Tell that to the Atlanta Streetcar:
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Those "shelters" are a joke.
If Eglinton east gets buried as well the outdoor stretch from Laird to Kennedy would become the whole lines weakest link, and may get buried itself at a later date anyway so those shelters won’t be there for too long.
There is next to 0 chance of Eglinton East getting buried. Its density and use is probably the best suited area in most of Toronto for a "streetcar-style" LRT with many stops close together, whereas Eglinton West is better suited for rapid transit out to points of interest.
The real nail in the coffin is the fact that Eg East will connect to 3 GO stations, which will very soon have rapid electric transit operating every 15 minutes or less.
I really don't see this being buried unless Rob Ford rises from the grave.
Atlanta? If you set the bar any lower it would be underground.Tell that to the Atlanta Streetcar:
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The likelihood of the shelters getting replaced with something more substantial anytime soon is very small. It's not just a question of installing more substantial shelters, because more substantial shelters require more room. What we're getting now is all that will be there for a long time. Proper rapid transit requires proper shelters no matter how frequently trains arrive. Unfortunately the surface part of the Crosstown isn't proper rapid transit.At the very least, shelters can be upgraded in the future and changed. While it would be nice to have them right from the get-go, its not like something like a transit line that is routed through the wrong neighbourhood or something.
The things people complain about the Crosstown, the drab grey LRTs, and the shelters, are all things that could be improved in the future.
Good point, as the expanded GO lines will siphon off a lot of ridership that they currently can't, especially people headed downtown. Having said that, you don't need subway level ridership to build medium capacity rapid transit in medium demand corridors.The presence of the Ontario Line also means that the Eglinton Line east of Yonge will never have the demand required for subway service.
The busiest portions of the Eglinton Line (in terms of peak utilization), and perhaps the portions most deserving of subway service, will be west of Allen Road and east of Kennedy Station.
Do they have brutal winters too?If you look at other LRT systems around the world most of them have the same type of shelters. I found some videos on YouTube of the one in Edinbourgh Scotland and even for stops outside of the city they only have a small shelter like the ones on the crosstown line too.
Do they have brutal winters too?