KevinT
Active Member
Lol, between a highway on the north side of the river and a highway on the south side. I said 416 because that's the one I took to get there.
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Ottawa Transit Developments
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Lol, between a highway on the north side of the river and a highway on the south side. I said 416 because that's the one I took to get there.
Garuda
Active Member
Hurdman is also on top of an old landfill making development a very difficult issue.
I know a planner who worked on this and the loooooong term plan is to convert the SW Transitway to LRT (similar to the Confederation Line) with Hudrman become an interchange station and a line running to Vanier and Gatineau underground. This is a long ways away and won't show up in any planning documents but they're thinking long term and build the underpass with under-station lrt access in mind. Same with a LRT line under Bank Street from South Keys to Hull. But as of now it's nothing more than visionary thinking and chicken scratch.
Kyle Campbell
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An interesting footnote about Lyon, the ceiling in the concourse is a backup plan. Originally it was supposed to have this interesting ceiling made out of reclaimed ash as was Rideau. However they apparently ruined the wood during the drying process, so they had to go to plan B.
mdrejhon
Senior Member
Would have been stunning. That’s too bad about reclaimed old-growth wood being ruined.
Ottawa definitely has the best Ontario LRT stations now and for the foreseeable future — and probably will even remain fancier than Eglinton Crosstown (more barebones stations for surface sections).
Ottawa definitely has the best Ontario LRT stations now and for the foreseeable future — and probably will even remain fancier than Eglinton Crosstown (more barebones stations for surface sections).
44 North
Senior Member
Maybe we can re-create a similar idea to that scrapped Plan A. Some existing TTC stations could benefit from a few nicely-lain sheets of wood, or Crosstown probably isn't too late. Certainly lots of fallen ash to go around in Ontario. I've encountered logs that have been dead for 10yrs and are still hard as a rock. Very unique tree we should utilize, and in great abundance.
Kyle Campbell
Active Member
Parliament's station ceiling is also a change, it became the main art piece rather than a mural up the stairs like Lyon. In this case, plan B was way better than plan A
kEiThZ
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Kinda wish they do the mural eventually. A collage of provincial flags is very appropriate for this stop.
kEiThZ
Superstar
My secret wish for the TTC is that someone funds an infrastructure renewal that rejuvenates the exisiting stations, installs PED/PSDs, elevators, tactile direction indicators, improving signage and wayfinding, art work, etc. But that would be a $2 billion project at least. And nobody would ever fund that over allocating it to an extension.
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
$2 Billion per station. ???
Allandale25
Senior Member
Since there's a separate thread relating to activities by Moose, I've provided an update there with some new documents on their website:
urbantoronto.ca
Moose Rail (National Capital Region)
Another set back for Moose. Article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/prince-of-wales-bridge-cabinet-1.5091286 You are assuming they are moving forward with this project. Have we heard or seen anything from Moose with a construction date?
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I had a few thoughts after my trip up to Ottawa last weekend. I'm generally a fan - the new LRT rides nice, is fast, and hell of a lot more efficient than the buses on Albert and Slater. But some of the bus connections are pretty bad, and using the old eastern Transitway limits the amount of transit-oriented development around several stations.
The end of the beginning, at Tunney's Pasture:
The end of the beginning, at Tunney's Pasture:
drum118
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robmausser
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That really visualizes the conversion from BRT to LRT in one image.
Kyle Campbell
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After trying to navigate Montreal with a stroller, I know realize how important accessibility (and lack thereof) is
