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Steve X
Senior Member
This must be a joke. Unless they have a dedicated enforcement team, everyone will just hog the bus lane to make that turn to get on the Gardiner.
RapidTransit
Active Member
This is just the beginning. They'll probably eventually make it a BRT and the Waterfront East LRT put on the back burner. SadQueens Quay East Interim Bus Priority Lanes
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Steve X
Senior Member
The sad part is this city has no financial ability without begging others for a cheque. Even implementing a SSE levy, the money just becomes part of a broader tax that everyone pays today with zero contribution to transit. This is supposedly redirected to the Eglinton East LRT a few years ago when Ford announce Ontario would fund the SSE completely. Yet that project haven't even got a shovel in the ground. This city is doomed.
drum118
Superstar
The money is there for the east-west line and to Villar Island, but not the loop that is the lion share of the cost. Build the east-west section along with the tunnel wye and block it the tunnel off until TTC/City has the money to do the loop.
TTC has only wanted buses until development was in place opposite to Waterfront Toronto position of having RT first with Transit being Frist, not the car due to lack of parking space. Can't dig deep like other places due to the soil conditions. Need a special paint for the foundation that will only last 15 years
DSCToronto
Superstar
Though I agree with you that the TTC were not rushing to do their share of the project, they ARE a City agency and City Council made this 'high priority' years ago. The TTC should have been instructed to 'get with the program' but with Ford and then Tory ......
turbanplanner
Senior Member
special paint?
drum118
Superstar
Yes and this going back 10 or so years ago that was brought up at various meeting due to soil condition and one reason the whole area been raised by a meter or so.
At that time, it was stated that all foundations needed to be painted with this special paint that had a life cycle of 15 years at the time and with further development, the life cycle would in crease. It was also stated that the number of parking levels need to be less because of the soil condition and paint.
Cannot recalled what the paint was call. Just think what used to be on those lands and it was very toxic
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
In the 1910's to the 1920's, the Toronto Civic Railway built streetcar lines along Danforth Avenue, Gerrard Street East (east of Greenwood Avenue), St. Clair Avenue West, and Bloor Street West (west of Dundas Street) before there was housing or stores. It was still mostly undeveloped farm fields.
From https://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/historyoftorontotransit_uoftarch_20221104.pdf
drum118
Superstar
Times were different back then as the city was building streetcar lines to develop the city and cars were playing a small part as well. Need to add St Clair to your photos as it was done the same way as Upper Gerrard and it was built with an ROW on Day One. Streetcars built Toronto like a lot of NA Cities back before 1920 that most people don't know that, even though they run cities and transit systems today.
Union Loop is the Killer for QQE due to the cost to rebuild it compared to the cost to build the east section on the surface. Build the surface track along with the WYE connection to the Bay tunnel and call it a day with the tunnel block off and leave the loop until the city has the money to do the work.
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JBR
Active Member
This afternoon shortly before 2 p.m. we had an electrical fire at the TTC Wilson Yard. As a result, power in the yard has been cut, impacting our ability to deploy our EXTRA service for the afternoon rush hour on Line 1.
Crews are working to make repairs.
As a result, we currently have approximately 38 trains on the Line, 17 fewer than the scheduled 55 for this time of day. Barring any other disruptions, we estimate waits of up to six minutes instead of the usual three minutes.
Although Monday is a lighter travel day, we are deploying extra staff to monitor and manage potential crowding at the busy interchange stations.
As a convenience measure, we’re invoking the reverse GO protocol allowing customers to take GO on a TTC fare from and to GO stations within the city limits if you need an option-
Crews are working to make repairs.
As a result, we currently have approximately 38 trains on the Line, 17 fewer than the scheduled 55 for this time of day. Barring any other disruptions, we estimate waits of up to six minutes instead of the usual three minutes.
Although Monday is a lighter travel day, we are deploying extra staff to monitor and manage potential crowding at the busy interchange stations.
As a convenience measure, we’re invoking the reverse GO protocol allowing customers to take GO on a TTC fare from and to GO stations within the city limits if you need an option-
Amare
Senior Member
It's always something with this organization. I wouldnt be surprised if wait times are as high as every 10 mins the way they operate "service".
These days it's common practice to see wait times of 6 mins during regular peak service on Line 1 when service is normal, let alone during the more commonly occurring big TTC cock ups lately.
81-717
Active Member
Too bad no line 2 trains can be borrowed for a situation like this. This is exactly why the line 2 ATC best be interchangeable with line 1.
Towered
Superstar
kvvoyage
New Member
Unfortunately caught in the midst of the line 2 disruption today - 2 hours from Bloor-Yonge to Victoria was a bit chaotic.