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They could build loops with the building over the loop, like they did with the McCaul Loop.Something already proposed for that block: (east of the gas station)
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https://www.gordperks.ca/nov_9_23 Community Meeting to discuss development proposal at 1730 Bloor Street West The property owners of 1730 Bloor St West, current site of strip mall and 7-11, is holding an Online Community Meeting to share preliminary plans for a 25-storey mixed-use development...urbantoronto.ca
Even if you get the entire block, all that buys you is platform width, it doesn't get you additional bus bays, which is what is needed there.
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If you kept the bus terminal roughly where it is today, you could buy 4 or so properties to the north and stagger the bus bays in a saw-tooth pattern, that would get you 1 additional bus bay (north side only)
Fairly expensive relative to the pay off. An alternative choice, providing that it can be graded to deal w/any flooding issues is to the move the bus platform to the eastern 1/2 of the station, east of Indian Grove. (currently parking)
That would allow roughly 4 additional bus bays (including replacing the existing ones)
The challenge is the limited space for access off the east end of the Keele Platform; and you would need another set of elevators.
On top of that, the buses would all have to enter/exit via Indian Road, and Bloor, which would be a bit of a pain.
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There is one other alternative, I suppose, but I don't think it would impress the locals:
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The bus platform could be extended out to the TTC property limit and the buses could circle using Indian Grove.
This wouldn't necessarily result in the closure of Indian Grove at Bloor; though that would be be an option, but it would be congested w/all those buses if you didn't.
That extension would get you 2 additional bus bays at the existing station. (one on the north, one on the south)
They could build loops with the building over the loop, like they did with the McCaul Loop.
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The biggest problem is bus layovers not boarding platforms. If you only go north to St Clair, you can board any northbound buses.They could. The challenge is in getting a vaguely sensible shape, giving that you want the exit to Keele to be about where it is now.
Pulling the platforms south to get additional bus bays would eat a lot of real estate. But you could definitely add one that way, I'm not sure about 2, I'd have to draw it out.
um… is High Park Loop somewhere people are going to want to get streetcars in the middle of the night?Report on the 2024 Service Plan is on the agenda for the TTC meeting next week.
Off the top, the proposal would add back 2% of pre-pandemic service, or roughly 2.1% more service hours than operate today. (For the record, that is wholly inadequate)
* its also misleading, It is my understanding that the TTC is counting the SRT replacement bus hours in these numbers, which consumer far more service hours than the SRT did)
There's a lot to read/take in, so I may edit this post to add info or make additional posts.
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um… is High Park Loop somewhere people are going to want to get streetcars in the middle of the night?
Its the only place it can loop for 506 unless it runs up to Dundas West Station.. Expect almost zero riders for the loop and Howard.um… is High Park Loop somewhere people are going to want to get streetcars in the middle of the night?
Sorry - I was trying to edit your post to just have the image of the night streetcars, clearly goofed somehowUmmm, why are you asking me? I said nothing about High Park Loop.
At the moment the 306 does run up to Dundas West, but by the looks of that map it is to be displaced by the new 305. I guess they don’t feel they can manage both routes on the same platform. Doesn’t seem like a great place for operators to layover during the night.Its the only place it can loop for 506 unless it runs up to Dundas West Station.. Expect almost zero riders for the loop and Howard.
People actually live in the medium density neighbourhood between Dundas Avenue West and Parkside Drive, along Howard Park Avenue. Living people actually moved into the condo that replaced the former Roncesvalles Chapel of Turner & Porter Funeral Home. (Did you know Turner & Porter started in the undertaking business at 9 and 11 Queen Street West, now The Bay.)Its the only place it can loop for 506 unless it runs up to Dundas West Station.. Expect almost zero riders for the loop and Howard.
Accepted, but there are lots of areas in the city which aren’t covered by 300 series routes - and aren’t by the existing 306 routingPeople actually live in the medium density neighbourhood between Dundas Avenue West and Parkside Drive, along Howard Park Avenue. Living people actually moved into the condo that replaced the former Roncesvalles Chapel of Turner & Porter Funeral Home. (Did you know Turner & Porter started in the undertaking business at 9 and 11 Queen Street West, now The Bay.)
This is exactly why the lowest bidder is not always the most economical. Bidders who accurately bid on jobs likely take some hiccups into consideration. The lowest bidder will always leave room for "extra", which is not Included as part of the bid.@DSC @Northern Light I found something on Reddit this morning that MAY shed some light on this situation.
Apparently, the issue with the escalators may be that they are done by two different unions that are not playing nice together. Take the below comment with a grain of salt but there are TTC staff lurking on that subreddit so this could very well be true.