[T3G]

You mean after it closes like the night bus on Lines 1 and 2 right?

Why would I mean that?

Just like the 97 Yonge for Line 1, the plan is to run the 34 in parallel with the LRT during daytime operations.

 

[T3G]

You still haven't explained what's so funny about that.

 

[smallspy]

Posted over on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/1h1nmze/eglinton_lrt_notices_are_going_up

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It's too bad that the OP didn't post a better photo, as the really interesting part of the stop was cropped out of it.

Where the route flags are shown, at the top is now one for the route 5 shuttle bus.

Why would I mean that?

Just like the 97 Yonge for Line 1, the plan is to run the 34 in parallel with the LRT during daytime operations.

While I agree with running a paralleling route along the underground section of the line - where the stations are further apart - it was and is a silly decision to operate the 34 east of Don Mills, where it will make the exact same stops (save for perhaps 4) as the LRT.

Just like it was and is a silly decision to route the Mount Pleasant and Avenue Road buses in to Yonge/Eglinton.

Dan

 

[hawc]

You still haven't explained what's so funny about that.

Does GO Transit run Go Buses beside its GO Trains at the same time. Or do they go, hey don't need the buses when we've got the train.

Does Air Canada run ships from North America to Europe while its planes fly over head?

 

[northyorker1]

Does GO Transit run Go Buses beside its GO Trains at the same time. Or do they go, hey don't need the buses when we've got the train.

Does Air Canada run ships from North America to Europe while its planes fly over head?

Does NASA run airplanes between the Earth and the moon?

 

[T3G]

Does GO Transit run Go Buses beside its GO Trains at the same time. Or do they go, hey don't need the buses when we've got the train.

Does Air Canada run ships from North America to Europe while its planes fly over head?

Have you seen the stop spacing along every rapid transit line in this city besides the 2?

 

[hawc]

Have you seen the stop spacing along every rapid transit line in this city besides the 2?

Yeah it's like almost every block. Should be way further apart (same goes for current streetcar stops) I mean just walk a bit. I thought the whole point of the LRT was to get buses OFF of Eglinton.

 

[T3G]

Yeah it's like almost every block. Should be way further apart (same goes for current streetcar stops) I mean just walk a bit. I thought the whole point of the LRT was to get buses OFF of Eglinton. So funny.

What, you think the station spacing should be further apart? And those with mobility challenges should do what?

If you wanted buses off Eglinton, you should be advocating for closer stop spacing.

 

[hawc]

And those with mobility challenges should do what?

 

[smallspy]

Does GO Transit run Go Buses beside its GO Trains at the same time.

Yes.

Or do they go, hey don't need the buses when we've got the train.

That depends. There are reasons why they sometimes do, and sometimes don't.

Does Air Canada run ships from North America to Europe while its planes fly over head?

AC doesn't. But AC has never owned any ships. They do run buses however, and run them between airports that they fly to.

But you may want to ask why ONR operated competing bus, train and plane services simultaneously.

Dan

 

[T3G]

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Yeah, no. Wheel trans has to be booked a minimum of 4 hours in advance. If this was considered a solution we'd all still be riding around in high floor cars.

And as someone who is able bodied, I can also say that if I had to walk 1-2 kilometres just to get to a transit stop, I, too, would tell you just what you can do with your rapid transit line, and take the car.

 

[hawc]

Yeah, no. If I had to walk 1-2 kilometres just to get to a transit stop, I'd tell you where you can put your rapid transit line...

 

[northyorker1]

Verster just mentioned that they've completed 96% of the testing and confirmed that the line will open next year

 

[cplchanb]

Verster just mentioned that they've completed 96% of the testing and confirmed that the line will open next year

Q1/2/3/4??? dec 31 2025??

 

[evandyk]

And as someone who is able bodied, I can also say that if I had to walk 1-2 kilometres just to get to a transit stop, I, too, would tell you just what you can do with your rapid transit line, and take the car.

I think the average underground for the Crosstown will be 850m, which puts you no further than 425m from a stop if you're on Eglinton. That's similar to a lot of the stop spacing on line 2, such as the distance between Ossington-Dufferin or Lansdowne-Dundas W.

I think they targeted about 500m average distance for the outdoor part. Half of that is easily walkable for almost anybody.

On the opposite side, I did a google map pin to estimate that the distance from the front door of a streetcar stopped southbound on Broadview at Jack Layton Way is about 65 metres from the back door of a streetcar stopped southbound at Gerrard (and the stop at Jack Layton Way is just over 100 metres from the stop at Langley).