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crs1026 said:
The concrete grain silos along the Buffalo NY are only just reaching their full hardness - after 100 years. Today’s concrete is much different.

I did a cross-town bus trip today. There were indeed some small signs of progress- they are backfilling at Keelesdale. East of that.... not so much. Caledonia is still a hole in the ground. Yonge? A huge hole.

- PAul
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Caledonia is done digging and the platform level is covered, It should be ready for train testing next year and can open in 2021. Yonge, not so much.
 
Steve X said:
Caledonia is done digging and the platform level is covered, It should be ready for train testing next year and can open in 2021. Yonge, not so much.
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Might as well operate from Mount Dennis to Caledonia with 1 train per tunnel?
 
Admiral Beez said:
I want Eglinton cleaned up, if the LRTs are running are not is less important.
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Actually, as I was riding the 32 and 34, what struck me yesterday was that, if it weren't for all the lane jogging and haphazard pylon placement and dodging of construction vehicles, and the blocks where stores are hidden behind a wall of construction containers and machinery, traffic on Eglinton might survive as a more streamlined but just as narrow two lane road.
Instead of just removing all the construction gear when the work is done, and returning the roadway to its old state, we might be further ahead to really push the envelope on the streetscape. Dare I say King Street 2.0? If all the currently unusable roadway space at Yonge and Eglinton were turned into a street mall, it would be a very attractive place.
I know there was a proposal some years ago, which I seem to recall the Ford Brothers killing when they were Councillors....and it seemed pretty ivory tower at the time... but maybe a revisit is in order.

- Paul
 
I feel the same way about a lot of 4-lane urban streets. Even if it's not going to happen much any time soon, we need a cultural shift away from lane inflation, especially around intersections. First there's 4 laning, then turning lanes, then left turns are basically impossible for getting into driveways so drivers want a centre lane, etc.
 
^I am ok with turning lanes, because it maintains throughput of the through lane. Especially if you are increasing the emphasis on turning cars yielding to pedestrians and cyclists.... You gotta store those turning vehicles somewhere until it's their turn. There's a diference between just inconveniencing motorists, versus trying to make a more constrained auto infrastructure work as efficiently as possible.
My point was more, do we need to go back to two through lanes each way, and (once the construction materiel and machinery all vanish) how much can we apply to other purposes as opposed to returning it to the automobile? Do we even need on street parking ever again?

- Paul
 
crs1026 said:
^I am ok with turning lanes, because it maintains throughput of the through lane. Especially if you are increasing the emphasis on turning cars yielding to pedestrians and cyclists.... You gotta store those turning vehicles somewhere until it's their turn. There's a diference between just inconveniencing motorists, versus trying to make a more constrained auto infrastructure work as efficiently as possible.
My point was more, do we need to go back to two through lanes each way, and (once the construction materiel and machinery all vanish) how much can we apply to other purposes as opposed to returning it to the automobile? Do we even need on street parking ever again?

- Paul
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I think that a laser beam should just vaporize all cars that attempt to turn left but nooooo that would be a "human rights issue Rob"
 
TheTigerMaster said:
22 months to revenue service... lol
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Other jurisdictions (Vancouver, Montreal, K-W, Ottawa) seem to build these things within 5 years. We take 15 years on average and when we are complete the public realizes just how massively overbuilt the projects are. Lol indeed... lol of tears and regret!
 
Hopkins123 said:
Other jurisdictions (Vancouver, Montreal, K-W, Ottawa) seem to build these things within 5 years. We take 15 years on average and when we are complete the public realizes just how massively overbuilt the projects are. Lol indeed... lol of tears and regret!
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1. Eglinton is in no way going to be overbuilt. Have you seen the station renderings?
2. It's a subway that's 4* as long as Ottawa's, of course it's going to take 2-3* as long.
 
With the Science Centre Station being upgraded to a possible interchange station with the alleged Ontario Line, I'm assuming that it will have washrooms. Hopefully, in 2022 when the Line 5 opens.

What other stations will have washrooms? I'm assuming the "interchange" stations. Mt. Dennis (interchanging with GO & UPX), Caledonia (interchanging with GO), Cedervale (interchanging with Line 1), Eglinton (interchanging with Line 1), Science Centre (interchanging with Ontario Line), and Kennedy Station (interchanging with Line 2 & GO). Is there an "official" list?

Can't find them in the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Interchange Stations – Final Designs, dated March 20, 2018, at this link.

Maybe unisex public washrooms, to save on space? See link.
 
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