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They used black on Front Street East of Jarvis so they 'can'....I hope they don't use the ugly grey light posts. I hate seeing them in this city. Why can't they use black?
They used black on Front Street East of Jarvis so they 'can'....I hope they don't use the ugly grey light posts. I hate seeing them in this city. Why can't they use black?
They used black on Front Street East of Jarvis so they 'can'....
Any arguments for/against that?
As I mentioned, I believe that they are part of Stage 3 (after Bay Concourse), but I am not certain of that.
It just sounds odd to me. Instead of taking advantage of this current closure of the west moat ... at some future date they are going to construct glass skylights above a heavily trafficked pedestrian area?
Indeed, and building a glass roof when still doing work above and around it would not be too smart. We have waited this long, we can wait a year more.I think they have experience building glass roofs above heavily used areas.
USRC (Union Station Rail Corridor) is being resignalled. They begin this year. This allows more throughput into/out of the station while complying with safety regulations.Case well made. it's above my pay grade to say yea or nay.
Do many rail operation safety regs have to change to allow even tighter scheduling or 'double berthing'?
It just sounds odd to me. Instead of taking advantage of this current closure of the west moat ... at some future date they are going to construct glass skylights above a heavily trafficked pedestrian area?
Stage one
Completion of early works (demolition, abatement and other preparatory work)
Start of excavation ("dig down") under the York concourse, VIA concourse and part of the Bay concourse
Start of upgrades to mechanical and electrical systems
Start of restoration work on the exterior façade
Completion of loading dock
Completion of the Bay and York teamways within the viaduct structure
Completion of West Wing
Completion of VIA Panorama Lounge
Completion of two new bike stations
Completion of York concourse
Completion of lower retail level on west side
Completion of first part of North/West PATH across Front St.
Stage two
Continue with dig down under the Bay concourse
Continue with construction of the new Bay concourse
Construction of a retail level below the Bay concourse (part of the future Bay promenade)
Restoration of VIA concourse
Continuation of the restoration/repair of the exterior façade and initiate work within the Great Hall
Restoration of Front St. West moat and York St. moat and installation of moat covers
Stage three
Renovation of the first floor of the East Wing
Multi-phased dig down below the East Wing for the completion of the Bay promenade retail level
Completion of the repair/restoration of the Great Hall
Complete the repair/restoration of the exterior facade
Reconstruction of the Front St. East moat and installation of a moat cover including removal of the steps down to the TTC
Restoration of Bay St. moat and installation of a moat cover
Completion of the NW Path to Wellington St.
Also, Metrolinx is beginning a Feasibility Study for Positive Train Control (PTC). It improves safety by automatically braking a train when it gets too close to the train ahead, or hits a speed limit while being too fast, etc. Metrolinx may even do this in conjunction with the RER upgrades, as PTC increases a track capacity, and permits subway-style 3-minute headways between trains on supported infrastructure.
Metrolinx is setting up a new train traffic control (a control centre room), which will help with dispatching and routing of trains, enhancing safety further and speeding up operations.
Double berthing used to be done at Union, the old (disused) berths still exist, Metrolinx is just re-activating what used to be done by passenger services of yesteryear. Some safety rules would need to be followed, and appropriate infrastructure installed.
You have a few months yet - the Bay concourse is remaining open until the PAG are over.Thanks kotsy - I will have to find the time to document the last days of the Bay Concourse at some point. It's really a lot of hassle to bring the gear along on a workday and having to brave the rush.
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Good point. They modified the timing, by the virtue of delays becoming so close to PanAm, that they decided to run both concourses concurrently during the Games. Not a bad idea.You have a few months yet - the Bay concourse is remaining open until the PAG are over.