[LNahid2000]

The TTC achieved this at Dundas/Victoria in a few days just a couple of weeks ago. The TTC has a very narrow timeframe to install tracks in a live environment and they have done better and is always on time. Maybe John Tory should had his photo ops there. This is really nothing to be proud.

Funny, that happened this morning.

 

[Eug]

I'm curious, what is it they are doing on Eglinton East in the at-grade portion of the line?

They removed the concrete median separating the eastbound lanes from the westbound lanes for a long stretch of Eglinton east. However, now they are filling in the hole left behind with asphalt. Or at least partially filling it in, leaving it looks like about an inch or two between the top of that new asphalt to the road surface.

I am just curious what this is for, and what the plan is going forward. Are they going to level all this out to road surface level, to allow for changing the lane configuration, for example to temporarily run a lane over where the median used to be?

 

[ShonTron]

I'm curious, what is it they are doing on Eglinton East in the at-grade portion of the line?

They removed the concrete median separating the eastbound lanes from the westbound lanes for a long stretch of Eglinton east. However, now they are filling in the hole left behind with asphalt. Or at least partially filling it in, leaving it looks like about an inch or two between the top of that new asphalt to the road surface.

I am just curious what this is for, and what the plan is going forward. Are they going to level all this out to road surface level, to allow for changing the lane configuration, for example to temporarily run a lane over where the median used to be?

That makes the most sense. Utility re-location is likely as the first part of the surface LRT work.

 

[smallspy]

That makes the most sense. Utility re-location is likely as the first part of the surface LRT work.

Indeed, that's exactly what it is for. To move the existing utilities out from under where the LRT tracks will go, and to put in the conduit for the LRT's own utilities.

While they're at it, they'll rebuild the road one half at a time.

Dan
Toronto, Ont.

 

[Steve X]

If I'm remembering correctly, the Eglinton West LRT was initially planned to open in 2015. In an alternate universe, with better coordination it might have been possible to get the LRT open in time for the games, and use GO Transit to shuttle people between Mt Dennis and Union Station.

Anyways the Crosstown West is better designed than the Eglinton West LRT was, so maybe it's for the best in the long run.

Transit city wasn't anywhere to be completed by 2015. TTC lowballed all estimated (cost and time). Other cities are getting away with LRTs costing $40m per km while we can't even build a km for $100m. The original estimated cost was something like $2.4b for the entire 26km. Then they realized the tunnel would cost twice as much.

It wasn't going to get built by the games even if the Liberals put forth the money. Even if they did, we'll have not trains to run the line.

 

[robmausser]

They threw in the Eglinton West LRT extension (Mt. Dennis to YYZ) in with SmartTrack, after rejecting the heavy rail option along Eglinton West in Etobicoke for SmartTrack. See link. They are currently looking into doing revisions to the EA, for grade separations for some of the intersections, such as Martin Grove Road and others. In addition (make that subtraction), they may remove some of minor stops.

Wondering if they will have to change some of the stop names. Personally, they shouldn't.

This is what most likely will get built

Which I actually think is much better and actually makes an LRT rapid transit. In fact, I would do grade separations at Islington and Royal York as well, then every stop would not conflict with a major intersection at all.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The holdup for the EA revision has to do with the Pearson Transit Hub. With the current EA, the Eglinton LRT was to have its own station at Pearson, but now with the Transit Hub, it means a B-I-G station at Pearson connecting with several transportation systems.

 

[BurlOak]

This is what most likely will get built

Which I actually think is much better and actually makes an LRT rapid transit. In fact, I would do grade separations at Islington and Royal York as well, then every stop would not conflict with a major intersection at all.

East Mall seems like a very bad stop.

1. Draw a 500m circle around it and you get a lot of highway ramps, creeks, parkland, etc.
2. Those in the NE and SE quadrants of these circles (who are mostly beyond 300m) would actually be closer to Martin Grove.
3. There is nobody just highway in the NW quadrant.
4. In the SW quadrant, there are a dozen houses.
5. Roughly due south, there is 1 strip mall, and then again a few single family houses beyond the 300m mark.

The East Mall and Rangoon buses would still be in existence (going to Martin Grove Station and Commerce Station respectively) so these relatively small numbers of people would still be served no worse than today.

Agree with full grade-separation. Not much marginal cost, but plenty of benefit (auto operation, more reliable, faster, etc.)

 

[TheTigerMaster]

The holdup for the EA revision has to do with the Pearson Transit Hub. With the current EA, the Eglinton LRT was to have its own station at Pearson, but now with the Transit Hub, it means a B-I-G station at Pearson connecting with several transportation systems.

This is the EA revision for Crosstown West, correct?

When is it to be completed?

 

[Voltz]

The holdup for the EA revision has to do with the Pearson Transit Hub. With the current EA, the Eglinton LRT was to have its own station at Pearson, but now with the Transit Hub, it means a B-I-G station at Pearson connecting with several transportation systems.

Why would there be a holdup? And when was this mentioned? I don't remember the Airport grounds ever being a part of the EA's. And the map posted above shows the endpoint of the EA at the Airport property line.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Mississauga riders shouldn't have to pay extra if they connect to the LRT just to go to the airport.

 

[cplchanb]

Mississauga riders shouldn't have to pay extra if they connect to the LRT just to go to the airport.

why not? its a separate service. There shouldnt be a flat fare for everything or else well never make any money off of this.
on that note what do you mean by connect to the lrt? from which point?

 

[M II A II R II K]

It's all within Mississauga anyway, unless you extend the Transitway to the airport as well.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Mississauga riders shouldn't have to pay extra if they connect to the LRT just to go to the airport.

They just have to stay on and use the MiWay 7 Airport bus, without transferring. See link.

Since they built the Mississauga TransitWay to use buses and not a light rail vehicle you'd think that the MiWay 7 Airport bus would use it, except that their 7 bus doesn't use the TransitWay.

 

[Big Daddy]

The "busway" in Mississauga was by far the greatest waste of transit money ($185,000,000) the province has ever seen. It starts at "nowhere" and goes to "nowhere". You'd think it would deliver people to either the airport or a subway line in west Toronto but you'd be wrong. It deposits people in the middle of nowhere.

And it will be followed by the second greatest waste of transit money - an LRT from somewhere in Brampton to south Mississauga. Who needs this?. If you drive in this city in rush hour, people are trying to get from Peel (Mississauga and Brampton) to Toronto and vice-versa. nobody is trying to get to Brampton from Mississauga or vice-versa.

Why aren't we building and extension to the Bloor subway to Square One? Certainly it would immediately benefit far more people than an extension to Vaughn. Politics?