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[micheal_can]

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...nse-ontario-transportation-minister-says.html

This may be a step in the right direction as much as a statement of the obvious.

When they are saying the same thing, it is easier to hold them accountable..

 

[steveintoronto]

When they are saying the same thing, it is easier to hold them accountable..

And even then, they sing lies in harmony.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1069256743505416192

 

[JasonParis]

I'm sure that statement didn't make the Mayor of Markham's day.

 

[innsertnamehere]

^ I fully expect they will be built at the same time, with a clause stating that yonge north can't open first.

 

[raptor]

Today near city hall on Queen st

 

[treplow]

Today near city hall on Queen st
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It begins!

(I actually have no idea what I'm looking at).

 

[tstormers]

It begins!

(I actually have no idea what I'm looking at).

Borehole testing I believe...

 

[W. K. Lis]

Borehole testing I believe...

I find this test very boring.

 

[robmausser]

I find this test very boring.

Thats a much less inappropriate joke than could have been made

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Today near city hall on Queen st
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I choose to believe this is digging the extraction shaft for the TBM.

 

[crs1026]

What is the high level plan for TTC’s 501 route during the construction years? As things like boreholes encroach on Queen Street, it won’t be very long before streetcar tracks and overhead are affected. There will be years of this. Even one small excavation can block the whole route.

Are we about to see the end of 501 as a continuous east-west route? Will this force bustitutions? Will that turn our concerns about streetcar availability upside down?

I’m not expecting anyone to have fine details worked out at this point.... but it’s an obvious impact that ought to have been anticipated at some level.

- Paul

 

[innsertnamehere]

Good thing the 504 has the pilot now because it's about to get a whole lot busier.

I don't believe there is a formal service plan for Queen, but I imagine it'll be about a decade as a bus line during construction.

 

[rbt]

Good thing the 504 has the pilot now because it's about to get a whole lot busier.

IIRC, there will be a vote to keep/discontinue the pilot during early 2019 (spring?).

If the area was extended east to Broadview it could comfortably handle passenger loads of both lines between Broadview and Spadina.

 

[MisterF]

Yeah, there's going to be major impact on Queen Street during construction. Short term pain for long term gain. The King Street pilot will become even more essential to help shoulder the load. RER should help a bit too, although (hopefully) it won't be complete until the relief line is well under construction.

It just underscores the importance of all these transit projects in building some redundancy into the system, which Toronto sorely lacks.