The TTC announced the completion of its overhaul of Donlands Station on Wednesday, marking the official close of the four-year project to improve acc…
The TTC announced the completion of its overhaul of Donlands Station on Wednesday, marking the official close of the four-year project to improve accessibility at the stop on the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth. Donlands ' second exit/entrance building at 17-19 Dewhurst Boulevard features four Presto fare gates, and now offers access to the platforms below via two new elevators, as well as automatic sliding doors, updated signage, and wayfinding.
The project's completion makes Donlands TTC's 55th accessible station, and the transit agency celebrated the momentous occasion with Toronto-Danforth MP Julie Dabrusin, TTC Chair Jamaal Myers, Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher, and ACAT Co-Vice Chair Betty Rivington-Law, joining TTC Interim CEO Greg Percy at the station on Wednesday afternoon.
While the project's design may not be everyone's cup of tea, Mayor Olivia Chow hailed the new entrance as a step in the City's commitment "to making transit accessible to all residents, and the opening of an accessible Donlands Station contributes to our goal of making the TTC barrier-free and equitable."
Chow thanked everyone who worked on the project and the TTC's Advisory Committee on Accessible Transit "for ensuring that residents of all abilities can use public transit with dignity and ease." The Easier Access Program will eventually bring accessibility to all stations on the TTC subway network, with work currently ongoing at 14 other stations along the line.19 Canadian companies named among the best employers in the worldMetrolinx terminates senior staffers but people want the CEO fired insteadCanadian small town university rankings are now out and 3 in Ontario are top 10
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