, "how can we choke traffic down to a minimal level on urban streets".

So you want a treeless landscape where all the businesses will suffer financially and pedestrians are left with an unpleasant environment? Or you want to cancel the bike lanes?

Pick.

I don't mean to seem aggressive, but something does have to give.

I will unapologetically pick the traffic lanes.

The city should ensure that sidewalks are a reasonable width, that there are bike lanes and there is enough travel lanes to handle the traffic.

How would a business suffer financially without having a tread street?