CDL.TO
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Yes, that would make sense ... if the current SRT LRT plan was for just rebuilding the SRT to Scarborough Centre. However much, if not most of the $ currently assigned isn't to rebuild the 6-km line from Kennedy to Scarborough Centre, it's to extend it by 4-km to Sheppard.
Yes, that's the point. We need to look at the costs and benefits of the subway extension without the service to Sheppard vs the LRT which does go to Sheppard.
We know that the TTC's analysis says that there are more people within walking distance of the LRT (conversion+extension), but it hasn't really looked at aggregate travel time benefits for all of Scarborough compared to the subway alternative. Since a HUGE majority of travellers will still have to take a bus to the LRT station, there's good reason to believe that the subway extension would be more beneficial to more passengers.
How much time will the average passenger in Scarborough north of Eglinton save with the LRT plan? Is this more or less than the time that the average passenger in Scarborough north of Eglinton would save with a subway extension?