What does that have to do with my question? I asked you to tell me how that isn't celebrating. You've claimed that no one here is celebrating the funding cut. I clearly demonstrated that someone here is celebrating, and you then dodge the question.
If you can't answer the simplest of questions without doing the slimy politician question dodge thing, how can we take anything you say seriously?
It's not my question to answer, it is LaZ's. Speaking on his behalf though I think what he meant with that remark was that putting an end to Transit City will see to the implementation of a superior plan. Bus, tram, subway, commuter-rail... the mode is not important, all that is is the speed and reliability of service. You're probably taking his statement to mean "cancel Transit City and to all transit funding in general," which we both know is untrue.
That seems pretty arrogant of you to simply assume that the service won't work as designed! What's the point of having discussion here, if you're simply going to conclude anything that has been proposed, that doesn't meet your very narrow idea of what should happen won't work!
And I phrased it as a question for you, which you have not answered. Though whatever time gains are achieved through the tunneled section can easily be lost on the surface where the trams will have to decelerate dramatically. More importantly, the Eglinton tunnel will not be built with the same specs for HRT as it will LRT. Mixing subway cars and streetcars raises many problems including the difference in floor height, and the greater dynamic clearance required for subway cars due to their length and width. For example, an ALRV streetcar is roughly the same length as a T1 subway car, but the ALRV pivots in the middle, and is narrower. LRT cars take their power from overhead wires that tend to require more clearance than a subway train. Making round tunnels wider also makes them taller.
This all correlates to a massive overall renovation when the time comes to upgrade the LRT tunnel to subway car standards, not to mention building an entirely new right-of-way for the subway in the areas beyond that central tunnel because side-of-roadway ROW is not being pursued under the Transit City Plan. Think about how expensive the proposals to convert the SRT ROW and Sheppard Subway ROW to light-rail are before spouting off nonsense
What? Where do you get this stuff? Come on ... you're just making this up, right?
You're right it has never been offically brought up, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be in the distant future if we already have a terminal at Kennedy/Eglinton and would build a subway line as far east as Don Mills/Eglinton. It'd only be another 6 kilometres from there to connect the two points and provide Scarberians with a real alternative to the Bloor-Danforth for crosstown travel.
Members actually take Dentroba...errr Fresh Start seriously?
Do you ever have something meaningful to add to the discussion of Transport and Infrastructure or are you just one of those persons who shouts a disparaging comment at a performance or event, or interrupting a political meeting, with intent to disturb its performers or participants?
