Steve X
Senior Member
Don’t make any assumptions. Any opening this year might not happen if they discover new flaws. They have plenty of excuses to give. You’ll never know till it starts carrying passengers.
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ThenWhat
New Member
Based on the current odds at Fanduel, smart money says it will be November 1 or later. If you still believe it will be earlier, you can place a bet on your belief.
Kyle Campbell
Senior Member
I'm guessing January, similar to what happened here in Ottawa for Line 2. Final bits after the passing test went well into November, and then they didn't want to start things in December as too many staff were off for the holidays
They probably won't do the very tepid gradual launch thing they did here though, and there isn't the federal government involved which slowed the paperwork stuff, so maybe November could work
A 6264
Active Member
My boss at work used to say he wanted things done "yesterday". I don't think TTC bosses are familiar with that expression.
Amare
Senior Member
If your boss was Metrolinx, you could get things done 5 years late and you'd be rewarded with a nice big fat bonus and a significant pay raise.
Imagine that kind of incentive; to do absolutely nothing and get handsomely rewarded.
stevensontransit
Active Member
lol maybe get China involved in help building metrolinx project such as this, line 6, Eglinton crosstown west, Ontario line, and Scarborough subway and maybe they will finish these lines much faster than anyone predicted!! 
NOTE: Don’t take this too seriously! It’s just a joke!
NOTE: Don’t take this too seriously! It’s just a joke!
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
Unfortunately, the road resurfacing on Eglinton from Keele to Mount Pleasant will happen without bike lanes per this construction notice.
If you want to raise some hell on this, I prepared an action alert on my blog.
www.twowheeledpolitics.ca
If you want to raise some hell on this, I prepared an action alert on my blog.
It’s Time to Demand Accountability for Eglinton
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)
Northern Light
Superstar
In better news the cycle tracks on York Gate are in a tender to be awarded at next week's Bid Award Ctte.
https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.BA148.9
https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.BA148.9
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Well, I was wrong in 2023.
Shall we call Spring 2026?
We built the TransCanada railway in a record 4 years with Chinese help. https://torontorailwaymuseum.com/remembering-the-chinese-railway-workers/lol maybe get China involved in help building metrolinx project such as this, line 6, Eglinton crosstown west, Ontario line, and Scarborough subway and maybe they will finish these lines much faster than anyone predicted!!
nfitz
Superstar
GenerationLee
Senior Member
Unfortunately, the road resurfacing on Eglinton from Keele to Mount Pleasant will happen without bike lanes per this construction notice.
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If you want to raise some hell on this, I prepared an action alert on my blog.
It’s Time to Demand Accountability for Eglinton
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)
This genuinely angers me. It's a no brainer to put bike lanes here, when we should be discouraging drivers from using Eglinton, improve the cycle network that's already strengthened in this area due to the Beltine, and encourage more people to bike along said network.
Plus, this reconstruction project makes it so that there's much less hassle adding in bike lanes, rather than closing off lanes whenever the city possibly does add bike lanes here (which frankly, I dont see happening for a long long time, if ever)
I live closeby, and would be much more likely to cycle with this project. (but heck, I won't, not with construction still everywhere in this part of town)
smallspy
Senior Member
I'm not so sure that there's "nothing happening" when it comes to the bike lanes.Unfortunately, the road resurfacing on Eglinton from Keele to Mount Pleasant will happen without bike lanes per this construction notice.
View attachment 677360
If you want to raise some hell on this, I prepared an action alert on my blog.
It’s Time to Demand Accountability for Eglinton
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)
New signals were installed a couple of weeks ago at Eglinton and Redpath - and in them there include some new phases which the current roadway configuration can not support.
It may not be the optimum solution, but it sure looks to my eye that they will be introducing painted bike lanes on Eglinton in this section at the least. Once the repaving is done, of course.
Dan
MegaSea
New Member
Blame Olivia Chow, she said "support" public transit
So she should to force open Line 5 before 2026 World Cup, to prove toronto still is "world-class" city
So she should to force open Line 5 before 2026 World Cup, to prove toronto still is "world-class" city
drum118
Superstar
Who said there are to be no bike lanes on Eglinton between Keele and Mount Pleasant?? There are some in various place now, but there are places there is no room to do it. One needs to travel that route by car transit and cycle it as well walk it it to see it first hand. I don't cycle anymore as it has become more dangerous to do so the last 15 years and you need bike lanes but a great cost. One needs to look at street width to see if a lane can be put there in the first place, but more so does the Province have the authority to say no which is now heading to the Supreme Court say yes or no. Why should the city spend money at this time to put in lanes now to only have to remove them if the Supreme Court said yes the Province can say no to bike lanes??
There are bike lanes on Eglinton outside of that map area now and were built during the construction of the Line 5.
There are bike lanes on Eglinton outside of that map area now and were built during the construction of the Line 5.
T3G
Senior Member
She has zero authority to do that.