Ansem
Banned
Let's see how the priority lights and left turns at major intersection will work
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Let's see how the priority lights and left turns at major intersection will work
DavidH
Senior Member
Exactly, although given the TTC's projections of 26-27 km/h on the surface segments, I fear we are wasting a huge amount of money on projects that will be only marginally better than buses, other than for the central tunneled section of Eglinton.
nfitz
Superstar
I thought for Eglinton they seemed to be moving towards grade-separating the above-ground sections ...
nfitz
Superstar
Surely if they grade separate, the route will be in a trench there. And I'd assumed be on an elevated guideway from Leslie to Kennedy - which while often unpopular visually - that stretch has to be one of the ugliest in the city, and a concrete guideway running down the middle might actually look better!
nfitz
Superstar
Surely if they grade separate, the route will be in a trench there. And I'd assumed be on an elevated guideway from Leslie to Kennedy - which while often unpopular visually - that stretch has to be one of the ugliest in the city, and a concrete guideway running down the middle might actually look better!
DavidH
Senior Member
Let's hope so.
Isn't the Eglinton Benefits Case supposed to go to the Metrolinx board this month?
DavidH
Senior Member
Let's hope so.
Isn't the Eglinton Benefits Case supposed to go to the Metrolinx board this month?
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Question: will the stops along the tunnelled segment be fare-controlled, with collectors, like subway stations, or will they be like the Ferry Docks station, where you pay as you board the train?
DavidH
Senior Member
According to the EA's, the latter except that it will be likely be a POP system.
TOareaFan
Superstar
Pardon my ignorance....what is that?
DavidH
Senior Member
It's a Metrolinx process that each project is undergoing. It looks at several options and reviews costs and benefits of each. In the case of Eglinton, it is supposed to look at variations in the length of the grade-separated segment.
So far, BCAs have been released for VIVA and SRT.You can see them by going to http://www.metrolinx.com/en/Projects.aspx and clicking the "Benefits Cases" link in the main text.
TOareaFan
Superstar
Thanks.....good explanation.
No need to tell you, I am sure, that I am tying this into my whole thought process about this week's announcement of funding being a circumvention of M'linx' process (I mean, the provinced announces funding, puts an amount on it and M'linx hasn't even finished this?...come on!) as well as trying to define (prompted by Mr Giambrone's comments) what shovel ready means.
DavidH
Senior Member
Undoubtedly, although I suppose the "escape clause" is that these projects were already prioritized by Metrolinx, and they are allowing the processes to continue.
But between this and the new legislation, it's easy to see the province taking a much firmer hand at the controls, for better or worse.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Will the Eglinton Crosstown operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Looking at the presentations, there will be no ticket booth at the stations. As well, the driver will not be collecting fares or issuing transfers. Instead, computers on board the LRV's will accept the fares and fare inspectors will randomly check that the passengers have paid.
In which case, those LRV's could run 24/7. It would also provide service for the employees at the airport in the wee hours of the morning.
In which case, those LRV's could run 24/7. It would also provide service for the employees at the airport in the wee hours of the morning.
golodhendil
Active Member
What does having no fare booth/collection have to do with 24/7 operation?