Star Editorial Board: We Need to Find Out What Went Wrong with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Star Editorial Board: We need to find out what went wrong with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT

We need to know everything that went wrong with the Crosstown LRT. More importantly, we need to ensure it can never happen again.

ANALYSIS | Experts urge Ontario to learn from Eglinton Crosstown communications missteps

Transit experts and opposition critics say the Ontario government has to learn from its communications mistakes on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT to ensure the rollout of the remaining pieces of its multi-billion dollar transit expansion have public buy-in.

How Fast Will Line 5 Be Compared to the 32/34 Bus?

With the imminent opening of Line 5 Eglinton LRT on February 8, the TTC has repeatedly been asked “will it be faster then the bus”. They have said, yes, but with few details. On February 3, the online schedules (GTFS format) came out for the next period including stop-by-stop travel times for Line 5. This article compares these times with the existing schedules for the 32 Eglinton West and 34 Eglinton East buses. The LRT is almost always faster …

TTC to begin phased start to service on Line 5 Eglinton LRT

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) announced it will begin an introductory service period on Line 5 Eglinton starting Sunday, February 8, marking the final step toward launching full, regularly scheduled service once the new line demonstrates a high degree of reliability and performance. According to the TTC, the phased opening will allow customers to benefit from rapid transit along Eglinton Avenue while the TTC and Metrolinx fine-tune operat…