[BurlOak]

People in Toronto complain about the lack of public transit and then complain when it actually gets built. Some people just can’t be pleased

I think they complain about lack of Rapid Transit.

 

[Bureaucromancer]

And the loss of buses - running approximately every 3 minutes in their own lane - counts for nothing, of course?

Dan

I think the idea is that the bus lanes are so completely unenforced as not to matter. Which says a LOT about the people who seriously complain about this on Eglinton.

 

[Neutrino]

Suburban traffic lanes carry 900-1,200 vehicles per hour at peak iirc
It's not like 20 buses an hour adds much to congestion.

 

[TransitBart]

And the loss of buses - running approximately every 3 minutes in their own lane - counts for nothing, of course?

Dan

Memories are short. I used to hate Eglinton. There were reserved bus lanes on the curb which were a total pain in the ass to navigate. I'll take in median and separated over dodging buses stopping randomly any day. As for every three minutes. It seemed they used to travel in packs - three at one intersection at a time. I don't miss that.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Suburban traffic lanes carry 900-1,200 vehicles per hour at peak iirc
It's not like 20 buses an hour adds much to congestion.

At 1.5 people per motor vehicle, that means 1,350 - 1,800 people. Not much when compared with buses or light rail.

 

[drum118]

According to Metrolinx Capital Project Report for next week meeting, overhead insulation is supposed to be taking place from the west portal to Caledonia, but I don't see any from the portal to Mt Dennis yet.

Over 41% of the track has now been installed on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (ECLRT) along with all of the fibre, lighting, overhead catenary system and cabling from Mt. Dennis to Caledonia.

 

[Allandale25]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1170719678739750913

 

[BurlOak]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1170719678739750913

What kind of person considers Eglinton being the "Northern Side of Toronto".?

 

[hw621]

What kind of person considers Eglinton being the "Northern Side of Toronto".?

Should be grateful that he didn't say"Northern Side of Ontario"...

 

[torontopeter]

What kind of person considers Eglinton being the "Northern Side of Toronto".?

A person from out of town. Cut him a break. His series of tweets and a longer article on Toronto transit were very positive.

 

[sixrings]

I consider Eglinton the northern side of Toronto. Bloor is the middle of Toronto. King street downtown. The rest is the burbs.

 

[hw621]

I consider Eglinton the northern side of Toronto. Blood middle Toronto. King street downtown. The rest is the burbs.

Blood middle Toronto

 

[Richard White]

I consider Eglinton the northern side of Toronto. Blood middle Toronto. King street downtown. The rest is the burbs.

When you get to the eastern end of Eglinton it is actually closer to the lake than it is the northern end of Toronto.

 

[cplchanb]

I mean before ML approved the contract, Crosslinx would have proposed how much it will cost to build the surface section. If ML ask for work to be done quickly (let's say within 3 months), the cost would have been higher upfront. Of course the Libs was trying to keep the project cost as low as possible. So we see what ML brought to us and they are partially to blame for the project scheduling.

Exactly. For this ineptitude in project management ML should be held responsible for hiring crosslinx, but the fault should lie mostly on the latter as they are the construction managers and they are supposed to be the subject matter experts and the ones doing the job as construction managers. It's not like ML can fire them midway through.

 

[sixrings]

Blood middle Toronto

Why do I own a blackberry with a physical keyboard if it's still going to auto correct.