the underground crosstown alignment TBM and elevated over humber river was one of the methods studied by the city, once elevated was ruled out. the city opted for at grade because "it was easier to access" but in reality was probably due to cost. The city website is gone now but if i can find the city eglinton west at grade extension study, ill link it for you.
okay found the firms website that did some designs for the city of toronto, 2006-2018. Metrolinx took it over 2019.
www.urbanstrategies.com
Never forget this hilarious image:
The 'not preferred' was not intrusive in any sense. It's in the middle of an empty field ffs.
There is one thing about these city designed grade separation, each direction has its own side platform WITHOUT A CONCOURSE. If you want eastbound, you have to cross the road on the south side and vice versa. This was true for all the stations.
Very cursed image.
I don’t understand your argument.okay found the firms website that did some designs for the city of toronto, 2006-2018. Metrolinx took it over 2019.
Eglinton West LRT Extension: Development of Conceptual Grade Separations - Urban Strategies
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is one of the first wave projects of Metrolinx’s regional transportation plan – The Big Move – a 25-year, $50 billion plan for coordinated, integrated transportation and transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The project represents an investment of...
so metrolinx took over the project and to save time, because the project it at risk of being cancelled if political winds change.
Well you see, the LRT is not sufficiently delayed by traffic signals or cross-vehicle traffic to give you the authentic streetcar experience.
They also purposely designed the elevated station to look as massive and overbearing as possible.
www.google.com
This is typical for these types of reports and studies. They already have a predetermined result and are just shaping their study to suit the result. Its skewed and honestly a waste of time.They also purposely designed the elevated station to look as massive and overbearing as possible.
Elevated stations are just not designed that way over the middle of an intersection. They are put to the side with 1-2 sets of accesses, not 4 from each corner of the intersection.
I mean, compare the City's rendering to what a typical skytrain station looks like:
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It's not like the Eglinton ROW doesn't have space for a station like that either.
I would be thrilled to have elevated rail and stations like that on my local suburban arterial.They also purposely designed the elevated station to look as massive and overbearing as possible.
Elevated stations are just not designed that way over the middle of an intersection. They are put to the side with 1-2 sets of accesses, not 4 from each corner of the intersection.
I mean, compare the City's rendering to what a typical skytrain station looks like:
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It's not like the Eglinton ROW doesn't have space for a station like that either.
I was discussing it in the context of Eglinton West, which would be running shorter, lighter LRV vehicles which would make for much less bulky stations.
Yep, I gotcha. I was speaking to SSE/YNSE.
Okay so part of the study the city did was grade separate and on street. The city did choose the on street version but had studied the below grade option. So soil testing was done, an alignment was chosen and station placement.