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sixrings said:
joe m was also talking about the possibility to eliminate the bus terminal at eglinton west. he basically said there were three busses that went into the station, eglintin, marlee, and oakwood. he thought the oakwood and marlee busses could be re routed.
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The 63 Ossington and 109 Ranee buses could be merged, but I think most of the riders would still want to get to Eglinton West to transfer to the 1 Yonge-University-Spadina Subway to get downtown. So unlikely to happen.

However, the 316 Ossignton All Night route could be extended up Marlee, but not under Rob Ford's watch. I think he considers the all night routes as "gravy".
 
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i agree it doesnt matter who uses it and what matters is the numbers. But the nimbyism still has a say from tax payers. There is no debate that Bathurst needs a stop but Chaplain cresent if it faces the same opposition might get a reconsideration. From what I understand the Chaplain Cresent people DO NOT WANT A STOP. I would suggest that they are the residential equivalent to Bayview village mall which refused to have a Subway entrance into the mall. Some people simply think that transit is for the lower class and they dont want these people in their neighbourhoods.
 
sixrings said:
There is no debate that Bathurst needs a stop but Chaplain cresent if it faces the same opposition might get a reconsideration. From what I understand the Chaplain Cresent people DO NOT WANT A STOP. I would suggest that they are the residential equivalent to Bayview village mall which refused to have a Subway entrance into the mall.
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An even better comparison might be Willowdale station on the Sheppard line, which didn't happen because of community opposition.
 
car4041 said:
An even better comparison might be Willowdale station on the Sheppard line, which didn't happen because of community opposition.
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Good point. However I am indifferent about chaplain cresent since I see limited possibility for new development other then the shoppers drug mart and the oil change station. Willowdale could have helped the density on sheppard appear more seemless. Instead it appears that yonge and sheppard is developed highrises then theres nothing then theres sheppard and bayview, again nothing, then leslie, again nothing then donmills. Willowdale would have helped the transition seem less sparatic and more like yonge street. I dont really see that same potential on eglinton with chaplain cresent.. BUT GREAT EXAMPLE!
 
eglinton meeting and station video

Went to the public open house at Beth Sholom and spoke to some of the architects and engineers. While some local residents were opposed to the project and raising complaints to Joe Mihevc (as earlier posters noted), many more seemed to be concerned about construction but generally pleased that something is finally getting built.

They played a video with some 3d graphics that was pretty decent, with the chap who works in their community office who i spoke to. Good luck to him once construction starts! It's now up online:
http://www.thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/video-designing-stations-for-neighbourhoods
 
Interesting that in the video the platforms appear to be subway-height. I thought the vehicles were low floor?
 
Well if residents at chaplain crescent do not want a stop, then I guess the LRT will be that much cheaper plus faster to get to Yonge. I am not that familiar with that spot but as others have posted there is not much room for development anyways
 
The website says they're now working on the final design of the vehicles. Maybe they told Bombardier that they'd rather do high floor. That's very possible as there will be no need for expensive, low floor technology on this line.
 
Palma said:
What is the difference from low floor technology and how does this compare to subways?
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I really don't know. I just remember reading that low floor (and especially 100% low floor) are much more expensive due to this and that.. I'm sure someone here could explain a bit more eloquently.
 
The vehicles have already been designed and we've seen them. Unless something has changed?

As far as I know there have been no changes to the TC LRVs.
 
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