Toronto's upcoming Eglinton LRT subway

[K 22]

www.thecrosstown.ca/
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-lrt-is-canadas-costliest-infrastructure-project-magazine/article2288634/


Eglinton Avenue (if I remember correctly) is Toronto's longest east-west street. I've been there multiple times and Eglinton has a horde of bus lines and both Eglinton subway stations are packed during rush hour.

Enter the Eglinton/Scarborough LRT (15.5 miles) that somewhat shadows their current east-west Bloor-Danforth HRT subway. The plan is to construct this and connect it with their current Scarborough LRT. Scheduled to open in eight years.

[Dan Wentzel]

I was in Toronto this past weekend and I found their transit to be quite good.

The recent battles between a suburban Mayor who wants subways in low density corridors and progressives who want extensive light-rail across the city is an interesting one.

The Mayor had no plan to finance subways in the suburbs. He just didn't want motorists inconvenienced by light-rail.

The Toronto City Council eventually overruled him putting much of the original light-rail plan back in place that the Mayor had scrapped upon his election.

There is a need for a new subway, often called the "Downtown Relief Line", and there will be select light-rail crossings which will be grade separated.

There are also streetcars running in traffic. (The light-rails will not.) There is a ferry carrying passengers to the city airport, and a commuter rail system.

The large international airport is still connected by a bus to the subway.

All things considered I was impressed.