DKsan
Active Member
I, ahem, use the St. Clair streetcar to transfer between the University/Spadina side and the Yonge side to avoid transferring at the hellhole that is Bloor-Yonge during rush hour.
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That hydro line right-of-way continuing west of Scarlett Road next to Dundas Street West, (eastward would the hydro line continuing north along St. Clair) used to be the right-of-way for the Toronto Suburban’s Guelph Division radial line that ran from Keele and St. Clair all the way to Guelph.
BTW. The wooden bridge over the Humber River (used by bicycles) just north of Dundas Street West are the bridge supports for the radial streetcar bridge viaduct over the river.
Surely this isn't true, and can be discounted due to its right wing source http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10521786
Surely this isn't true, and can be discounted due to its right wing source http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10521786
Surely, the St. Clair ROW was designed to accommodate the future street cars? There's only a few years spread between the completion of the ROW and the launch of the new streetcars; so surely someone asked if the new ROW will match the new vehicles?
But if the ROW was already designed and in part complete, then why not buy street cars that can suit the ROW specs?It probably is true. The new streetcars were not ordered until after St. Clair was tendered (some parts were complete) and those would have been contract changes.r.
But if the ROW was already designed and in part complete, then why not buy street cars that can suit the ROW specs?
Probably for the same reason that I didn't buy a dryer that would fit through the door to the laundry room without taking off the door trim and stairrail bannister.But if the ROW was already designed and in part complete, then why not buy street cars that can suit the ROW specs?
Probably for the same reason that I didn't buy a dryer that would fit through the door to the laundry room without taking off the door trim and stairrail bannister.
Because it was a lot easier and cheaper just to temporarily move some wood, than find a drier at a decent price that was a half-an-inch narrower.
The city replaces concrete on sidewalks all the time ... I doubt most people will even notice this happening.
Poor planning? The St. Clair design was completed in 2004, with some minor modifications in 2006. The first stops were completed in February 2007. The new streetcars weren't ordered until June 2009, and the design wasn't finalized until 2011 (if it is indeed it is actually finalized now!).Although this is a sign of poor planning at the TTC, WK Lis is right. This is hardly unusual and isn't a huge deal.
No wonder I don't listen to CFRB 1010. They're making out as if the entire street is going to be ripped up again. Yeesh!