Finch West Line 6 LRT

[Bojaxs]

Speaking of Mississauga BRT, that service and route is perfect candidate for an LRT service. You have proper stations, You have good spacing of stops (one km plus for each stop), you have complete grade separation, its a road that is used only by City buses, and you have the right density for an LRT. LRT's do have place and that's perfect place to put a proper LRT. Just not in Toronto.

PS.: I recall hearing that there is already been talk of doing just that with that route and that it was built with future LRT service in mind.

When you say Mississauga BRT, are you referring to the Transitway?

Why upgrade a bus Transitway to an LRT? Why repeat the mistake that Ottawa made?

Why not upgrade it to something like the Merseyrail in Liverpool? Or the Tyne & Wear Metro in Newcastle? A light Metro. Have it go underground when it passes through the Square One area. Heck, if we were smart, we would even have the Hurontario line use the same rolling stock and offer seamless transfers. Travel on elevated lines south to Port Credit, and go underground in downtown Brampton.

 

[yurt2022]

When you say Mississauga BRT, are you referring to the Transitway?

Why upgrade a bus Transitway to an LRT? Why repeat the mistake that Ottawa made?

Why not upgrade it to something like the Merseyrail in Liverpool? Or the Tyne & Wear Metro in Newcastle? A light Metro. Have it go underground when it passes through the Square One area. Heck, if we were smart, we would even have the Hurontario line use the same rolling stock and offer seamless transfers. Travel on elevated lines south to Port Credit, and go underground in downtown Brampton.

Exactly.

The bus works better than an Ontario-designed/operated LRT ever would.

Limit on the transitway right now is 80, I'd expect that to go down if an LRT was routed there for "safety."

The transitway could be amazing if MiWay stopped padding its schedules so much.

 

[Burnt creek]

When you say Mississauga BRT, are you referring to the Transitway?

Yes, I was referring to the Transitway

 

[APTA-2048]

Snow on switches caused it to be shut down as well as communication issues.

Maybe it would be a good idea to have crews actually proactively clean the switches. It's not like they didn't know it was going to snow.

Seems like a no brainer

Snow clearing should be Mosaic’s responsibility. And it appears both times we’ve had snow, they’ve done a shit job.

 

[JasonParis]

There is another major downside in this service is the sheltering at the station stops. I rode a portion of the line Wednesday (just to see it for myself) and on the return trip i had to wait at one of those stops for about 5 mins and i kept wishing that the stops would protect me from the weather as well bus stop shelters. You get much better sheltering from the elements at a bus stop than at the Finch LRT stops. The typical bus stops, though smallish, protect you well from the wind and precipitation when you go deep inside it. Whereas these stop shelters on this line barely protect you from precipitation and leave you fully exposed to wind and cold. ;

Ironically, I remember someone at Metrolinx once stating that more weather cover wasn't particularly necessary due to the frequency and reliability of what they were building. In other words, nobody would be waiting more than a few minutes.