[W. K. Lis]

From link.

Upcoming Traffic Changes at West Portal

Traffic lanes and the pedestrian sidewalk will be shifted to the south side of Eglinton Avenue between Black Creek Drive and Bicknell Avenue.

Work is expected to begin as early as August 17th and last for approximately 4-6 months.

Traffic and Pedestrian Details

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  • Traffic lanes and the pedestrian sidewalk will be shifted to the south side of Eglinton Avenue between Black Creek Drive and Bicknell.
  • The sidewalk on the north side of Eglinton Avenue from Black Creek Drive to Bicknell Avenue will be closed.
  • All currently open crosswalks will be maintained for this stage of work.
  • At least one (1) lane in each direction east-west along Eglinton Avenue will be maintained.
  • Conditions may change due to unforeseen circumstances and will be communicated separately.

... that shows 3 lanes eastbound on Eglinton at Black Creek and only two on the opposite side... that surely cant be right ? I can see that causing accidents, lots of them.

Likely, they'll use traffic pylons in one of the lanes. It could become bicycle lanes when everything is finished.

What a difference 90 years makes. From link.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Being installed now

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Awesome. Hopefully this small section helps Toronto embrace the idea of elevated transit like in Vancouver.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Awesome. Hopefully this small section helps Toronto embrace the idea of elevated transit like in Vancouver.

We already have elevated transit in Toronto. Ther are sections of the Bloor Danforth line that are on bridges also there is the Scarborough RT. I don't see what having elevated transit is so special though.

 

[Neutrino]

Cheaper than tunneling

 

[Tulse]

Elevated is cheaper, but is it hugely intrusive visually, and usually produces an urban no-mans-land underneath.

 

[raptor]

Elevated is cheaper, but is it hugely intrusive visually, and usually produces an urban no-mans-land underneath.

pros outweigh the cons

 

[Neutrino]

Is it more intrusive than 6-10 lanes of traffic?

 

[steveintoronto]

Awesome. Hopefully this small section helps Toronto embrace the idea of elevated transit like in Vancouver.

You might be hoping for too much. SRT has become the butt of derision, unfortunately.

 

[rickvbiker]

Likely, they'll use traffic pylons in one of the lanes. It could become bicycle lanes when everything is finished.

Are they anywhere near returning Eglinton around Mt. Dennis (or any other station) to a "state of good repair"? I thought the Eglinton Connects plan (with its bike lanes) is supposed to kick in once Crosslinx finishes with a section of Eglinton... Aside - is there an Eglinton Connects forum here on UT?

 

[Tuck]

Elevated is cheaper, but is it hugely intrusive visually, and usually produces an urban no-mans-land underneath.

Much of these areas are already no mans land. We aren't talking about the middle of downtown.

 

[Amare]

Elevated is cheaper, but is it hugely intrusive visually, and usually produces an urban no-mans-land underneath.

Really? I had no idea:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Really? I had no idea:

Things are nice when they are not half-assed.

This is Toronto. If we did elevated, we would make Philly blush.

 

[Amare]

Things are nice when they are not half-assed.

This is Toronto. If we did elevated, we would make Philly blush.

To be fair Vancouver cheaped out as well with the Canada Line by choosing to build it at lower capacity than what was actually needed, and now they are really regretting it.

Toronto on the other hand has a serious issue with integrating transit into our urban framework. Here we do all of these "studies" to see how we can integrate things better, and at the end we choose the worst option (ie: see Queen's Quay and St.Clair for further proof). We havent gone the way of building things to a lower capacity than what is needed, but that may very well change with the DRL South.

 

[BurlOak]

To be fair Vancouver cheaped out as well with the Canada Line by choosing to build it at lower capacity than what was actually needed, and now they are really regretting it.

Although Canada line capacity is greater than Eglinton.
- Canada Line cost $110M/km for 9 km tunnel and 10 km elevated.
- Eglinton cost $280M/km for 11 km tunnel and 8 km at-grade in-median.

 

[Steve X]

Really? I had no idea:

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There is only one set of tracks on this elevated structure. They didn't want twice as much cluster.