denfromoakvillemilton
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Eglinton West will be above ground, so maybe 3 at worst. Maybe by 2025 we have the entire line open.
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Eglinton West will be above ground, so maybe 3 at worst. Maybe by 2025 we have the entire line open.
ehlow
Senior Member
We don't know what will be built and we don't know when it will be built and how long it'll take.
We do know that for most projects it takes a few years between getting funding and actually starting construction (Mississauga LRT announced a few days ago to start construction in 2018, 3 years gap there), and that many transit projects are late by years.
But regardless of the amount of years, they should run good bus service between Mt Dennis to Renforth and possibly up to Pearson until that given thing is built, if it ever is.
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nfitz
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I'm optimistic that the central section of Eglinton will be open by 2025. Other than that ...
Monarch Butterfly
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Palma
Senior Member
where exactly does the the GO train run now pass that area?
Monarch Butterfly
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Ozman
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Looks like the mega-contract for the Crosstown has been awarded to the Crosslinx Transit Solutions Consortium. This consortium is made up of some of the companies involved in the east tunnel contract (Brentcliffe portal to Yonge Street).
http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/snc-led-group-wins-ontario-crosslinx-light-rail-contract-in-deal-that-may-be-worth-up-to-4-billion
This is for the eastern part of the line (in-median east of Brentcliffe portal) in addition to all the underground stations plus all tracks and signals for the whole line, Black Creek MSF and decades-long maintenance of the line.
I thought something was up because for the past 5-6 weeks they have been clearing the land on the northeast corner of Don Mills and Eglinton on the site of the future Don Mills station bus terminal that will run parallel to Eglinton between Don Mills Road and Gervais Drive. I don't know why they are waiting until summer to announce this if they've already started work.
http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/snc-led-group-wins-ontario-crosslinx-light-rail-contract-in-deal-that-may-be-worth-up-to-4-billion
This is for the eastern part of the line (in-median east of Brentcliffe portal) in addition to all the underground stations plus all tracks and signals for the whole line, Black Creek MSF and decades-long maintenance of the line.
I thought something was up because for the past 5-6 weeks they have been clearing the land on the northeast corner of Don Mills and Eglinton on the site of the future Don Mills station bus terminal that will run parallel to Eglinton between Don Mills Road and Gervais Drive. I don't know why they are waiting until summer to announce this if they've already started work.
M II A II R II K
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Great that they'll double track the new GO Station, could also be done in conjunction with a new Lansdowne Station as well when they either tunnel or elevate that route north of Bloor St.
Uncle Teddy
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Go/TTC network interconnectivity is certainly going to improve which is a good thing.
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barit
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Enbridge is moving gas lines in the Don Mills/Eglinton East area.
Monarch Butterfly
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From this link, they say
I'm making an assumption, that it will be NOT like this, from this link:
This is what I think we will get instead:
at the Mt. Dennis Station.
I'm making an assumption, that it will be NOT like this, from this link:
Bicycle parking at Rotterdam Central Station
It was built in 22 months, the underground bicycle parking facility at Rotterdam’s new Central Railway Station. It was opened in November 2013 and it has parking spaces for 5,190 bicycles.
Making it the largest of the country (to date), at just a bit bigger than the runner-up. The majority of the parking spaces can be used completely free of charge.
The entrance to the large underground bicycle parking facility at the square right in front of Rotterdam Central Station and the cycleway leading to it.
This is one of several very large parking facilities that were opened in recent years at main intercity railway stations in the Netherlands. I have shown you examples of Haarlem (2010; 5,020 spaces) and Utrecht (2014; 4,200 spaces) before. Groningen (2007; 4,150 spaces) also has a facility of a similar size.
But even relatively small towns have large facilities. Houten (2011; 3,000 spaces) is a prime example and the “bicycle apple” in Alphen a/d Rijn (2010; 1,000 spaces) also shows that the Dutch arrive by bicycle at their railway stations in very high numbers. On average in the entire country 40% of the train travellers arrive by bicycle so combining modes of travel is very common in the Netherlands. That makes it necessary for the authorities to facilitate parking all those bicycles. All these large facilities popping up around the country is not because there is a race going on to have the best or biggest facility. No, building all this is needed to face an immediate and very real bicycle parking challenge.
Festivities at Rotterdam Central Station square when the king officially opened the railway station. (13th March 2014; picture courtesy of Luke Harley.) The entrance to the bicycle parking facility is clearly visible to the left.
This facility in Rotterdam was built as part of the complete reconstruction of Rotterdam Central Station and its surroundings that was finished in 2014. The Railway Station was festively opened on 13[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2014 by King Willem-Alexander. So the bicycle parking facility was opened 4 months before the rest of the station was. It has a guarded part that you can use for a fee and an unguarded part that may be used free of charge. Electronic sensors in every single parking space detect every bike and that makes it possible that the number of available spaces per row of racks is indicated. The sensor also registers how long a bicycle has been parked and if that period exceeds one month the bicycle will be removed. The impounded bicycles are collected and you can get them back for a fee. This is to make sure people do not abandon their bicycles which would fill up the facility with unused bicycles.
The interior of the Rotterdam bicycle parking facility. Rows and rows of double stacked bicycle parking racks.
The entire facility is only one floor, so the size and thus the distances are considerable. For that reason the design is such that you can and may cycle inside the facility. Mirrors make sure people cycling can see each other, even around the corner, so that collisions can be avoided. In the video you can see that people cycle in a very moderate speed to also make sure accidents don’t happen.
A system of coloured and numbered paths make sure you find your way easily. On top of that the racks are also individually numbered and the handles of the top racks are also coloured, to make it even more easy to find your bicycle back. Using the top racks requires no real muscle power because a hydraulic system in every rack helps you lift the bicycle.
The main entrance has a number of so-called travelators (moving walkways) that make it very easy to get your bicycle underground.
The travelators (moving walkways) to enter the new facility are so easy to use that a child can do it. This whole family is about to park their bikes.
The space is brightly lit to enhance the feeling of social safety. But especially compared to the Utrecht facility this facility is clearly lacking daylight. Since the ceiling of this facility forms the station square right on top of it, I think it is a missed opportunity that no windows were added to get more daylight in. A positive point is that the ceiling is high enough to park bicycles with children’s seats attached to them in the top racks.
On this rendering the roof of the facility is opened up so you can see the exact location right in front of the main hall of Rotterdam central station (drawn transparent as well). It also gives you an idea of how big it is. To the right is the tram station and to the far left the bus station. Note the absence of private motorised traffic. It can only pass the station in the front. (Picture courtesy Jan van Helleman)
The guarded part of the bicycle parking facility has a bicycle repair workshop and this is also where you can hire an OV-Fiets, the nationwide shared bicycle system of the Netherlands. But ‘normal’ bikes can also be rented and there are lockers. It was clearly visible that the free part of the facility was used more intensively than the guarded part that requires a fee. Even though the fee is not so high, at €1.25 per day. An annual subscription will cost you € 103.=
The facility offers a direct underground access to the metro station and also to the railway station. With this new facility the station square is now completely free of parked bicycles and it looks great.
[video=youtube;zWESiQlmOC0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWESiQlmOC0[/video]
This is what I think we will get instead:
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ehlow
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That's not indoor though (the Spadina pic). BART has some indoor bike racks inside the station.
Monarch Butterfly
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TheTigerMaster
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Why must you people be so negative? Mt. Dennis probably won't have the traffic to support bicycle infrastructure anything like Rotterdamn.
junctionist
Senior Member
Metrolinx has said that it is interested in providing quality amenities for cyclists at Crosstown stations. I think we'll see at least a couple of new bike stations and bike lockers at most stations.