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Global News<p>Interim Metrolinx CEO keeping quiet on Eglinton LRT opening date<br>Metrolinx interim CEO Michael Lindsay deftly stickhandled questions from reporters about an opening date for the Eglinton West LRT which is years behind schedule.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/EglintonLRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EglintonLRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Metrolinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metrolinx</span></a><br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11121626/eglinton-lrt-metrolinx-opening-date/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11121626/eg</span><span class="invisible">linton-lrt-metrolinx-opening-date/</span></a></p>
Global News Canada<p>Interim Metrolinx CEO keeping quiet on Eglinton LRT opening date<br>Metrolinx interim CEO Michael Lindsay deftly stickhandled questions from reporters about an opening date for the Eglinton West LRT which is years behind schedule.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/EglintonLRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EglintonLRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Metrolinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metrolinx</span></a><br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11121626/eglinton-lrt-metrolinx-opening-date/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11121626/eg</span><span class="invisible">linton-lrt-metrolinx-opening-date/</span></a></p>
Global News Canada<p>Will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT open in 2024? Metrolinx is ‘not going to speculate’<br>The provincial transit agency has refused to confirm when the line will open, promising it will announce a date exactly three months before trains begin carrying passengers.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/globalnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/EglintonCrosstownLRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EglintonCrosstownLRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/EglintonLRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EglintonLRT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Metrolinx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metrolinx</span></a> <br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10733377/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-2024-opening-date-questions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/10733377/eg</span><span class="invisible">linton-crosstown-lrt-2024-opening-date-questions/</span></a></p>
deltatux<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.online/@BrentToderian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BrentToderian</span></a></span> <br><br>As someone who grew up in the Greater <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/toronto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> Area but goes to <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/hkg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HKG</a> often, I have always been amazed and utterly disappointed in how crappy <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/publictransit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransit</a> is in Canada. The fact that Toronto having been voted best transit in North America for several years made me facepalm because that just tells me that public transit is really bad in <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> &amp; the <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>.<br><br>It's a shame really because car ownership in HKG is considered a luxury and when you design a city that focuses on public transit and walkability instead of being car centric, it improves the city vastly. During rush hour, <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/torontonians" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torontonians</a> lament on how bad traffic is and how <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/commute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commute</a> is an absolute mind-numbing chore. <br><br>In <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/hongkong" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HongKong</a>, while there are traffic jams, it's nowhere near as bad as most people just jump on to the subway which connects almost every major area of the territory. You only take ground transport to places where the trains don't take you there as fast or to connect to areas trains won't reach. The <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/minibus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minibus</a> is something that doesn't exist in Toronto either but can have massive reach, they're essential in the more rural parts of Hong Kong linking villages to the rest of the public transit system. They are vital for connectivity when regular single decker buses and double deckers make no sense due to the lower density.<br><br>I have long viewed HKG as the gold standard for transit, something no North American city can even come close to unfortunately. I would love to ditch my car and stop paying for high gas &amp; insurance costs if Toronto can replicate what Hong Kong has, but that's just wishful thinking. I mean it took <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/metrolinx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metrolinx</a> over a decade to roll out the <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/prestocard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrestoCard</a> when many transit in Asia already had a smart card payment system for transit and taking over a decade to build the <a class="hashtag" href="https://tuxz.one/tag/eglintonlrt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EglintonLRT</a>, I honestly don't have much hope at all.
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