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Metrolinx has no authority over subways. That's why the TTC pushes subway projects.

What has Metolinx got to do with the DRL and Line 1 extension? Both are subway projects, not in Metrolinx's vocabulary.

There was a request to estimate the cost of a "rough-in" for the Lawrence station. Turns out it depends on the definition of "rough-in". Making a flat part in the tunnel for a station is cheap but there will be considerably more cost to build the station later and at the risk of closing the...

The subway is a City project. The LRT is a provincial project. No part of the the subway budget mixes with the LRT budget. The added cost of the LRT extension is totally funded by the Province. The City Planners accepted the Province's offer of the extended LRT. They never explained why...

salsa said: ↑ Scarborough MPP Brad Duguid makes it clear that the province intends to build the subway no matter what, says questions about the Scarborough subway are unwarranted. “Regardless of the constant assault on this project, it’s absolutely a solid project and absolutely needed. The...

I'll be long gone before there is any rapid transit in Scarborough. 69 years,

It really feels so long ago, besides are we there yet - rapid transit for Scarborough? (I'm truly an old dodger, so I use the expression a lot.)

I'm old enough to remember Transportation Minister Murray, offer to build a two stop subway to STC for free. A month later Council votes the three stop to Sheppard for $3.56 billion and a special tax levy. As an aside, I think a good arterial road network is important for economic development...

I'll rain on your parade. Those numbers refer to the Sheppard subway line. If you compare the actual Sheppard subway line numbers, the discrepancy is apparent. Let's look at the Metrolinx ridership for the Crosstown LRT Victoria Park to Kennedy.

What are the ridership numbers for the LRT? For those in Scarborough trying to get downtown, the LRT merely takes them to the Kennedy Station. Just another leg in the trip, line up and wait for LRT, mount and dismount, line up and wait for Bloor subway mount and dismount, line up and wait for...

Scarborough Eglinton LRT The expediant solution is to put the LRT underground, just like through Leaside. Victoria Park to Kennedy is really short. Metrolinx said last September that there was a $2 billion surplus in the Crosstown project. Metrolinx is well aware of the congestion problem. In...

No. the $3.56 was City Council subway only! Metrolinx (Duguid) is building the Eglinton LRT at $1.46 billion. nothing to do with subway. They eliminated the Lawrence East subway from SSE to divert city money to build the extended LRT. Recall in Aug-Nov 2014 two lanes of Eglinton from Midland...

"Duguid said the province is contributing $1.4 billion to have the subway reach Scarborough Town Centre, " I thought the city voted $3,56 billion to pay for a subway. I thought the one stop subway costs $2 billion. How does Duguid's $1.4 billion come into it?

Any comments about SmartTrack 2.0? http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/transit-fantasy-maps.3005/page-292#post-1109076

SmartTrack 2.0 Convert the GO Stouffville line to Electric Multiple Units (EMU) with 3-4 minute headways. The route goes along the Lakeshore (4th track installed), then at Gerrard and Pape we go down the Relief Line (RL) tunnel, switching the RL to EMU technology as well. The crosstown under...

Unionville Subway This is a proposal to create a TTC Unionville subway line to replace the GO Stouffville line. It would run at grade, from Unionville Station in Markham to Scarborough Station and then in a tunnel from Scarborough Station under the GO tracks to Pape and Gerrard to meet the...

Scarborough residents have for too long been without an adequate rapid transit system. The citizens need rapid transit to cover the exceedingly long bus routes in Scarborough. There is an opportunity to provide rapid transit by carrying passengers on a new line. An RT (as in the SRT) train...