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This Wikipedia page lists it at 88% in 2008, but it doesn't really matter what the actual number is; I'm arguing that it should be higher regardless, for the reasons I've stated above.

So are you saying you are in favour of council subsidizing transit? Instead of subsidizing the system directly, the city/province should subsidize lower income transit users. This kind of thing would be easy to implement with a fare card system. There's no reason for the transit systems not...

An express from Pearson to Union is needed so I think the ARL is fine for what it is. I don't think it should make the extra stops at e.g. Eglinton or bloor; it's an exprss service from Pearson to Union. It's the Georgetown/Kitchener line that should make those extra stops. But Pearson needs...

Yes, I think a western leg would be part of a future second phase. Or an alternative (maybe better) would be to add a couple stations on an electrified Georgetown/Kitchener line (such as Dufferin-Queen, Brockton, Liberty Village, etc.) As you noted, the 66' plan shows the Queen line reaching to...

GO Transit's cost recovery is something like 95% which is close enough, which is why I mentioned it. Regardless, I think both agencies should be at 100% cost recovery. (As I mentioned, the fact that other agencies like the MTA are subsidized is irrelevant, since they are a different city and...

But on the topic of DRL routing... In 1966 after the YUS and BD lines were built, the third line was supposed to be the Queen/Pape/Don Mills line, shown in the map I posted in this thread. Jump to 1980's, when nothing but minor extensions had been built, The Network 2011 plan had subway lines...

Yes, branching lines when they reach the suburbs is probably the best way to design a system, however it's probably too late for Toronto's network since it needs to be designed that way from the start. (Unless we talk about future, hypothetical extensions...for example, the Bloor Danforth...

Why does the TTC have to be subsidized? It's just not a sustainable model. How can we expand a transit system or grow ridership, when, if it's being subsidized at 30%, the operating costs will just continue to rise as the system expands. I think it should break even, just like GO transit...

This is a key point. And I agree a combination of 4A & 6A/B is the best option... I think generally Metrolinx is headed in the right direction and will make good decisions. The problem is, transit planning needs to be removed from the political process so label salesmen and lawyers can't make...

Well then what would a "Rail Corridor DRL" do better than an upgraded GO corridor + a Queen/Don line? I think it's a good idea to start thinking of GO/TTC as a single system.

I mentioned the need for new stations to be added... and if necessary, express trains can be used to bypass those. Anyone trying to start a serious campaign for a "DRL" subway should take into consideration the following: -it has to be a reasonable length (pushing for full subways up to...

Putting the line south of Queen (King, Wellington, etc.) would be too close to the rail corridor which should be served by an upgraded GO Transit. A line across Queen, and up through the Pape/Don Mills alignment is really the only one that isn't redundant. Anyone who wants to see a DRL should...

This is probably the wrong thread for this kind of discussion, but anyways, if something like this were implemented, how it is operated is dependent on whether (1) they're running bi-level diesel trains at rush hour, or electrified EMU's running all day service, and (2) how fares are integrated...

I'm not sure what you mean, but I would assume it would operate as a separate line from the Milton one, kind of how the ARL is supposed to branch from the Georgetown line. I think it would be even better to do a similar thing with Scarborough Centre and the Stouffville line. If it can be built...

Here's a map of the Milton line (orange), Georgetown line (red), and MCC (yellow). There's no question that if a new spur is built it would be off the Milton line.

It wouldn't be changing anything; as someone mentioned there is no plan yet for the east portion of Eglinton... the construction that has started at Black Creek would continue. In fact I think Metrolinx/the province is waiting to see what happens when Ford is kicked out, before they abandon...

Here's my simple plan, as I just mentioned in the Eglinton Lrt thread. I just want to see money from the Eglinton project shifted to a Bloor-Danforth extension.

Here's what I would like to see: As a compromise, stop the Eglinton LRT at Don Mills, and use the money to extend the BD up to STC via McCowan. Both segments are about the same distance and would likely cost the same. This way, Scarborough gets it's subway that Ford promised, and the RT can...

Tomorrow night, I will have to go from Dupont to Queen & Claremont (west of bathurst/ by Trinity Bellwoods). Should I just take Queen from Osgoode; I was thinking the Bathurst streetcar from Bathurst station might be faster?

Actually I think it's important to get more stations on the Yonge line, at least 1 between Eglinton and Lawrence (possibly two) and maybe one between Lawrence and York Mills. What do I have to do to make this happen?