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urbanclient said:
Doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result: Canadian bureaucracy everyone...
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Yup. They don't even have the operating capital to run the system as is, you think they have capital to fix huge issues like this? Leslie stations ceiling has been leaking for ten years. They didn't even bother to finish fixing it.

Queens park has been under construction for over two years and they made no progress.
 
Bordercollie said:
Yeah, none of that is going to happen so that section will always have slow orders no matter how many times they fix the track.
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I wonder if a slightly angled caisson from a bit further away from the track would work.

Anyhow, there's lots of ways of fixing it without significant interruptions, if they wanted to throw enough money at it. You could build a temporary diversion along the west perimeter. You could build a permanent diversion (perhaps including a tunnel and new station at Davisville. You could even mine underneath the existing track, to build a new structure, and underpin the existing track.

Whether it's worth it or not I don't know - though I'm not sure that a temporary diversion to the west would be overly expensive, particularly if it's tied in with something like redeveloping Davisville Yard into a TOC or something that would monetize it.
 
nfitz said:
I wonder if a slightly angled caisson from a bit further away from the track would work.

Anyhow, there's lots of ways of fixing it without significant interruptions, if they wanted to throw enough money at it. You could build a temporary diversion along the west perimeter. You could build a permanent diversion (perhaps including a tunnel and new station at Davisville. You could even mine underneath the existing track, to build a new structure, and underpin the existing track.

Whether it's worth it or not I don't know - though I'm not sure that a temporary diversion to the west would be overly expensive, particularly if it's tied in with something like redeveloping Davisville Yard into a TOC or something that would monetize it.
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I'm sure that the air rights are worth a ton.

I think it you carve out the embankments and make them straight you could create more space to move both tracks. Then you could dig down and stabilize the ballast or drive pillars into the ground.
 
turbanplanner said:
I’m not an engineer but can you dig up one side to the bed rock without affecting the other tracks?
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It would be very hard [expensive] to repair with only weekend outages.

They'll hold it until the Ontario Line (and Eglinton) have been open and running well for a year then schedule an 8 to 12 week outage for that section of Yonge.
 
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rbt said:
It would be very hard [expensive] to repair with only weekend outages.

They'll hold it until the Ontario Line (and Eglinton) have been open and running well for a year then schedule an 8 to 12 week outage for that section of Yonge.
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The TTC discussed replacing Line 1 with buses from Eglinton to St Clair (or was it Bloor) to do this work several years ago, but changed their mind due to the outcry. It turns out that with COVID shutdowns l think they could have done this with minimal disruption. Of course, the plan was not in place, and it did not happen.


They will need to replace the substrate at some point, and it will cause some pain.
 
PL1 said:
The TTC discussed replacing Line 1 with buses from Eglinton to St Clair (or was it Bloor) to do this work several years ago, but changed their mind due to the outcry. It turns out that with COVID shutdowns l think they could have done this with minimal disruption. Of course, the plan was not in place, and it did not happen.


They will need to replace the substrate at some point, and it will cause some pain.
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As many problems as the TTC has, they're really good at not shutting down subways for extended times.
 
rbt said:
... They'll hold it until the Ontario Line (and Eglinton) have been open and running well for a year then schedule an 8 to 12 week outage for that section of Yonge.
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We need north-south real express bus-only lanes that could somewhat compensate for times when Line 1 is shut down.

RapidTO: Master Thread

Any reduction in demand from cars no longer being parked on the street will likely be more than made up for by increased bus ridership. And that means more customers.
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SubHuman said:
We need north-south real express bus-only lanes that could somewhat compensate for times when Line 1 is shut down.

RapidTO: Master Thread

Any reduction in demand from cars no longer being parked on the street will likely be more than made up for by increased bus ridership. And that means more customers.
urbantoronto.ca urbantoronto.ca
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What is the point of the "no-cars" lane on Bay St?​


https://www.reddit.com/r/torontobiking/comments/14eu5kn/what_is_the_point_of_the_nocars_lane_on_bay_st
 
PL1 said:
It's for buses, taxis and bicycles. (Not sure if you were generally asking, or demonstrating. I don't click on Reddit links)
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It's a 5-minute video of automobiles on the bus-only lane on Bay Street. The overhead signs may say they are "diamond lanes"...
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...but it is not enforced.
 
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