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My main gripes with Uber are usually on pickups. I've had multiple times where a driver accepted a ride but never came (I could see them waiting several km away), I think waiting for me to cancel the ride. I've also tried it from the airport and the uber driver didn't know about the designated pickup area on the lower level so I had to schlep up to the arrivals level to meet him.
 
allengeorge said:
Per a poster on Reddit apparently the driver was trying to make a u-turn. Take that with a grain of salt, since it’s a random poster, and who knows if it’s true or not - but it passes the smell test.
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That's how the majority of ION's 'accidents' have happened. People making U-turns where they're not permitted and signalized.
 
KevinT said:
That's how the majority of ION's 'accidents' have happened. People making U-turns where they're not permitted and signalized.
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To be fair, ION is much more akin to a Streetcar. A lot of places where its running are curbside along the road in Downtown Kitchener and Uptown Waterloo, and tracks cross many driveways with just "look out for trains"" signs. And at intersections, rather than signalizing every turning movement for drivers and putting a turning lane, A digital sign will just light up everytime there's a train to warn drivers not to turn.


You'll be surprised to hear how well this actually works. I assume drivers are accustomed to it. The transit priority's excellent here too, there's only a handful of times that trains actually have to stop a light.
 
The Agenda discussed the Crosstown debacle last night


I think the opportunity to comment on how government had messed up this project many times before it even started was largely absent from the talk.

From Bob Rae and Mike Harris delaying and then canceling the original Eglinton subway, then the delay of the portion to the airport by McGuinty, to finally Rob Ford declaring the line being entirely underground, only to be reversed by city hall, the line has really gone through decades of political meddling.
 
robmausser said:
The Agenda discussed the Crosstown debacle last night


I think the opportunity to comment on how government had messed up this project many times before it even started was largely absent from the talk.

From Bob Rae and Mike Harris delaying and then canceling the original Eglinton subway, then the delay of the portion to the airport by McGuinty, to finally Rob Ford declaring the line being entirely underground, only to be reversed by city hall, the line has really gone through decades of political meddling.
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Okay, but Crosstown in its more-or-less current form can only be traced back to 2007.
 
Column by Karen Stintz which includes:

"Although the federal Liberal government cannot be held to account for the current debacle, they are responsible for adding the unbudgeted stations of Leslie and Chesswood to the tune of $500 million and, with it, delays."

streetsoftoronto.com

Who is to blame for the Crosstown LRT's epic fail

LRT construction seems to endlessly carry on with little concern for the impact on neighbours, businesses or local traffic
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I don't remember this aspect. Anyone else have a bit more on the history?
 
Allandale25 said:
Column by Karen Stintz which includes:

"Although the federal Liberal government cannot be held to account for the current debacle, they are responsible for adding the unbudgeted stations of Leslie and Chesswood to the tune of $500 million and, with it, delays."

streetsoftoronto.com

Who is to blame for the Crosstown LRT's epic fail

LRT construction seems to endlessly carry on with little concern for the impact on neighbours, businesses or local traffic
streetsoftoronto.com streetsoftoronto.com

I don't remember this aspect. Anyone else have a bit more on the history?
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Chesswood isnt a station lol, "chesswood drive" is a street at downsview park

Leslie/sunnybrook park has a bit of history behind it. Where local residents wanted a stop either underground or grade-separated at grade stop
the cost for an underground stop there was about $100 million. the latter was also a timeline delay due to an ea
en.wikipedia.org

Sunnybrook Park stop - Wikipedia

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Is this person a legitimate writer? shes just making stuff up lol
 
There is no such thing as Chesswood station on ECLRT. The writer probably meant Oakwood station, and indeed some debate had happened about its addition.

I am not aware of any federal government role in the Oakwood station or Leslie station debate.

IMHO, Oakwood station is desirable, it serves an established community. Skipping that station would be the same kind of mean as skipping the Cummer station on the Yonge extension. Oakwood station (which is underground) did add to the costs, but I assume that was a lot less than 500 million given that the construction started more than 10 years ago and everything was cheaper back than.

Leslie station probably didn't add to the costs at all, because that station as at surface. Metrolinx wanted to skip that station and tunnel all the way from Brentcliffe to Don Mills, without any stations in between. Perhaps not a bad idea, taking into account very low density near Leslie station. But some of the few existing residents complained and the station was kept, at the cost of surfacing the line and having to depend on traffic lights en route from Brentcliffe to Don Mills. According to Metrolinx, the saving from the shorter tunnel balances out the cost of two extra portals and the surface Leslie station, making the latter cost-neutral.
 
generalcanada said:
Is this person a legitimate writer? shes just making stuff up lol
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Karen Stintz is a former City councillor, best known for making the compromise with Rob Ford to get the Crosstown Built as an LRT, in exchange for getting the Sheppard Subway built as is. For better or worse, she's the reason why the Crosstown started construction when it did. What her credentials are as a writer I cannot say.
 
ARG1 said:
Karen Stintz is a former City councillor, best known for making the compromise with Rob Ford to get the Crosstown Built as an LRT, in exchange for getting the Sheppard Subway built as is. For better or worse, she's the reason why the Crosstown started construction when it did. What her credentials are as a writer I cannot say.
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There is a lot odd in your comment there. The Sheppard Subway was fully built before the Eglinton Crosstown was even a twinkle in David Miller's eye.
Perhaps did you mean the Scarborough Subway extension?

And she's not a writer for The Star, it's simply an opinion column, but it was probably solicited by The Star for content because while a councilor she was also the Chair of the TTC for four years from 2010 to 2014, the exact years after the province axed billions of previously dedicated funding, so she was the point person on getting "something... anything" actually built.
 
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Jonny5 said:
There is a lot odd in your comment there. The Sheppard Subway was fully built before the Eglinton Crosstown was even a twinkle in David Miller's eye.
Perhaps did you mean the Scarborough Subway extension?
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I believe that the OP is referring to the 2011 deal between Stintz and Ford to extend the Sheppard Subway - though I thought still included Eglinton underground until 2012 ... but there were many variations between 2010 and 2013, as Ford had little of council or the TTC.

<edit> And I am wrong, based on the following post. There were a lot of approved plans between 2010 and 2013 - it's like the entire council was on crack or something ...
 
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Jonny5 said:
There is a lot odd in your comment there. The Sheppard Subway was fully built before the Eglinton Crosstown was even a twinkle in David Miller's eye.
Perhaps did you mean the Scarborough Subway extension?
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I did mean that yes, I thought that the implication was clear since we're talking about 2012 here.
 
From the city's Eglinton TOday newsletter:

In our update last month, we communicated that staff would provide a project update to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee (IEC) on June 5, 2023 (today) followed by a full report for approval in the fall.

Metrolinx has not completed finalizing underground preparations on some sections on Eglinton Avenue which has affected timelines of the proposed eglintonToday project. City staff will not be providing an eglintonTOday update to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee (IEC) today and instead will focus on developing a comprehensive monitoring and data collection plan with stakeholders and reporting to IEC and City Council, with a new targeted timeline of reporting in the fall.

eglintonTOday Update

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