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Apologies for being too keen, as I asked this before (and have checked youtube) but has anyone witnessed the full-speed tests on Line 5?
 
toronto647 said:
Based on the presentation it confirms this line will not open to passengers this year. We are looking at a Spring 2023 public launch at the earliest. Would make sense testing it out in a Toronto winter prior to it opening to service. Don't want an Ottawa LRT repeat.

Anyone know at what point they will inform the public it will not open this year? I would assume after John Tory wins his 3rd term after October 24. Can't see an announcement being held before that TBH.
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Is Tory even going to run this year? I heard he wasn't interested in the 3-rd term, but that was long ago.
 
^ Not sure how to feel about that. He is doing well for the most part. But, new ideas and new approaches are needed from time to time, and usually that requires new people in charge.
 
A few pics of the Sloane stop (Bermondsey):


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Rainforest said:
^ Not sure how to feel about that. He is doing well for the most part. But, new ideas and new approaches are needed from time to time, and usually that requires new people in charge.
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I think Tory running is great for the Transit Expansion.. With new cooks in kitchen can sometimes cause stir and delay projects (Hamilton LRT and so many more examples in the GTA's history). Once Tory is re-elected he will be in place until end of 2026 when most of the projects will be well under construction and a new mayor won't significantly impact them. Just my thoughts
 
toronto647 said:
I think Tory running is great for the Transit Expansion.. With new cooks in kitchen can sometimes cause stir and delay projects (Hamilton LRT and so many more examples in the GTA's history). Once Tory is re-elected he will be in place until end of 2026 when most of the projects will be well under construction and a new mayor won't significantly impact them. Just my thoughts
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Has Toronto accomplished anything in transit expansion since 2016? They punted and delayed all their projects by years. About the only thing they've done is (almost) start the second Line 2 platform at Bloor-Yonge station.

Compare to the province, that now has 6 major transit expansion projects currently in Toronto ... and more if you include GO Train projects.
 
nfitz said:
Has Toronto accomplished anything in transit expansion since 2016? They punted and delayed all their projects by years. About the only thing they've done is (almost) start the second Line 2 platform at Bloor-Yonge station.

Compare to the province, that now has 6 major transit expansion projects currently in Toronto ... and more if you include GO Train projects.
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With Tory as Mayor imo he will give a pre pass to Ford to do pretty much whatever transit related as long as more transit is involved. We may not get that with another Mayor and may in turn to a negative working relationship and can impact transit projects.

If Tory can get Waterfront LRT and EGLRT East Extension funded by the Feds/Province I feel that would be great way to cap off his legacy from transit perspective.
 
toronto647 said:
With Tory as Mayor imo he will give a pre pass to Ford to do pretty much whatever transit related as long as more transit is involved. We may not get that with another Mayor and may in turn to a negative working relationship and can impact transit projects.
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The province passed legislation forbidding the city from working on any of the 4 projects they were adding; with a clause making it very easy to add to that list. That's not Tory letting Ford whatever he wants. Tory and the city have little to do with it.

toronto647 said:
If Tory can get Waterfront LRT and EGLRT East Extension funded by the Feds/Province I feel that would be great way to cap off his legacy from transit perspective.
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I'm not sure why the province would throw in money - the deal was the province deal with the 4 new projects, plus the Sheppard East subway, and the city dealt with Bloor-Yonge, the Waterfront LRT and Eglinton East lines.

As far as I know, the city also got federal funding for Bloor-Yonge. Did it get any provincial funding? Yes, funding for these would be great - but they've had as long as Metrolinx has had with their 4 projects, with much less to show for it.
 
nfitz said:
The province passed legislation forbidding the city from working on any of the 4 projects they were adding; with a clause making it very easy to add to that list. That's not Tory letting Ford whatever he wants. Tory and the city have little to do with it.

I'm not sure why the province would throw in money - the deal was the province deal with the 4 new projects, plus the Sheppard East subway, and the city dealt with Bloor-Yonge, the Waterfront LRT and Eglinton East lines.

As far as I know, the city also got federal funding for Bloor-Yonge. Did it get any provincial funding? Yes, funding for these would be great - but they've had as long as Metrolinx has had with their 4 projects, with much less to show for it.
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I agree. Despite cancelling the Hamilton LRT and being blocked from desperately wanting to cancel the Finch LRT, the PC's have not been as anti-transit as we might have expected.
But I do not understand the view that the PC's are particularly pro-transit either. Let's see the Ontario line sped up a bit so that it doesn't fall so far behind the DRL timeline, and I might rethink my position.
Let's also see real ToD's around GO stations, i.e. malls, restaurants, commercial devs and apartments, and I'd be even more convinced.
 
felix123 said:
Let's also see real ToD's around GO stations, i.e. malls, restaurants, commercial devs and apartments, and I'd be even more convinced.
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A bunch of these are in the works on LSE and LSW. Granted, they're all condo farms, not genuine mixed use development. But there's no demand for commercial in most of those locations anyway and it's better than acres of parking.
 
felix123 said:
But I do not understand the view that the PC's are particularly pro-transit either.
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After watching Premier Miller cancel the RER-like services, followed by Peterson doing sweet F all, and Rae cutting GO service, and delaying any new transit for years, and Harris cutting transit funding province-wide while filling in the Eglinton West subway, and then McGuinty/Wynne with great plans (and even some progress), but delaying for years many projects ... it does make Ford and the current government pro-transit in comparison!

Much to my surprise. Who'd have known that (on this issue at least), Ford would be the red-Tory to follow in the footsteps of Davis and Robarts.
 
nfitz said:
After watching Premier Miller cancel the RER-like services, followed by Peterson doing sweet F all, and Rae cutting GO service, and delaying any new transit for years, and Harris cutting transit funding province-wide while filling in the Eglinton West subway, and then McGuinty/Wynne with great plans (and even some progress), but delaying for years many projects ... it does make Ford and the current government pro-transit in comparison!

Much to my surprise. Who'd have known that (on this issue at least), Ford would be the red-Tory to follow in the footsteps of Davis and Robarts.
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It's amazing how quickly a project can move when it's led from the top down by a vindictive autocratic leader. Ford threw away years of planning on the DRL line for ... reasons ... then magically came up with the OL line plan. Even if the OL line winds up being a great success I will still criticize Ford for going rouge here.

The same is happening in Hamilton
 
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