[thettctransitfanatic]

This has been done before. Bay Station was and is labeled BAY - Yorkville as seen in the attached image from Wikipedia. Bay is the cross-street while Yorkville was the neighbourhood. I believe this was done in response to the interlining experiment wherein they wanted to replicate the naming system along university .View attachment 165957

They should do this on the Crosstown, but Metrolinx has there own naming rules...

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

When do we expect to see the first trains start testing?

Now that the last ION Flexity Freedom has been delivered to Waterloo, the attention now turns to Crosstown manufacturing and deliver;y.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

When do we expect to see the first trains start testing?

I think they currently have two of the prototype units ready and are planning to bring them to the maintenance facility to begin testing three and also use the first bit of the line from there as it's finished.

 

[crs1026]

It’s a little soon to be stressing about LRV delivery. This and similar issues are the bigger concern. There are some pretty huge holes out there along the line - need to start a station by station watchlist of progress.

- Paul

 

[KevinT]

It’s a little soon to be stressing about LRV delivery. This and similar issues are the bigger concern.

Councillor Josh Matlow: “The overwhelming response is of tremendous concern, principally because of the incursion of traffic that will result from this.” So he's concerned about traffic but wants to delay the opening of the system that reduces it. Right.

 

[JasonParis]

While I don't agree with Matlow, I also sense that he represents some of the hardest to deal with homeowners within the 416.

 

[BurlOak]

It’s a little soon to be stressing about LRV delivery. This and similar issues are the bigger concern. There are some pretty huge holes out there along the line - need to start a station by station watchlist of progress.

- Paul

Street closure designed to speed up Eglinton Crosstown construction postponed

So the advantage of deep bore TBM construction is less surface disruption than cut-and-cover.?
It is becoming apparent that TBM construction has many negatives that don't get mentioned during EA, while the advantages of cut-and-cover are ignored.

 

[Bureaucromancer]

So the advantage of deep bore TBM construction is less surface disruption than cut-and-cover.?
It is becoming apparent that TBM construction has many negatives that don't get mentioned during EA, while the advantages of cut-and-cover are ignored.

It's one of those archetypal Toronto things. Any mention of cut and cover gets instantly shouted down by people with photos of Yonge street in 1951. But no one remembers the last project we tunneled.

 

[micheal_can]

Councillor Josh Matlow: “The overwhelming response is of tremendous concern, principally because of the incursion of traffic that will result from this.” So he's concerned about traffic but wants to delay the opening of the system that reduces it. Right.

While I don't agree with Matlow, I also sense that he represents some of the hardest to deal with homeowners within the 416.

"Lt's make traffic much worse to them nake it better." For a politicain who always worries about getting reelected, that would not make sense.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

So the advantage of deep bore TBM construction is less surface disruption than cut-and-cover.?
It is becoming apparent that TBM construction has many negatives that don't get mentioned during EA, while the advantages of cut-and-cover are ignored.

When the Bloor Danforth and Sheppard extensions are built, it should be cut and cover to eliminate delays.

 

[robmausser]

When the Bloor Danforth and Sheppard extensions are built, it should be cut and cover to eliminate delays.

They cant cut and cover the Scarb Line 2 extension. It goes under a creek/waterway.

 

[Leo_Chan]

They cant cut and cover the Scarb Line 2 extension. It goes under a creek/waterway.

You can do anything if you put your mind to it!

 

[crs1026]

Shutting down a section of one of our busiest thoroughfares for seven months is a little more disturbing than one can blame on nasty neighbours or a Councillor marching to their own drummer. I kinda shudder at what that disruption will bring.

Having said that, I think that it should happen. But this should have been talked to death in advance, will all sorts of explanations of alternatives and routes, etc. This idea that transit builders can just fly under the radar screen and then assert moral superiority when people complain upon the surprise announcement is dead wrong. This is what happened with the Davenport Rail Diamond thing, among other things.

It's not my neighbourhood, but I have been surprised a few times by road closures and turn restrictions in the Yonge-Bayview-Don Mills area, especially on weekend evenings. Took me 1:15 to get from Mount Pleasant and St Clair to Don Mills north of Eglinton one Saturday evening. I want Crosstown badly, but it's still a huge inconvenience. You can't communicate this stuff too much or too early. Crosstown really didn't do that.

- Paul

 

[nfitz]

Shutting down a section of one of our busiest thoroughfares for seven months is a little more disturbing than one can blame on nasty neighbours or a Councillor marching to their own drummer. I kinda shudder at what that disruption will bring.

The biggest issue is the lack of communication. Metrolinx has been doing extensive community consultation and communication about the construction and the impacts. But never mentioned THIS?

Either they were abusing the public by trying to slip that one by without anyone noticing until it was too late. Or someone is grossly incompetent. Either way - someone should be terminated over this.

 

[TOareaFan]

The biggest issue is the lack of communication. Metrolinx has been doing extensive community consultation and communication about the construction and the impacts. But never mentioned THIS?

Either they were abusing the public by trying to slip that one by without anyone noticing until it was too late. Or someone is grossly incompetent. Either way - someone should be terminated over this.

That is unfair......you know the communications department is dramatically understaffed ?