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There's some major changes to streetcar and bus services along Bathurst St today. But even if you live on Bathurst, you'd still be forgiven for not knowing.
The 509 and 511 streetcars returned to Exhibition Loop via Fleet Street today, even though TTC posters claimed that shuttle buses would be running on March 30 (today). Fleet St is now a Queens Quay/Spadina style ROW and streetcars were running smoothly. Fleet Loop (around the lighthouse) is still under construction. What I am curious about is what is to become of Fleet Street for automobile traffic. The only parts currently open to traffic are eastbound between the Lakeshore/Fleet transfer and westbound between Fort York Blvd and Strachan. Other than that westbound section between Fort York Blvd and Strachan, which provides access to the armoury and the fort, Fleet St seems to serve no purpose. Access to Neptune is from Fort York Blvd and access to Malibu is from Bathurst. If they eliminated the strange Fleet/Lakeshore transfer, they would have room for a left-turn lane on Lakeshore at Bathurst and could eliminate an unnecessary traffic light on Lakeshore.
Today, streetcars returned to St. Clair West station after a 10-month (?!?) hiatus. In preparation of track replacement, the 7 BATHURST bus was split in two, with 7B running from Bloor to st. Clair West station and 7C running from St. Clair West to Steeles. As someone who uses St. Clair West every day, today was the first I ever saw of posters explaining this change in the Bathurst Bus. The TTC's Diversions page has no real notice of the change in the 7 bus. The TTC posters plastered all over St. Clair West are a mix of when the station was closed last year, when it was partially reopened in December, and of today's status.
Last December when St. Clair West partially reopened, the TTC had staff on hand to direct customers and signage ready and installed. I thought the TTC had learned something from the chaos that followed previous route changes. But today, with a complete change in the routes that serve St. Clair West and a reorganisation of which routes serve which platforms, customers were confused and there was no one around to provide assistance. The 7B (BATHURST South) drops passengers off at the other side of the station from the 7C (BATHURST North). Confused passengers trying to figure out where to go, saw the "7 BATHURST 7A Northbound to Wilson" sign and hopped on the 90 VAUGHAN bus when it served that same platform. The 7A isn't even running during the construction period; those signs should have been removed.
The 509 and 511 streetcars returned to Exhibition Loop via Fleet Street today, even though TTC posters claimed that shuttle buses would be running on March 30 (today). Fleet St is now a Queens Quay/Spadina style ROW and streetcars were running smoothly. Fleet Loop (around the lighthouse) is still under construction. What I am curious about is what is to become of Fleet Street for automobile traffic. The only parts currently open to traffic are eastbound between the Lakeshore/Fleet transfer and westbound between Fort York Blvd and Strachan. Other than that westbound section between Fort York Blvd and Strachan, which provides access to the armoury and the fort, Fleet St seems to serve no purpose. Access to Neptune is from Fort York Blvd and access to Malibu is from Bathurst. If they eliminated the strange Fleet/Lakeshore transfer, they would have room for a left-turn lane on Lakeshore at Bathurst and could eliminate an unnecessary traffic light on Lakeshore.
Today, streetcars returned to St. Clair West station after a 10-month (?!?) hiatus. In preparation of track replacement, the 7 BATHURST bus was split in two, with 7B running from Bloor to st. Clair West station and 7C running from St. Clair West to Steeles. As someone who uses St. Clair West every day, today was the first I ever saw of posters explaining this change in the Bathurst Bus. The TTC's Diversions page has no real notice of the change in the 7 bus. The TTC posters plastered all over St. Clair West are a mix of when the station was closed last year, when it was partially reopened in December, and of today's status.
Last December when St. Clair West partially reopened, the TTC had staff on hand to direct customers and signage ready and installed. I thought the TTC had learned something from the chaos that followed previous route changes. But today, with a complete change in the routes that serve St. Clair West and a reorganisation of which routes serve which platforms, customers were confused and there was no one around to provide assistance. The 7B (BATHURST South) drops passengers off at the other side of the station from the 7C (BATHURST North). Confused passengers trying to figure out where to go, saw the "7 BATHURST 7A Northbound to Wilson" sign and hopped on the 90 VAUGHAN bus when it served that same platform. The 7A isn't even running during the construction period; those signs should have been removed.