nfitz
Superstar
Given the Eglinton stops will all be in the middle of the street, it could get pretty messy if they start putting stops where there are no lights!
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Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
The TBM has passed the rail corridor and is now 2 blocks from Caledonia!
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa...spn=0.004593,0.008393&source=embed&dg=feature
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ehlow
Senior Member
Party at Eg & Caledonia when it gets there! Woohoo!!!
TOareaFan
Superstar
salsa
Senior Member
Cycle Toronto: "John Tory's proposal to cancel Eglinton Connects irresponsible and short-sighted"
Last week, John Tory released his "Fighting Gridlock Initiative" which included a proposal that if elected Mayor, would see him cancel "the $150 million 'Eglinton Connects' proposal, which will increase traffic congestion by reducing traffic lanes." Eglinton Connects is a small component of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, to which the province is committing $5.35 billion. Eglinton Connects is a transformative plan that is driven by a Complete Streets vision for Eglinton Ave. Tory's proposal would eliminate the plan for Complete Streets, as well as proposed streetscape improvements along Eglinton including the creation of wider sidewalks, protected bicycle lanes, great trees, mid-rise development, street furniture and patio space.
Tory's irresponsible proposal to cancel Eglinton Connects goes against strong support of the plan from schools, community groups, business improvement areas (2), school trustees (2) and residents’ associations, and many individuals who live, work or study near Eglinton. The project was even awarded Transportation Project of the Year Award from the Institute of Transport Engineers. Cycle Toronto fully supports the Eglinton Connects plan for its investment in 11km of protected bike lanes through midtown Toronto.
Key facts:
- Eglinton is not going down "from 5 lanes to 3", as Tory claims. Most of Eglinton has from 2-4 rush hour traffic lanes, with 1 or 2 rush hour bus/taxi lanes (which are parking the rest of the time).
- The new plans have 4 rush hour full traffic lanes over most of Eglinton. In many places this is an increase in auto lanes over what exists today, and much fewer buses on the street.
- The section of Eglinton near Yonge St, which sees the lowest auto traffic of all (600-900 cars per direction per hour), is planned to have 3 traffic lanes - but the heavy bus traffic into Eglinton station will be gone.
- The Yonge & Eglinton intersection moves 70% more pedestrians than cars and is the second busiest pedestrian intersection in the city.
- The Eglinton Connects project will fight congestion by increasing the people-moving capacity of the avenue.
- The LRT can carry up to 15,000 people per hour per direction - the car lanes top out at 2,000.
- The street designs for Eglinton Connects have been worked out in meticulous detail through a community consultation process that has taken into account the needs of all of Eglinton’s users, including motorists
The Eglinton Connects study won unanimous approval at Public Works & Infrastructure Committee and Planning & Growth Management Committee earlier this month and heads to City Council in May. We urge John Tory to revise his position on Eglinton Connects and fully support the proposal.
http://cycleto.ca/news/2014/04/22/j...nton-connects-irresponsible-and-short-sighted
Last week, John Tory released his "Fighting Gridlock Initiative" which included a proposal that if elected Mayor, would see him cancel "the $150 million 'Eglinton Connects' proposal, which will increase traffic congestion by reducing traffic lanes." Eglinton Connects is a small component of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, to which the province is committing $5.35 billion. Eglinton Connects is a transformative plan that is driven by a Complete Streets vision for Eglinton Ave. Tory's proposal would eliminate the plan for Complete Streets, as well as proposed streetscape improvements along Eglinton including the creation of wider sidewalks, protected bicycle lanes, great trees, mid-rise development, street furniture and patio space.
Tory's irresponsible proposal to cancel Eglinton Connects goes against strong support of the plan from schools, community groups, business improvement areas (2), school trustees (2) and residents’ associations, and many individuals who live, work or study near Eglinton. The project was even awarded Transportation Project of the Year Award from the Institute of Transport Engineers. Cycle Toronto fully supports the Eglinton Connects plan for its investment in 11km of protected bike lanes through midtown Toronto.
Key facts:
- Eglinton is not going down "from 5 lanes to 3", as Tory claims. Most of Eglinton has from 2-4 rush hour traffic lanes, with 1 or 2 rush hour bus/taxi lanes (which are parking the rest of the time).
- The new plans have 4 rush hour full traffic lanes over most of Eglinton. In many places this is an increase in auto lanes over what exists today, and much fewer buses on the street.
- The section of Eglinton near Yonge St, which sees the lowest auto traffic of all (600-900 cars per direction per hour), is planned to have 3 traffic lanes - but the heavy bus traffic into Eglinton station will be gone.
- The Yonge & Eglinton intersection moves 70% more pedestrians than cars and is the second busiest pedestrian intersection in the city.
- The Eglinton Connects project will fight congestion by increasing the people-moving capacity of the avenue.
- The LRT can carry up to 15,000 people per hour per direction - the car lanes top out at 2,000.
- The street designs for Eglinton Connects have been worked out in meticulous detail through a community consultation process that has taken into account the needs of all of Eglinton’s users, including motorists
The Eglinton Connects study won unanimous approval at Public Works & Infrastructure Committee and Planning & Growth Management Committee earlier this month and heads to City Council in May. We urge John Tory to revise his position on Eglinton Connects and fully support the proposal.
http://cycleto.ca/news/2014/04/22/j...nton-connects-irresponsible-and-short-sighted
Interesting. What about using AstroTurf, or something similar? Same aesthetics and general purpose as grass, much less maintenance.
salsa
Senior Member
But doesn't help reduce the heat island effect.
unrealestate
Active Member
this might be a dumb question, but will the crosstown trains be coloured green like we've seen in all the renderings?
Torontovibe
Senior Member
I agree, John Tory is making a huge mistake. This will not win him votes from urbanites.
MrsNesbitt
Active Member
A lot of the "urbanites" I've talked to all seem, at this point, to take a cautious liking to John Tory for some reason. This kind of thing is good because it shows them, and anyone else who may be drawn to voting for the man, that he's no compromise builder or friend of urbanism - he's still a fundamentally Tory individual, with no pun intended.
DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
Well the big thing with this is, although it is still Tory in the sense that its "We don't need to spend taxpayer money on all these streetscaping frills", it can be framed as "Tory does not support this and wants Eglinton to look like another ugly grey concrete jungle".
Take your pick:
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MrsNesbitt
Active Member
You're right of course. And neither of those two interpretations will win him any support from urbanists, or for that matter outside of the stereotypical suburban car-driving cuts-happy PC family demographic.
ehlow
Senior Member
To me it seems like Metrolinx is trying to get rid of all TTC related branding..
By the way I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned but there's hoarding around the Eglinton bus bays showing the green vehicles and an LRT map with Finch, Sheppard and Eglinton.
junctionist
Senior Member
The Eglinton Connects issue might not lose him that many votes. It'll mostly be a few progressives, cyclists and informed people around Eglinton that will probably not vote for him on this issue. If I owned property near Eglinton, I'm clamour for an overhaul like that on St. Clair which resulted in so much new investment and a noticeable increase in property values. He shouldn't have floated the idea of cancelling the project--it seems reactionary in a Rob Ford circa 2010 manner. We've moved past that.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The Queenway right-of-way should be used as grass test beds, to get experience and test which grass species would be best for the Toronto climate.