TTC: Easier Access Phase III

[Sauga89]

They were put on hold several years ago, because the local stakeholder group recommended that the second exit face Danforth, which the TTC didn't want to do.

It was extra distance, and they had to buy a property on Danforth to do it.

But the TTC's proposed alternative was a mid block exit on Strathmore, which everyone hated, because it would have been an absurd walk to/from Danforth.

I don't recall if the TTC/City ever acquired a Danforth property.

@Northern Light probably knows this, but for everyone else, I dug up this slideshow from 2018 on the TTC website, which shows 10 options for a second Greenwood exit. The community favoured an entrance at Monarch Park and Danforth.

(EDIT: That option, Option C, would have required this property. I don't know if this property is heritage, but it would definitely make for a cool subway entrance.)

(Second Edit: It is listed as a heritage building in the city registry.)

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Drum, unless you have oodles of money lying around it will be impossible to add a second elevator in every station.

Exactly because in some cases the elevator had to be built in the middle of the street and then be covered over again or in the middle of the bus roadway of a station.

 

[Richard White]

Exactly because in some cases the elevator had to be built in the middle of the street and then be covered over again or in the middle of the bus roadway of a station.

What?

 

[txlseries4]

What?

THEY SAID EXACTLY BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THE ELEVATOR HAD TO BE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THEN BE COVERED OVER AGAIN OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUS ROADWAY OF A STATION.

 

[PL1]

Exactly because in some cases the elevator had to be built in the middle of the street and then be covered over again or in the middle of the bus roadway of a station.

Coxwell, Donlands, Greenwood...

 

[drum118]

What?

NOT VERY station is able to handle a second elevator, but EVERYONE should be able to have access to any transit system second elevator regardless of cost. Only have to look at the US where elevators are finally being installed after decades of legal actions to get them.

Some stations can get away with a ramp system.

 

[Northern Light]

Speaking of second elevators........... while the official Easier Access Phase 4 document has not yet been publicly presented.......the TTC's long term capital plans now provide a list of stations prioritized for considering a second elevator:

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-261186.pdf

From the above, on p. 8

To make that just a tad clearer:

College
Don Mills
Finch
Kennedy
King
Kipling
St. Andrew
St. Patrick
Union
and
York Mills

Head up the list of stations to be examined.

Of these, King is likely among the first, as this is being looked as part of the concourse expansion and additional exit projects.

This would likely be tied to the second exit project at St. Andrew, but I haven''t confirmed that.

College only makes sense if they rebuild and enlarge the main concourse, while this is something I very much support, I am unaware of any plans for such a project at this time.