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Steve X said:
That is meaningless. They need grade separation in a few key spots. Midland should be underground. Brimley/Danforth triangle, Eglinton/Kingston and Lawrence/Morningside intersections should be grade separated. It's probably better to elevated through UTSC too. At that point they should build a new crossing over the 401 just east of Morningside to avoid the lights at the ramp. They can also go under Guildwood GO station to bring the stop closer to the GO station entrance to improve the connection. This would cut 8 to 10 minutes compared to what they did on Finch with lights only at minor street crossing. This also allows them to place more aggressive TSP for minor streets too.

What they do on Sheppard is another story. I think ridership will be much lower. The Finch West concept would be cheaper than grade separation for here. I also think the 131 Nugget bus would be better and probably faster to serve the local neighbourhood at Malvern than this line. The old SRT extension alignment via Centennial College is a much better and faster route to Malvern Town Centre connecting to Line 2 at STC. This Sheppard alignment just looks good on the map. Congestion isn't bad in this area. The 85/985B buses would zoom faster on Sheppard. A curbside bus lane would be cheaper and more efficient.
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I tried to draw an elevation of this EELRT line from Kennedy Station (at Eglinton) to Kennedy (and Sheppard).
It really should go to wonderland.
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Westey said:
I tried to draw an elevation of this EELRT line from Kennedy Station (at Eglinton) to Kennedy (and Sheppard).
It really should go to wonderland.
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Grade separation just needs to be a shallow bridge structure allowing the line you be one floor lower. You can see how Calgary did it and it’s not a roller coaster.
 
It was previously planned to grade separate with an underground segment spanning Lawrence to Morningside, with an underground station. It had a substantial cost and was undone.

If effective signal priority just doesn't work then sure this should be considered, but the substantial cost that comes with grade separations will make the construction of this line less likely.
 
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