Consolidated 54/55 Division, Housing Now @ TTC Danforth Garage Site

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Contrary the TTCs belief.......there's nothing precluding a major development going over a bus garage. Yonge/Eglinton sorta met this standard, though it was only a parkade a cinema over the top.

But It would absolutely be feasible to do one level of staff parking underground, a grade-level and one-level above bus garage, encased by retail on major road frontages, and then towers sited over the top.

If the garage is EV the noise and fumes issues are minimal.

I agree with you. The amount of buses route that will still be around even after Eglinton LRT opens, the prime location that TTC currently has and the major reduction in deadheading , plus operational savings from EV buses is all good reasons to bring back a bus facility to Eglinton and Yonge.

Also , we've seen examples in NYC and I believe San Francisco, and many other places around the world where they have development on top of a bus garage. TTC gets revenue from air rights or lease on their land. So its a win-win.
TTC had in the 1980s or even as far back as 1960s with Greenwood yard creative ideas when it came to development on top of their land. But with anything at TTC those ideas fizzled out.

Its minimal but some kind of bang for your buck. And TTC won't totally lose out.

Sometimes I wonder what the thinking process is for TTC. Is anyone thinking of creative ideas? Do they share ideas with other transit systems. Sometimes I wonder why even proposals and ideas don't get brought up by them. Even if it gets rejected.