edmundoconnor
Active Member
I am a little late to the party, but Dennis has almost - almost - made it under the tracks to Caledonia. Come on little fella, you can do it ...
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A partial closure of northbound Allen Rd. for nearly two years could shave three or four months of pain off some Eglinton Ave. commutes by allowing Metrolinx to finish some of its work on the $5.3-billion Crosstown LRT a little faster.
So the only benefit from closing Allen northbound is 3-4 months less construction on Eglinton before station construction in 2016? That doesn't really seem like much of a benefit to me.
Do the people driving to the northbound Allen ramps ever, ever, ever actually shop at any of the stores on Eglinton before the construction? Or do they just use Eglinton as a thoroughfare to get from point A to point B? Does the slowing of traffic actually cause the drivers to look at the storefronts while they are waiting to move again? Could that actually be o benefit, the slowing of the traffic? It seems to be a bit of a good news/bad news to me.
Do the people driving to the northbound Allen ramps ever, ever, ever actually shop at any of the stores on Eglinton before the construction? Or do they just use Eglinton as a thoroughfare to get from point A to point B? Does the slowing of traffic actually cause the drivers to look at the storefronts while they are waiting to move again? Could that actually be o benefit, the slowing of the traffic? It seems to be a bit of a good news/bad news to me.
Josh Colle said that Marlee would be extremely congested when the Allen closes south of Lawrence.
That stretch of Eglinton is already quite slow.Do the people driving to the northbound Allen ramps ever, ever, ever actually shop at any of the stores on Eglinton before the construction? Or do they just use Eglinton as a thoroughfare to get from point A to point B? Does the slowing of traffic actually cause the drivers to look at the storefronts while they are waiting to move again? Could that actually be o benefit, the slowing of the traffic? It seems to be a bit of a good news/bad news to me.
Josh Colle said that Marlee would be extremely congested when the Allen closes south of Lawrence.
* There should not be a bus stop at Marlee, its close enough to Lawrence West. Walk damnit! I take issue with stops close to subway stations in general though.
This is a problem throughout the city, bus/streetcar stops only steps away from the subway station.