[EnviroTO]

Forest Hill is the name given to the hill that Old Forest Hill Road is running along the top of. Two streets north of what will be Forest Hill station is Old Forest Hill Rd, one block east is Old Forest Hill Rd, one street northward is Forest Hill United Church, two blocks east is Forest Hill Collegiate. I don't see what is wrong with calling a station at the top of Forest Hill the Forest Hill station.

 

[Adjei]

Forest Hill is the name given to the hill that Old Forest Hill Road is running along the top of. Two streets north of what will be Forest Hill station is Old Forest Hill Rd, one block east is Old Forest Hill Rd, one street northward is Forest Hill United Church, two blocks east is Forest Hill Collegiate. I don't see what is wrong with calling a station at the top of Forest Hill the Forest Hill station.

People here are acting like the station is at Bathurst and Lawrence or something.

 

[Roundabout]

These two buildings at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton are being prepped for demolition to make way for one of the station exits.
http://www.thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/mount-pleasant-station

 

[crs1026]

Forest Hill is the name given to the hill that Old Forest Hill Road is running along the top of. Two streets north of what will be Forest Hill station is Old Forest Hill Rd, one block east is Old Forest Hill Rd, one street northward is Forest Hill United Church, two blocks east is Forest Hill Collegiate. I don't see what is wrong with calling a station at the top of Forest Hill the Forest Hill station.

Not to mention that the original Forest Hill Village's Fire Hall and Police station is actually being incorporated into the station itself.

- Paul

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Did anyone notice that the City Council transit vote included this amendment from Cho? "City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report...on the cost of extending the Eglinton Crosstown LRT from the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, to Malvern Town Centre."

This crosstown line...they just wanna keep making it longer and longer. Is there a point that it needs to be broken up or have more short-turns?

 

[David Brake]

I don't think the federal government has ever paid for any of the capital costs in Toronto, until the recent Harper government did so on the Spadina extension.

There's a big Federal government sign over the Union Station reconstruction alongside municipal and federal...

 

[someMidTowner]

More movement in the east:

 

[aquateam]

Not to mention functional.

This is an interchange station. It should have the same name as the station it is interchanging with.

Anyone else see the ridiculousness of having two stations in literally the same geographic place with a directed interchange between them having different names?

Imagine if we called one of the platforms at Bloor-Yonge as Yorkville station, in addition to Bloor-Yonge.

Wait, is this what they're actually doing? I'd expect them to rename the subway station to match.

Reading the articles about this gives me the impression that they're renaming the YUS subway station as well, but they're not explicit.

And looking at the TTC's presentation material from last year before the names were finalized, it does look as though they would have the same name for the LRT and subway station:

 

[Hopkins123]

Did anyone notice that the City Council transit vote included this amendment from Cho? "City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report...on the cost of extending the Eglinton Crosstown LRT from the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, to Malvern Town Centre."

This crosstown line...they just wanna keep making it longer and longer. Is there a point that it needs to be broken up or have more short-turns?

I can't really blame them for wanting to get the most mileage out of the Crosstown. The transit deficit, particularly in Scarborough, is such that any transit construction offering a one-seat ride right across the city (versus hours sitting on and transferring from one bus to another) can be seen as a marked improvement. The commute from UTSC or Malvern to Pearson today is atrociously long. There's simply no denying that something must be done to rectify that.

 

[aquateam]

I can't really blame them for wanting to get the most mileage out of the Crosstown. The transit deficit, particularly in Scarborough, is such that any transit construction offering a one-seat ride right across the city (versus hours sitting on and transferring from one bus to another) can be seen as a marked improvement. The commute from UTSC or Malvern to Pearson today is atrociously long. There's simply no denying that something must be done to rectify that.

Except that the way the LRT is designed, it's meant more for local access and city building than for rapid crosstown commuting. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

If you wanted a more regional express line then Metrolinx's original concept, with an extension of the ICTS, is more appropriate.

At issue is Metrolinx planners' desire to scrap the TTC's proposal for a $2.2-billion partly tunnelled light-rail line on Eglinton Avenue and instead build something the TTC warns would be two to three times as expensive, such as a subway or a tunnelled subway-like system with vehicles similar to the Scarborough RT or Vancouver's SkyTrain.[...]

Metrolinx chairman Rob MacIsaac, the former mayor of Burlington, denies there is a "fight."

But he says something faster and with more carrying capacity than light-rail is needed on Eglinton - where subway construction was halted by premier Mike Harris in 1995 - especially if riders are to take it from Scarborough to Mississauga.

"If you're going to travel from one end of that line to the other, we think you'd probably better pack a picnic lunch," Mr. MacIsaac said.​

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Except that the way the LRT is designed, it's meant more for local access and city building than for rapid crosstown commuting. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Crosstown East hasn't been designed that, so we can't say that. Crosstown West is planned to move a 30 km/h, the same speed as Line 1 and Line 2, both of which are built for rapid commuting.

 

[nfitz]

Crosstown East hasn't been designed ...

Other than the fully-completed and approved EA.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Other than the fully-completed and approved EA.

Amendments are being made to the design, like with Crosstown West. L

 

[nfitz]

Amendments are being made to the design, like with Crosstown West. L

Amendments are almost always made as one proceeds towards construction. The same happened with the Crosstown.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

On that note, does anyone here know when we'll see design options for Crosstown East? We've seen them for West, but nothing yet for East. Our Cheif Planner has already indicated they'll be signicant changes, particularly at Kennedy