Maybe in the direction shown in the link, but in the other direction, the view is blocked by the bus stop.
Hmm, doing more thought on this topic regarding "line of sight", I've noticed that it's not always consistent, regardless, this kind of phasing cannot use a FYA no matter what and I'll get to why later on when I address jakeroot.
My initial thought regarded Lake Shore Boulevard, the first three intersections east of the Humber River have SINGLE LANE fully protected lefts, here is the intersection at Lake Shore/Ellis for instance, that because such a wide median, one cannot make a left turn safely in a permissive phase so thus a fully protected left had to be implemented:
https://goo.gl/maps/JREA2VFNTs62-And for the record, this intersection is one of the few where a LAGGING LEFT movement happens in Ontario, since this is a T intersection, a lagging left cannot cause left turning traffic to be caught in a yellow trap, so I assumed line of sight is the issue why a fully protected left is used here rather than a permissive-protected left
Similarly, in this intersection close to me in Brampton which I have discussed on another thread, although both sides have a single left turn lane, the traffic on EB Queen wishing to turn left faces a FULLY PROTECTED left turn, while the traffic on WB Queen wishing to turn left faces a PROTECTED-PERMISSIVE left turn. Similarly, I used to think that this happens because traffic coming up the hill approaching the intersection appears blind to those wishing to turn left. Perhaps this is the case, I haven't read all through OTM Book 12 in detail to know the exact specifications of when a fully protected left turn is a must.
But yet the question remains, why are turns allowed (although not in AM Rush or PM Rush) FROM University Avenue to Elm St. I mean this median looks about as wide as the one on Lake Shore, yet a left turn is allowed here, despite it being fairly dangerous in my opinion:
https://goo.gl/maps/etgBjmS7Jb52I mean, line of sight aside, look at the turning conflict, generally if you watch this intersection, you'll find drivers "criss-crossing" each other as they wait to left turn as you can see this minivan doing. This is potentially dangerous, yet you are allowed to turn here.
https://goo.gl/maps/8MCn75k27wR2Similarly, as we can see, turning TO University, how are you supposed to left turn properly in this situation, you can't wait before the white line here, it's impossible, people drive all the way to turning point roughly halfway through this intersection if they want to turn left on University, again drivers will inevitably crisscross which is potentially dangerous.
The question I wonder, since Ontario gloats about having the safest roads in North America, why are these whacko movements to/from University (and to a lesser extent, some left movements onto Spadina) bur yet that Lake Shore intersection I showed earlier doesn't allow for any permissive turn?
NOW REPLYING TO JAKEROOT ABOUT FYAThere is one basic reason why you can't use a FYA situation here as well, line of sight aside.
YOU WILL ESSENTIALLY CREATE A VARIATION OF THE YELLOW TRAP!!!
Imagine that we used FYAs for a second and try to imagine this scenario:
I enter Hwy 7/Valleymede wanting to turn left and the signal is a FYA. Oncoming traffic on Hwy 7 is heavy and I cannot turn left, my FYA signal changes into a solid yellow arrow as a bus is approaching this intersection, this creates a yellow trap as oncoming traffic will still have a green and I am now stuck in the middle of the intersection potentially stopped on the path of the bus lane
I have seen some intersections with transit right-of-ways have permissive-protected lefts for regular vehicles, there is one at Queen's Quay/Dan Leckie shown below:
https://goo.gl/maps/MpnwvbPMre12In this situation, the transit vehicle gets a phase all to itself, practically every other streetcar ROW intersection in Toronto uses the fully protected left to my knowledge.
One can easily see how this is disadvantageous to transit users, as they will have to potentially wait while traffic to the right of them gets to proceed through the green. It seems inefficient to me, to have a phase where the only thing that moves is a bus/streetcar, but that's my personal opinion.