[ARG1]

Is the spacing between stops on surface section of Eglington longer than the Spadina/St.Clair Streetcar? My gripe with Toronto streetcar is just how slow it is with so many stops like the King, Richmond, Queen stops on Spadina or the two stops on King by Lamport Stadium that is literally less than 30m. I think the TTC doesn’t put enough emphasis on the speed of the service by removing stops and increasing speed when safe (I think Steve Munro did an analysis on St.Clair that found the TTC saved almost no journey time even though they separated the streetcar).

Link: https://stevemunro.ca/2021/08/13/travel-times-on-512-st-clair/ and for Spadina https://stevemunro.ca/2021/08/11/how-slow-is-the-510-spadina-car/

Its... better?

However that mostly comes down to them running in areas where there isn't much to begin with, and as such there aren't that many streets that you can have stops. When you look at the existence of stations like Stevenson, Ionview, and Driftwood, the TTC would have had 512 level stop spacing had the street density matched St. Clair.

 

[nfitz]

The original plans for the Crosstown did NOT include the Leslie Station/stop. Then the NIMBYs made it a battle to include it.

The original plans did include it - it was the various later plans that removed it.

Surely asking for more stops in your neighbourhood is the opposite of a Nimby. Perhaps it's an Imby.

Though that the Leslie stop wasn't on the south side was a very bizarre choice - hopefully something that will be fixed one day in the distant future.

 

[trtcttc]

I guess that’s when it’d be helpful if there’s some integrated planning between transit and the city’s other transportation departments. If the stops are further apart, and they made modifications to the street to allow for safe biking from the surrounding neighbourhoods, would be good for the local residents and people that just want to get to their destination faster.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The original plans did include it - it was the various later plans that removed it.

Surely asking for more stops in your neighbourhood is the opposite of a Nimby. Perhaps it's an Imby.

Though that the Leslie stop wasn't on the south side was a very bizarre choice - hopefully something that will be fixed one day in the distant future.

The NIMBYs did not want to be bypassed, but failed to recognize that a south side stop was preferable. They just wanted a stop, period. They didn't include where to place the stop.

 

[nfitz]

The NIMBYs did not want to be bypassed, but failed to recognize that a south side stop was preferable.

I don't think that's true - and really it's Metrolinx that should have sorted out that detail.

 

[evandyk]

It's not really NIMBY in that they want the stop in their backyards, but it's still the NIMBY impulse - that your hyperlocal self-interest should take precedence over good planning and the interests of the community at large.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Dated 2018...

 

[ARG1]

It's not really NIMBY in that they want the stop in their backyards, but it's still the NIMBY impulse - that your hyperlocal self-interest should take precedence over good planning and the interests of the community at large.

The term for that is YIMBY

 

[evandyk]

If only it were so easy to be a YIMBY when you're talking about a 6 storey apartment building on an empty parking lot that will have negligible impact on your own property value, rather than a hundred million dollar train station that will immediately double the value of your apartment.

 

[imerk]

Took a quick photo of Yonge just north of Eglinton yesterday morning, facing southeast. Looks like there’s some concrete work being done in the centre median, with what looks like a staircase ramp in the middle of the street. I’m wondering if these are just temporary structures or part of the permanent conditions. Looking forward to this intersection open back up!

 

[max]

Took a quick photo of Yonge just north of Eglinton yesterday morning, facing southeast. Looks like there’s some concrete work being done in the centre median, with what looks like a staircase ramp in the middle of the street. I’m wondering if these are just temporary structures or part of the permanent conditions. Looking forward to this intersection open back up!

At a meeting I was told that a permanent median was being installed on Yonge north of Eglinton to accommodate a ventilation shaft. This work is being undertaken as part of the upgrades to the Yonge line station.

 

[imerk]

At a meeting I was told that a permanent median was being installed on Yonge north of Eglinton to accommodate a ventilation shaft. This work is being undertaken as part of the upgrades to the Yonge line station.

Thanks, I was wondering if the median would be permanent.

Does anyone know if there is a roll plan of the permanent conditions through this section available online? Spent a few minutes searching and couldn't find anything.

 

[toronto647]

Found this on youtube

 

[kotsy]

I don't understand why this video exists. A simple photo would've accomplished the same thing.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I don't understand why this video exists. A simple photo would've accomplished the same thing.

Pressed "VIDEO" instead of "PHOTO".