nfitz
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Sad to say, I'm starting to agree with you. Sure LRT might make more sense ... but there comes a point where it's simply being destructive to try and change it.I'm beginning to really dislike Josh Matlow.
Sad to say, I'm starting to agree with you. Sure LRT might make more sense ... but there comes a point where it's simply being destructive to try and change it.I'm beginning to really dislike Josh Matlow.
Since when was the Provincial government ever fair? Look at how badly they screw Toronto compared to northern communities, when you look at taxation versus spending.You cannot give RH a subway, downtown one and the LRT for Scarborough. It would look unfair, even though it would be apt based on density and potential riders.
Sad to say, I'm starting to agree with you. Sure LRT might make more sense ... but there comes a point where it's simply being destructive to try and change it.
You cannot give RH a subway, downtown one and the LRT for Scarborough. It would look unfair, even though it would be apt based on density and potential riders.
Since when was the Provincial government ever fair? Look at how badly they screw Toronto compared to northern communities, when you look at taxation versus spending.
I doubt we will see too many increases in price, the current estimate is rather high and the extension is rather basic.
I use to really like Josh Matlow. In fact, up to two years ago I looked at him as a potential future mayor of Toronto. I still have a lot of respect for the guy, but now he is looking desperate to me. I like David Soknacki too, but the fact this guy is pushing for a plan that has been scrapped and isn't favoured by any level of government is telling me this guy is wasting time on this Scarborough transit debate again. Let's move onto bigger and better transit projects like the needed Relief Line. The LRT plan was a good plan, yes, but in the end, a subway extension plan won. Going back to the LRT plan that the provincial and federal governments do not endorse is silly at this point and for me makes politicians like Josh Matlow and David Soknacki look foolish.
And to be honest, if Vaughan is getting subway stations, Richmond Hill has planned subway stations for the future and we'll most likely see subway expansion into Mississauga in the future, by building a few stations into the heart of Scarborough we can FINALLY shut this so called 'Scarborough deserves a subway' debate forever. If the LRT goes in, in 30 years it wouldn't shock me if the future Toronto city council will be debating about subway expansion up to the Scarborough Town Centre. Let's just built the Bloor-Danforth extension up to Sheppard Aveune and move onto more needed transit projects.
Good grief ... Timmins population 45,000. 350 km of highway? Just looking at the AADTs - http://www.raqsb.mto.gov.on.ca/techpubs/TrafficVolumes.nsf/fa027808647879788525708a004b5df8/f51986ea499a13b08525745f006dd30b/$FILE/Provincial%20Highways%20Traffic%20Volumes%202010%20AADT%20Only.pdfShhhh don't tell the northern communities that, they are livid the province doesn't give them everything they want. Someone from Timmons freaked at glen Murray on Twitter for not twinning highway 11 all the way to Timmons... The liberals are very, very unpopular up there despite sinking more money into the north than most previous governments.
I'd have been happy to stick with the LRT plan, so that it's build by 2015 (or 2020 after McGuinty and Ford messed it up). But now that we're going subway, I agree.I use to really like Josh Matlow. In fact, up to two years ago I looked at him as a potential future mayor of Toronto. I still have a lot of respect for the guy, but now he is looking desperate to me. I like David Soknacki too, but the fact this guy is pushing for a plan that has been scrapped and isn't favoured by any level of government is telling me this guy is wasting time on this Scarborough transit debate again. Let's move onto bigger and better transit projects like the needed Relief Line. The LRT plan was a good plan, yes, but in the end, a subway extension plan won. Going back to the LRT plan that the provincial and federal governments do not endorse is silly at this point and for me makes politicians like Josh Matlow and David Soknacki look foolish.
And to be honest, if Vaughan is getting subway stations, Richmond Hill has planned subway stations for the future and we'll most likely see subway expansion into Mississauga in the future, by building a few stations into the heart of Scarborough we can FINALLY shut this so called 'Scarborough deserves a subway' debate forever. If the LRT goes in, in 30 years it wouldn't shock me if the future Toronto city council will be debating about subway expansion up to the Scarborough Town Centre. Let's just built the Bloor-Danforth extension up to Sheppard Aveune and move onto more needed transit projects.
Can't they just pave a temporary bus route somewhere a long the ROW.
But if he is a financially fiscal politician he would not. If he does it means that he too would be bowing to political pressure to winIf Tory runs, I have no doubt he'll back the Bloor-Danforth extension.