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Commentary - transportation

TTC detours buses, streetcars, starting September 7during King / Parliament construction

Transit Toronto - Tue, 2010/10/05 - 6:14pm

For about four weeks, starting Tuesday, September 7, the City of Toronto is closing:

  • King Street East, both lanes, between Power and Berkeley Streets and
  • Parliament Street, both lanes, between Adelaide and Front Streets East
  • for the next phase of a major City / TTC project to rebuild the roadway, install new sidewalks and curbs and replace the streetcar tracks and switches along Parliament Street between Gerrard and King Streets East this summer and fall.

    (The City has already closed the southbound lanes of Parliament between Dundas and King Streets East.)

    Next week, from about 7 a.m. on Monday, September 13 until 7 a.m. on Thursday, September 23, the City will close the intersection of King and Parliament Streets to all traffic.

    While the roadways are closed, City and TTC work crews will replace the switches, curves and tracks at the complicated intersection of King and Parliament, and replace sidewalks and curbs on King Street East.

    Work on the project has continued southward along Parliament between Dundas and King Streets East in phases throughout July, August and September. Later this fall, work starts northward from Dundas to Gerrard Street East.

    The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 65 Parliament route and streetcars operating along the 503 Kingston Rd tripper, 504 King and (probably) 508 Lake Shore routes, while the streets are closed.


    Categories: Transportation

    Labor Day Bonus Pic: Hudson River Greenway Bollard at Work

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    [caption id="attachment_244057" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Without a bollard, what would have been the next thing or person in this car's path? Photo: Transportation Alternatives"][/caption] Via Gothamist -- check out this bollard on the Hudson River Greenway at work. One of the strange and dangerous things about the greenway is that car traffic crosses ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Eyes on the Street: Uprooted CityRack

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    A tipster sends this picture of one of the city's new bike racks that, someway, somehow, got wrenched out of the pavement. We're told that the sidewalk at Fulton Street and Rockwell Place in Brooklyn had a big chunk missing where the bike rack would have been. After this bike rack ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Report: Investing in Transit Could Create 180,000 Jobs, for Free

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Between calls for renewed stimulus on the one hand and for deficit reduction on the other, Washington, D.C. is stuck. A new report by the Transportation Equity Network, however, shows one easy way out of that political stalemate: shifting our transportation spending to transit. According to the report, written by University ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Without Espada or Challenger Rivera, District 33 Debates Transportation

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    [caption id="attachment_244027" align="alignright" width="340" caption="Pedro Espada didn't show up for last night's transportation debate. Neither did his leading challenger, Gustavo Rivera. Photo: Noah Kazis"][/caption] Last night's 33rd Senate District transportation debate pitted two candidates against each other who are unlikely to ever appear on the same ballot: Democrat Daniel Padernacht and ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Traffic Death Experts Ignore the Role of Dangerous Streets

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    When it comes to preventing traffic fatalities, are the country's leading authorities missing the point? Scientists at the Center for Disease Control told the New York Times last week that the key to preventing traffic deaths is strong seat belt laws, speeding enforcement, car seat promotion, drunk driving prevention and restrictions ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Lynn Nunes Gets Stage All to Himself at District 10 Transpo Q&A

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    It turns out that Shirley Huntley was the no-show at Wednesday night's State Senate District 10 transportation debate, letting challenger Lynn Nunes turn in a solo performance. Nunes is young -- 25 -- but he's commanding attention in this race after coming within four votes of unseating the recently deceased ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Today’s Headlines

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Sales Nosedive for Toyota, GM, Ford (Bloomberg) Pedro Espada: Mounting a Campaign Against Me "Is the Very Essence of Colonialism" (NYT) Espada Challenger Gustavo Rivera Gets the Nod From Colonialists at El Diario (Observer) News Hammers Espada and Runs Through All the Bronx Primary Races Nicole Paultre Bell -- Sean Bell's Fiancee -- Is ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Paterson Signs Smart Growth Act; Now Comes the Hard Part

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    [caption id="attachment_243979" align="alignright" width="340" caption="Under New York's smart growth law, will state agencies continue to subsidize projects like the reconstruction of Rochester's South Avenue Garage? Photo: ##http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/134334642/sizes/m/in/photostream/##Travelin' Librarian/Flickr##"][/caption] Governor David Paterson announced Tuesday that he had signed Assembly Member Sam Hoyt's Smart Growth Infrastructure Public Policy Act, making it the law ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Our Mobile Money Pits: The True Cost of Cars

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Rowena learned about the true cost of cars the hard way. Raised by her mom, a Filipina immigrant, in a happy if carless home in northern California, Rowena marveled upon graduating from college and getting a steady job that she could afford to lease her very own car. For ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Livability: A Small Town Value

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Davidson, North Carolina, population 7,100, isn't the kind of global metropolis that is normally looked to as a cutting-edge example of sustainable transportation planning. By making new development walkable and bikeable, Davidson, North Carolina preserved its small town character as it grew. Photo: U.S. EPA But a new series from Transportation for ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Today’s Headlines

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Could Hurricane Earl Take Down the Subway System? (WSJ) New York State Launches Reckless Driving Awareness Campaign (Gothamist) Bragdon Exit Interview Praises JSK -- and Hints at Sheridan Teardown? (Oregon Public Radio) Walk Score Now Ranks Neighborhoods, Not Just Addresses (Walk Score Blog) Roberta Gratz Pens Ode to Bottom-Up Revitalization of Upper West Side ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Challenger Nunes Attends Transpo Debate; Incumbent Huntley a No-Show

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    UPDATE: Strike the original post (formerly titled: "Challenger Nunes Reportedly Backs Out of Transportation Debate"). Lynn Nunes did answer questions at tonight's District 10 transportation debate, while longtime incumbent Shirley Huntley did not attend. We'll have details from the event tomorrow. Lynn Nunes, the challenger going up against Shirley Huntley in ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Eyes on the Street: Union Square’s Public Space Makeover Underway

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Reader Holly Hudson sends this picture of the north side of Union Square earlier today. Orange construction barrels are lined up here and around the corner on Broadway, as crews get ready to add new pedestrian spaces and extend Broadway's protected bike lane, which will run against the flow of ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Stringer: 1,800 Parking Spots Too Many For Riverside Center; 1,100 Okay

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer approved one block's worth of underground parking for Riverside Center, but not two. Image: Extell Development Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released his recommendations for the Riverside Center megaproject yesterday afternoon. Like Community Board 7, he doesn't approve of Extell Development's request to ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Shoup to O’Toole: The Market for Parking Is Anything But Free

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    We're reprinting this reply [PDF] from UCLA professor Donald Shoup, author of the High Cost of Free Parking, to Randal O'Toole, the libertarian Cato Institute senior fellow who refuses to acknowledge the role of massive government intervention in the market for parking, and the effect this has had on America's ...
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    Debunking the Myth of Motorist Entitlement to Monopolize the Road

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    There's an old line among opponents of cycling and pedestrian infrastructure. It says road construction funds shouldn't be used to build bike lanes and sidewalks because cyclists and pedestrians don't contribute to the gasoline taxes that fund road construction. A ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Today’s Headlines

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    It's Official: 2010 Was the Hottest Summer in NYC History (NYT) Stringer Echoes CB 7 Call For Less Parking at Riverside Center (West Side Spirit) City Cuts Back on Yellow School Bus Service, ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Will Westchester Replace Richard Brodsky With a Better Voice for Transit?

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    Westchester Democrat Richard Brodsky is running for Attorney General this fall, leaving the seat of congestion pricing's leading opponent open. Will his successor take up Brodsky's anti-transit mantle or prove to better represent the environmental values on which Brodsky is now running for AG? We spoke with the three candidates ...
    Categories: Transportation

    Eyes on the Street: SUV Flips Across Houston Street Median

    StreetsBlog (New York NY) - 45 min 30 sec ago
    The driver of this wrecked SUV had been traveling on the other side of on Houston Street before flipping over the median, according to the tipster who sent this photo.A tipster sends this photo of Houston Street near the corner of Mott, early yesterday morning at ...
    Categories: Transportation

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