On the way home from work today, I took some pictures of the nearly-open segment of Highway 7 Rapidway (Hwy 404 to Bayview).
East from East Beaver Creek. The single main reason people don't cycle to their office jobs in Markham: the ramps going onto the 404 (or 407). No geometric changes planned, just some bike lanes.
East Beaver Creek eastbound stop. Note the loop detector at the intersection. Hopefully there will be one in advance as well, unlike on the existing Enterprise Rapidway. All the stops are pretty much the same, so I didn't upload all my pictures.
Looking east at West Beaver Creek:
Valleymede Drive eastbound:
Seat in Valleymede VivaStation:
The backside of Valleymede westbound stop. The car lanes will be shifted left to where the pylons are, freeing up space for a bike lane with double lines. It was painted that way for about a week at one point, and you can see where the lines were.
Saddlecreek Drive is the only traffic light without a VivaStation. It is, however site to some new condo construction. Hwy 7 users will welcome the return of left turn loop detectors. The temporary traffic lights gave left turn phases even when no one wanted to turn left.
The new signals are operational, though the transit signals are (ineffectively) covered by bags.
Looking east from Chalmers. The beginning of the line of midrises.
Route 1 will continue to operate in mixed traffic, even though Saddlecreek Drive is the only intersection without a VivaStation.
Chalmers VivaStation is the closest to being finished. It is also where they are testing the thermoplastic road markings.
New ticket machines. Yes, that is bubblewrap.
Click here for a closer look.
Last, and clearly determined not to be least, is Bayview VivaStation. Collossally overbuilt, it is simply a roadside bus stop.
A few more pictures are up on my flickr page.