[PHOTO] Crossing Yonge and Eglinton
Jan. 20th, 2018 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldI am a strong supporter of the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line. This route, part of the TTC network when it opens in 2021, will play an essential role in providing high-speed mass transit across midtown, from Mount Dennis station in York in the west to a new connection with Kennedy station in Scarborough in the east. This is the sort of transit route, in high-density areas with potential for further growth, that Toronto needs if it is to continue to thrive.
If only the intersection of Yonge and Eglinton was not blocked off substantially to pedestrian traffic! The southwest corner, where the main exit of Eglinton Station is located, is entirely impassable. Anyone wanting to leave the station has to proceed east through the tunnel beneath Yonge Street to the complex on the southeast corner of Yonge and Eglinton and then exit. If you want to get to the northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton, first you have to disembark from the southeast corner, go north across Eglinton, and then go west across Yonge.
This should take only a few months. Eventually, things will be passable. Eventually, we will have a fully functional Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Until then, this is just what we will have to put up with.
If only the intersection of Yonge and Eglinton was not blocked off substantially to pedestrian traffic! The southwest corner, where the main exit of Eglinton Station is located, is entirely impassable. Anyone wanting to leave the station has to proceed east through the tunnel beneath Yonge Street to the complex on the southeast corner of Yonge and Eglinton and then exit. If you want to get to the northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton, first you have to disembark from the southeast corner, go north across Eglinton, and then go west across Yonge.
This should take only a few months. Eventually, things will be passable. Eventually, we will have a fully functional Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Until then, this is just what we will have to put up with.
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