GameOnBrad
Active Member
Oh, I'm aware of that. But with any good paintjob, they could easily just cover the track itself while painting the lines.
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Oh, I'm aware of that. But with any good paintjob, they could easily just cover the track itself while painting the lines.
DSCToronto
Superstar
But why bother, if it is not clear that the pedestrian crossing extends across the whole street because there is a gap in it there is little hope for us.
mburrrrr
Senior Member
Tonight
Mihairokov
Active Member
Tree trimming ongoing today at the EB King/Church streetcar stop (behind where the above photo is taken from).
Northern Light
Superstar
Excellent front page story on the King Street Corridor by Nolan Xuereb.
urbantoronto.ca
Its a thorough take down of the City and the Mayor for under promising and delivering substantially less.
King Street: Toronto's Transit Inferiority Corridor | UrbanToronto
Long planned upgrades to Toronto's busiest streetcar line have gone off the rails once more, with anticipated improvements to the 504 King's Transit Priority Corridor notably absent from the recently rebuilt intersection of King and Church streets, and indicative of a failure to truly prioritize...
Its a thorough take down of the City and the Mayor for under promising and delivering substantially less.
lead82
Senior Member
This can be fully declared a failure. Mark my words - Toronto council will return King to its former glory - to be fully jammed like all other streets. Might as well remove the jersey barriers and the confusing mandatory right turns as no one follows them anymore especially with all the downtown construction.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Though there are certainly vehicles illegally driving right through the King Street Project area, the vast majority of vehicles do not. I have lived adjacent to the street for over 20 years and the amount of traffic on the street now is miniscule compared to years ago. Could the street LOOK better and should the promised improvements to transit stops, sidewalks and 'beautification proceed ASAP? Absolutely!
lead82
Senior Member
It still lower for now but because the city has not made this permanent with beautification and the investments needed there is a huge risk this can be easily undone with a stroke of a pen.
evandyk
Senior Member
A quote from the article caught my eye:
For those of us for whom transit is a top 2 or 3 priority when voting, we are not likely to get a viable candidate better than Chow. So how do we make sure she doesn't take our vote for granted next year, and actually makes and promises to continue to make improvements to transit? As they note, she seems to have moved mountains to speed up the Gardiner reconstruction, why can't we expect the same for the King streetcar, or even reasonable crowding on the subway?
For those of us for whom transit is a top 2 or 3 priority when voting, we are not likely to get a viable candidate better than Chow. So how do we make sure she doesn't take our vote for granted next year, and actually makes and promises to continue to make improvements to transit? As they note, she seems to have moved mountains to speed up the Gardiner reconstruction, why can't we expect the same for the King streetcar, or even reasonable crowding on the subway?
kev1n1m
Active Member
I think Chow's efforts on transit are laudable, even though we all agree she can and should do more:
- several fare freezes
- improved service across much of the system
- massive investments in the SOGR backlog after 12+ years underfunding
- Secured deal for new Line 2 fleet
jmi22
Active Member
The service on the 504 is objectively one of the worst transit lines in the city, the article lists an "improved" operating speed of just under 8km/ hour. If this is a win for Chow, the city deserves what it's getting.
jamaps
New Member
King - Church earlier today
If the intersection was closed for construction - why not improve the stops to at least like something like this (e.g. Queen near Roncy) --- or was there a technical issue with building something more permanent in terms of better stops/platforms?
If the intersection was closed for construction - why not improve the stops to at least like something like this (e.g. Queen near Roncy) --- or was there a technical issue with building something more permanent in terms of better stops/platforms?
nightstreak
Active Member
The city's Transportation Department does some pretty dumb things but this is a levelled-up dumb thing. They rebuilt brand new roads just so they can cover them up with temporary platforms.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Read back in this thread. Better stops etc ARE promised and several of us have been asking "Where are they?" Look at https://www.toronto.ca/services-pay...on/transportation-projects/king-street-pilot/
KevinT
Active Member
The way the Flexities bend vertically is basically a three-module 'truck' hauling a two-module 'trailer' (although the trailer axles are powered as well). This series of posts by Canard/Canardian on Waterloo Region Connected brilliantly explains why the three-module truck is vertically stiff, https://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=14&pid=48738#pid48738, and it's the same for the two-module trailer.
I didn't get good still shots of it because I was busy shooting video, but you can see the single vertical bend between truck and trailer sections in this Ion offloading video at time index 14:50,
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