Reidfenwick
New Member
I attended it. Not much new to report, more aimed to get everyone up to speed.
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ownthesky
Active Member
The Open House is now up on YouTube
hw621
Senior Member
When will Fanduel put a bet on the open date of this one?
ownthesky
Active Member
Finally got around to watching it. The one neat thing I learned is that the transit system's expansion is now called "HSR Next" and will be voted for in the next few weeks in council. Hopefully the full BLAST network is pushed for, excited for the new express lines.
Branden Simon
Senior Member
Parkdale Avenue intersection will be closed off on July 23 (originally for July 16-18) for watermain installation to prepare for LRT and Main Street has been closed from Queenston traffic circle to Reid for a while.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/parkdale-avenue-road-closure-lrt-1.7583018
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/parkdale-avenue-road-closure-lrt-1.7583018
Branden Simon
Senior Member
Bank demolition for LRT Main at Kenilworth (July 17, 2025)
KingJames
Active Member
The "before" shot, thanks to Google Streetview
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ownthesky
Active Member
Oh great, now the talk of the town for months will be some variation of “that pizza place could have housed 30 homeless people!”
ownthesky
Active Member
More trees, please: Hamilton pitches LRT route design improvements to Metrolinx
Metrolinx is in charge of designs for the LRT line along Main, King and Queenston
www.thespec.com
Hamilton’s LRT staff apparently want to add ten signalled pedestrian crossings to ensure that the future rapid transit line will be as slow as possible…
BrenWilson
Active Member
Reviewing the proposed locations, some of them make sense, where the design leaves a huge gap between crossings in a very urban area. This isn't like Finch or Eglinton in terms of adjacent land use.More trees, please: Hamilton pitches LRT route design improvements to Metrolinx
Metrolinx is in charge of designs for the LRT line along Main, King and Queenston
Hamilton’s LRT staff apparently want to add ten signalled pedestrian crossings to ensure that the future rapid transit line will be as slow as possible…
CapitalSeven
Senior Member
More trees, please: Hamilton pitches LRT route design improvements to Metrolinx
Metrolinx is in charge of designs for the LRT line along Main, King and Queenston
Hamilton’s LRT staff apparently want to add ten signalled pedestrian crossings to ensure that the future rapid transit line will be as slow as possible…
Well, it could be done such that the LRT has priority and the walk signal activates when a 100-tonne tram isn't bearing down on pedestrians, but one holds out little hope.
ownthesky
Active Member
The commentary document is no longer available for some reason, but from the presentation, I'm seeing quite a few very tightly spaced pedestrian crossings already, so it seems odd to imagine adding many more.
Found a working link:
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KingJames
Active Member
Why not just have it open like Nice in the downtown squares ....
drum118
Superstar
To have this requires the new fleet to have battries and there are no batteries in the new LRVs like Ottawa and Hurontrio that are the same LRVs Hamilton is getting. To change from one power system to another is only 10 sections from what I saw first hand. I don't know if Alstom has a battery LRV for this type of model. It will cost a lot more to have a duel set of LRV's and who will pay the extra cost for them as well change the current contract?
KingJames
Active Member
I was more focussed on access in that no real designated crossings are required. Somehow the Europeans can make it work without all the fuss.