The only scenario in which a downtown Brampton tunnel is even close to being a reasonable idea is if they are planning density greater than the Golden Mile or Square One District. I don’t think we will see that much density in downtown Brampton.
This could be what Brampton needs to do just that.
Any real density for the area will be north of CN Bridge, west of the Downtown 3 blocks, east of CN bridge over Queen. You may see some density in the southeast area on the southside of the CN Queen bridge. To put density in the existing blocks of the Downtown will be hard if you are retaining the existing buildings.
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I was waiting for the anti Europe transit comments to come out despite the fact they have it figured out.
If it can be done elsewhere, it can be done here, other than sticking their head in the sand and saying subway is the way to go. Norfolk Viginia Tide has something like this.
I know they have. And so has China. However,I am not anti anywhere else. I just know that their politics is different than ours,and that makes the difference. Maybe if we swing a lot more to the left those things could happen. Or, we swing to the point of one party and only one party in charge, it could happen.
You think we should cater to the subways subways subways crowd. Or you think it’s easier to do that then to just stand up to them and say this is it despite the fact transit elsewhere suffers. That’s your winning strategy?
I think we should cater to what works for the area and the citizens that live and work there. So, if a section of it does not work for surface LRT for the citizens that live and work there, then we should not build a surface LRT. That is how simple I see it.
But it can work for the area. The studies show that. And the previous city council was split almost right down the middle. If it was clear that it should have been underground then that would have been proposed no different than the middle section of eglinton and the council would have outright voted unanimously against it.. But it wasn’t a clear cut favourite in regards to going underground at the extra billion or two it takes to build it.
So, we should ignore all the people who want it underground? If I lived in that area,I would hate "the government" shoving the cheapest option in just because it is the cheapest option.
It isn’t the cheapest option. The bus is the cheapest option. You want to buy the most expensive option. If I was in the area I wouldn’t want my taxes to go to that.
The cheapest rail option.....
A streetcar without its own lanes would technically be cheaper. Those curbs stopping traffic costs monies.
No space for the supports of an elevated line.