amnesiajune
Senior Member
The original plan was not to extend the RT, only refurbish it
In the original Transit City plan it would've been refurbished and extended to Sheppard & Progress.
The original plan was not to extend the RT, only refurbish it
Sure the SRT would be underground until you could bend it back to it's corridor, still cheaper and made more sense than what we're about to do.Which would put the SRT platform well east of the SRT corridor, with the trains coming out of the ground facing east, these plans were designed by experts who know what they are doing and take into account many details
The best solution was always to refurbish the RT and possibly find a solution for the Kennedy transfer. Someone with an agenda decided to throw the TTC (the experts you're referring to) reports out the window and wanted his toy LRT instead, at higher cost. Oh, that person also deferred the Relief Line in his term...not just an irrational hatred of the left or pro-LRT people.
"Why can't the left compromise, yadi yada."
"Why can't subway supports put the subway above ground to save money."
Guys, do really want politicians to be the ones deciding what form of transit to build, where the lines and stations should go, etc? Why can't we just put our biases aside and advocate for the best possible transit plan (whatever that happens to be) based on the advice of qualified city staff? Because frankly this subway plan (which is entirely politically driven) as currently proposed is appalling in just about every possible way.
A Metrolinx analysis concluded that adding SmartTrack stations at Finch, Lawrence, and St. Clair would lead to more than a billion extra kilometres driven over the next 60 years. The station at Lawrence East alone would attract some new riders, but would also increase existing GO travel times and result in a net *loss* of 490 riders per day. If it wasn't for SmartTrack, this station would have been on the subway extension where it should have been all along.
A Metrolinx analysis concluded that adding SmartTrack stations at Finch, Lawrence, and St. Clair would lead to more than a billion extra kilometres driven over the next 60 years. The station at Lawrence East alone would attract some new riders, but would also increase existing GO travel times and result in a net *loss* of 490 riders per day. If it wasn't for SmartTrack, this station would have been on the subway extension where it should have been all along.
Found this on Twitter
Looks like buses for everyone LOL
They were already going there.Part of making Scarborough great again is to force everybody to go to Scarborough Centre.
They were already going there.
They were already going there.
McCowan, Elsemere and Midland barely had anyone using them.
Lawrence East had more people and everyone agrees that making it Smarttrack is idiotic, especially after Metrolinx report.
Its idiotic to make Lawerence a Smarttrack station simply because it should be an LRT station. In that, this subway is the real stupid idea here.
You can give the Provincial Liberals some credit too.LRT is just AS IDIOTIC as subway. True answer is Skytrain with MkIII trains merged to Eglinton. But hey, Council was too busy getting back at Rob Ford than seeing the bigger picture
LRT is just AS IDIOTIC as subway. True answer is Skytrain with MkIII trains merged to Eglinton. But hey, Council was too busy getting back at Rob Ford than seeing the bigger picture