robmausser
Senior Member
Narrator: It will.
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Narrator: It will.
robmausser
Senior Member
Am I the only one who wishes that Eglinton West and East extensions were built before Finch West? Like the money for that project went into Eglinton East and West instead. I realize it wouldn't cover all the expenses, but I dunno, finish something before you start something else! haha.
ARG1
Senior Member
I mean Eglinton Crosstown is a finished project even in its first phase. Its not like the Sheppard Subway or the previous Eglinton West Subway where they were short and unfinished Stubs.
TRONto
Active Member
It's a mostly surface project so there's less risk for delay.
kamira51
Active Member
the only thing i could see delaying it is Finch West station or Humber Collage station.
anb
Active Member
Opening that section would help a lot. Since Cedarvale is Eglinton West, it already would divert riders onto either the subway, or the surface buses on Eglinton, and Mount Dennis has the GO/UP so it’s not a complete bottleneck on either end for now.
And also, you know the free service would be the furthest thing from reality in this instance. Imagine they do that one day free service across the whole ttc as the only thing like how we got it on the Line 1 extension.
drum118
Superstar
Steve X
Senior Member
Unlike the crosstown, Humber College is on a parking lot where they can do anything they want without being interfered with traffic and Finch West is located above line 1 with a rough in connector. If they screw up, they really have nobody to blame except covid-19.
Streety McCarface
Senior Member
and utilities.
drum118
Superstar
syn
Senior Member
The fly-over really makes it clear why the eastern portion is on street level.
Streety McCarface
Senior Member
No, it really makes it clear as to why the eastern portion should have been elevated.
- Minimal redevelopment potential in many areas, especially around the don valley
- No homes within a close enough proximity for it to be an issue
- Poor intersection design (access/egress)
- Usage of crossing corridors (ie victoria park)
etc.
drum118
Superstar
And how much more will it cost to built and maintain it over 30 years compare to on street cost?? Most of all, what happens for people who need an elevator when the the elevator is out of service since they have the same rights to use it all the time like you proposed???
Speed, speed is not everything when people can't gain access to the line nor going from end to end in the first place .
KhalilHeron
Active Member
What happens at any other station or aprtment building or office or anything when the elevator is out of service. The potential for elevators to go out of service is no excuse for not building good transit by any stretch
afransen
Senior Member
Agreed, need for elevators to be in working order is not a good reason for transit to be at grade mixing with traffic. Otherwise we should shut down the subways and replace them with buses.
Speed is important if the goal is to make transit an appealing option for crosstown trips.
Speed is important if the goal is to make transit an appealing option for crosstown trips.