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What exactly is a heavy float?

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Thanks! Any idea what heavy equipment they're moving in site? I don't recall similar closures for any of the other stations, so I figure it's something we haven't seen before.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
Thanks! Any idea what heavy equipment they're moving in site? I don't recall similar closures for any of the other stations, so I figure it's something we haven't seen before.
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Likely oversized loads, like giant beams, pillars, or pipes.

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Or construction equipment, like cranes.
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Or all of them.
 
Oh I know it's oversized equipment, I was just wondering if anyone knew what specific equipment, so we could get an idea of the work that would be happening at Oakwood.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
Oh I know it's oversized equipment, I was just wondering if anyone knew what specific equipment, so we could get an idea of the work that would be happening at Oakwood.
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It all depends on what needs to be done at Oakwood. If demolition work is already done and nothing else has started then it is likely DEEP moving in their drilling rigs to start secant pile work. The larger crawler rigs are usually floated in pieces and put together on site with the assistance of a mobile crane.

Secant piles? Drilling Rigs? Check out Deep Foundations Contractor's website to better understand these things. http://www.deepfoundations.ca/
 
Oakwood is a mined station, not a cut n cover station. Presumably digging a mine requires some substantial equipment.
 
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As far as I know, the crosstown will be using the TTC subway font on station walls. I don't have a source for that, though.
 
The TTC font has been in all design publications I've seen. Expect the whole thing to look similar to the TTC subway system.
 
Won't who ever is in charge at the TTC, City Hall, and Queens Park, go over to Europe to see how real transit traffic signals are like? Then compare with what we have here.

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Then tell us why this is what we need here or not? (Where's the verbage sign cluster? We can't do that here!)


And consider using nearside traffic signals, even if they are illegal but could still be used for informational purposes.
 
I agree that Queens Quay is a complete Mess as far as lights are concerned. I think there have been a few pictures of european style lights being install for the Ion LRT and it may be the test bed for it in Ontario followed by the Crosstown. Who knows may the TTC might even add it to there rights of way too.
 
EastYorkTTCFan said:
I agree that Queens Quay is a complete Mess as far as lights are concerned. I think there have been a few pictures of european style lights being install for the Ion LRT and it may be the test bed for it in Ontario followed by the Crosstown. Who knows may the TTC might even add it to there rights of way too.
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The city and province could have tested the European signals on the Queensway streetcar right-of-way decades ago, but were afraid. Very afraid... that they would work and be acceptable.

 
Sorry if it was discussed already, but does anyone know if there will be a new symbol for the LRT on TTC signage, or will it use the same symbol that the streetcar has designated? Essentially what I'm asking is if LRT will now be considered as a different mode of transportation by the TTC

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Just imagine this sign to be on Eglinton Station once the Crosstown LRT is up and running (hopefully) in 2021. I want to transfer onto the LRT, would the symbol used to depict the LRT be the same one as we have now for streetcars, or will there be a new one designed?
 
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