[mrxbombastic]

I would simply propose banning left turns at Leslie, and adding u-turn lanes just west of Don Mills and at the new road which connects to Aerodrome Drive. Rob Ford won't like it at all, but this is by far the cheapest solution.

This folks, this is the the kind of stuff we can only hope would pass through the minds of the planners at Metrolinx. Now that the South side alignment seems to be off the books, I genuinely hope this is the plan. U-turn lane on top of the portal on the Don Mills side.

As for mister Ford if he is still around, lets just hope hes in a drunken enough stupor that he'll forget all about it.

 

[reaperexpress]

Also it looks really weird seeing Glen Murray standing in front of a map of the Eglinton LRT with the SRT missing.

As weird as it looks, it is not an error. The SRT is well beyond its lifespan, so it will need to be shut down in 2015. The BD extension would not open until well after the Crosstown, so that is an accurate depiction of rapid transit in Toronto in 2020.

 

[MafaldaBoy]

[video=youtube;xWTd58zn8fw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWTd58zn8fw[/video]

 

[innsertnamehere]

Another great video about the project.. I like them! looking forward to more haha, they should do them for every project in the city, they are a great way of publicizing the project.

 

[W. K. Lis]

At the next TTC meeting on November 18, 2013, there could be a discussion on YONGE-EGLINTON AND EGLINTON WEST INTERCHANGE STATIONS METROLINX EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT – PRELIMINARY CONCEPT DESIGN APPROVALS. Download the PDF from this link.

There is a request to shift the current Eglinton Subway station on the 1 Yonge line north by 70 metres.

Currently customers using Eglinton Station experience crowding and congestion at the north end of the platform. With the construction of the LRT interchange station, the morning weekday peak hour customers transferring at this location are forecast to be very high, approximately 10,000 customers in the year 2051. This large volume requires a design to mitigate the increased congestion and crowding on the subway platform. Excessive crowding on the platform is a concern for safety as well as for operations. The design prepared by Metrolinx proposes to shift the Eglinton subway platform approximately 70 metres to the north. This configuration will allow the connecting stairs and escalators between the transit platforms to be located both north and south of the LRT line to distribute the customers for better circulation (see Appendix C). This design is superior to an earlier concept that left the Eglinton subway platform in its current location which would result in excessive crowding and congestion concentrated at the north end of the platform.

The shift of the subway platform requires elimination of the pocket track located to the north of the station and relocation of some subway service rooms. TTC staff has determined that there are acceptable operational alternatives available.

 

[innsertnamehere]

^good idea, I always found it odd that the platform was so far south at Eglinton, there is no easy access to it from the north side of the street.

 

[Rainforest]

It has probably been to late to change the location of the portal for a while now, but I guess it could be possible to elevate the LRT tracks over the intersection with Leslie and bring them back down before the railway overpass, I'm not sure if there is enough distance between Leslie and the railway overpass for this to happen, it seems long enough to be possible, like most of the schemes to eliminate the problems with this intersection it would negate the need for underground storage tracks at Laird station and be cost neutral.

Sounds like a plan.

South-side alignment would probably be both cheaper and easier, but if it is out of the picture due to the portal location, a short elevated section should definitely be considered instead.

 

[Rainforest]

I would simply propose banning left turns at Leslie, and adding u-turn lanes just west of Don Mills and at the new road which connects to Aerodrome Drive. Rob Ford won't like it at all, but this is by far the cheapest solution.

Ford may not be the biggest problem; the volumes of traffic to / from Leslie might be too high for the U-turn based system. U-terms replacing left turns work best for quiet residential streets with light traffic.

 

[Rainforest]

As weird as it looks, it is not an error. The SRT is well beyond its lifespan, so it will need to be shut down in 2015. The BD extension would not open until well after the Crosstown, so that is an accurate depiction of rapid transit in Toronto in 2020.

They will probably keep SRT on life support till 2018 or so. But yes, there could be a gap of a few years when SRT is already shut down and the BD extension has not opened yet.

 

[WislaHD]

^good idea, I always found it odd that the platform was so far south at Eglinton, there is no easy access to it from the north side of the street.

What? You can easily access it from the north side, from the underground portion that extends to the mall.

 

[innsertnamehere]

exactly, you have to walk through a large mall. no direct street access.

 

[andrewpmk]

Ford may not be the biggest problem; the volumes of traffic to / from Leslie might be too high for the U-turn based system. U-terms replacing left turns work best for quiet residential streets with light traffic.

A grade separated interchange would be needed then. Sort of like the Bayview/Lawrence interchange, with Eglinton and the LRT above and Leslie below.

Making the LRT elevated is not possible because of the CP railway bridge.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

At the next TTC meeting on November 18, 2013, there could be a discussion on YONGE-EGLINTON AND EGLINTON WEST INTERCHANGE STATIONS METROLINX EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT – PRELIMINARY CONCEPT DESIGN APPROVALS. Download the PDF from this link.

There is a request to shift the current Eglinton Subway station on the 1 Yonge line north by 70 metres.

Yes! Good to finally see some forward looking solutions for these sorts of issues instead of building an interchange station configured in a way that's no better than the current Y+B.

AoD

 

[BurlOak]

A grade separated interchange would be needed then. Sort of like the Bayview/Lawrence interchange, with Eglinton and the LRT above and Leslie below.

Making the LRT elevated is not possible because of the CP railway bridge.

Why does Metrolinx always plan the wrong thing and then force more expensive solutions to correct the faults.

When does the construction on this portal actually start. Maybe we can just pay an extra $100M or so to the Contractor and get them to switch to the south side alignment. We can just call it the Metrolinx stupidity fee that I am sure the public would be happy to pay.

It is really a joke that Metrolnx has completely bungled their first two City of Toronto projects - namely the SRT replacment and the Eglinton line. Is it Metrolinx's fault alone, or are they directed by the Liberal government, or a combination of the two. Nobody will have any confidence for the remaining Metrolinx projects and decisions like these will go a long way towards encouraging the public to NOT accept any new transit taxes.

I rememeber back in the spring some people thought that a continued Liberal government would be the best for transit. So far we have the Scarborough Subway standoff (between City and Province plan), complete with numerous cancellation fees, and this Eglinton line debacle. We have a government covered in corruption that has no moral authority, or political will, to raise money for transit. Boy do I wish we could go back in time and defeat the Liberals in the spring when we had the chance.

 

[Johnny Au]

The existing Eglinton station platform would still be used for those coming from the bus bays, as well as those coming from Berwick Avenue.