[Palma]

The Crosstown cars will be 2.65 cm, so 11 cm wider than the downtown cars. I imagine the seating will be somewhat similar since there is the same issue with the wheelset housing coming above low floor level.

this sounds more like streetcar seating vs subway seating

 

[nfitz]

Looking at the seating in the Flexity Freedom mockup at the CNE, just after taking a Flexity Outlook from Union to Exhibition, the seating generally looked indistinguishable, other than the fabric choice, and a slightly wider aisle (wish I'd measured it!).

Though neither seemed as cramped as the 2.3 metre-wide Flexity Outlooks that were run on the Olympic Line in Vancouver.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I wonder how much property values are going to increase as a DIRECT result of this line? Like if you're one or two blocks either side of Eglinton and you're sitting in a 2M house, will your house now be worth 2.5M?

Let's hope for my parent's sake the same applies to condos along the line.

 

[crs1026]

This is old, but things can only have gotten warmer....

http://news.nationalpost.com/toront...f-mass-transit-sparks-gold-rush-of-developers

This is newer

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ng-zoning-fights-to-eglinton/article22388848/

http://www.metronews.ca/views/toron...o-close-to-the-subway-will-cost-you-more.html

Somewhere I read an article saying that the residential areas north of Eglinton west of Dufferin are showing more buyer interest since construction began.

- Paul

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I'm most excited for the developments east of Don Mills. I'm curious to see to what extent that Scarborough corridor can be urbanized. This may be the first truly urban part of Scarborough.

 

[smallspy]

....why 45 metres? That would suggest 8 modules, an even number, which isn't possible.

You're assuming that the modules are always the same length. They're not.

The units with two doors on the intermediate modules, for instance, and generally (but not always) longer than those with only one set of doors.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[the lemur]

So Sue Ann Levy is losing her mind at the idea that building the underground portion of the Crosstown (which her hero Ford wanted to put entirely underground) involves noise and vibration and the fact that it's being done at all hours, so that it'll be done sooner. Can you imagine how she'd respond if the entire LRT line were underground, or if it were a full subway instead?

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/02/15/lrt-construction-nightmare-on-eglinton-ave

 

[kEiThZ]

I'm most excited for the developments east of Don Mills. I'm curious to see to what extent that Scarborough corridor can be urbanized. This may be the first truly urban part of Scarborough.

I'd say Kingston Road is more urban than anything on Eglinton. And I really don't see how LRT will change that.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

So Sue Ann Levy is losing her mind at the idea that building the underground portion of the Crosstown (which her hero Ford wanted to put entirely underground) involves noise and vibration and the fact that it's being done at all hours, so that it'll be done sooner. Can you imagine how she'd respond if the entire LRT line were underground, or if it were a full subway instead?

Saint Rob clearly promised private sector subways dug with laser beams.

AoD

 

[the lemur]

Saint Rob clearly promised private sector subways dug with laser beams.

AoD

I knew there was some incredibly fast and virtually silent way of doing it that wasn't being discussed ...

 

[Catenary]

The way his post was worded it looked like he was extrapolating forward that he wanted one more module (7+1) which, with the suspended modules and fixed bogies of FLEXITY, isn't possible from a technical standpoint. I know there are many, many different configurations from different manufacturers.

The Ottawa Alstom trains are articulated asymmetrically, which I hate (one car has 2 bogies, the rest have 1 and are trailered)

Ottawa's trains are odd, but designed to have another module added later, hence the paint scheme which looks like the car is missing a portion.

You're assuming that the modules are always the same length. They're not.

The units with two doors on the intermediate modules, for instance, and generally (but not always) longer than those with only one set of doors.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

Exactly. A 40m car becomes a 45 m car by making the modules a bit longer.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Crosstown East will take 8 years to build, from Council approval.

 

[someMidTowner]

More movement in the east and west!

 

[Hopkins123]

More movement in the east and west!

Wow! This means that we're only four stops away from completing the central tunnel.

 

[Hopkins123]

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Anyone else excited about the seeming change in developments in terms of the number of stops west of Mt Dennis? Seems like they've dropped all the non-transfer intermediate stops in favour of kilometre-apart spacing.