unrealestate
Active Member
TTC is all of a sudden super concerned about the public's experience using TTC in a reliable way. Only because this is a high profile, highly anticipated launch with eyes on them
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evandyk
Senior Member
Let's fill the tunnel with Metrolinx VPs and call it a day.
Metroscapes
Active Member
I'm sure some blame can be shared with Ottawa.
TOtramz
Active Member
I think it was mentioned a few years ago that metrolinx doesn't want to have a gradual phase-in opening......Based on the Star article, you are correct (almost makes me wonder if your comment isn't entirely based on that image!
So if they achieve this schedule, then it not only misses the September board (August 31), but it also misses the October board (October 12). And a late October soft opening (Revenue Service) without the busing changes (so the bus service is duplicated along Eglinton). With presumably a full TTC schedule transition on November 16.
Putting the axis they cut off, back on:
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Unless the overlap basically means revenue service with extra quality assurance monitoring
cplchanb
Senior Member
IF they open in phases that would be the greatest irony and embarrassment for ML ever.... verster was adamant on opening everything all at once. imagine if they had planned to open the surface line from the start. we wouldnt be wasting 100s of pages on ML grievances.
smallspy
Senior Member
The "gradual opening" or "phased opening" in this context is not that the line will open in stages.
What it means is that the line will likely not open in concert with all of the services schedule changes that were originally planned to happen in concert with day 1 of Crosstown service. There will be the same level of bus service on Eglinton as today, but with the LRT running alongside as well.
Dan
What it means is that the line will likely not open in concert with all of the services schedule changes that were originally planned to happen in concert with day 1 of Crosstown service. There will be the same level of bus service on Eglinton as today, but with the LRT running alongside as well.
Dan
A 6264
Active Member
If the goal is to try not to open everything on the same day, that's understandable. BUT, I don't know why they can't open the bus bays SOONER than the rest of the station, and put the platforms into use now, for north/south bus routes that will use a new station as an endpoint.
It's like the gripe I posted elsewhere, but I'll put the picture here, about how the BENCHES for the bus stops in front of stations must not go into use until everything else opens. The benches have been there for years, behind a fence, and we CAN'T SIT DOWN. Also note that there's a FIRE HYDRANT inaccessible behind the fence!
bearcat
Active Member
The benches may look finished but they are not officially "substantially complete" yet
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PL1
Senior Member
Hmmm.... Are the gaps between the bench slats within the TTC's tolerances?The benches may look finished but they are not officially "substantially complete" yet
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Maybe the benches need to be tested "officially".The benches may look finished but they are not officially "substantially complete" yet
H4F33Z
Active Member
Last time I heard, these benches will be ripped up and won’t be open to the public for sometime as they don’t conform to the current 2025 Metrolinx Comfort and Seating guidelines .The benches may look finished but they are not officially "substantially complete" yet
A 6264
Active Member
I just want anything to sit on. Put down a big rock, and I'll sit on that. That reminds me... On the opposite site of the intersection (Don MIlls and Eglinton) there is a planter with a big rock in it, which is to be removed because it's in the way of the forthcoming Ontario Line station, and they don't know what to do with it, so there're going to put it in "storage", permenantly. They could just move it to the opposite corner, and we could sit down on that. This is an old picture, taken in 2014, the surroundings don't look anything like this now. You'd hardly recognize the place.
A 6264
Active Member
You mean, they're not uncomfortable enough?
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Guess the fire hydrant must be "officially tested" before allowing access to the fire department could be allowed to use it.
officedweller
Senior Member
The benches may look finished but they are not officially "substantially complete" yet
Unfortunately, probably true...
If transfer of title is tied to Substantial Completion, then the contractor retains ownership, liability and responsibility (maintenance and repair) for the benches.
Same for use of the station facilities like the bus bays.