Dan416
Senior Member
Does anyone find it striking that Sarah Thomson's plan is very, very close to SOS's plan?
FWIW, the Metrolinx Act requires municipalities to follow the RTP. No city can unilaterally build regionally-significant transit infrastructure without changing the RTP - and the Mayor of Toronto has only the power of persuasion to do that.
The RTP identifies subway, regional rail, express rail and "other rapid transit' (which includes LRT, BRT and automated mini-metro). In my opinion, it's quite clear on what class of technology will be considered.
Mini-Metro?![]()
In practice that leaves a lot of wiggle room; I grant it would take some explaining to get a full subway on the "other" routes, but the line between the subway, regional and express techs is virtually nonexistent in practice (especially the latter two), while the mini metro/subway line is equally thin on every point but automated operation. My feeling is that Metrolinx does have tech in mind for each line (given that the "corridors" indicated are all really project underway or proposed before the RTP), but that there may yet be room for movement, especially if a new provincial government is less directly attached to the plan but intends to comply with the act itself.
Could be Skytrain, could be Canada Line, could be Docklands Light Railway. A rose by any other name...
It's no where close. SOS priced their subways at a lot more than $200-million per kilometre!Does anyone find it striking that Sarah Thomson's plan is very, very close to SOS's plan?
It's no where close. SOS priced their subways at a lot more than $200-million per kilometre!
If this politician, in her first announcement, is willing to try and deceive us so much on cost, how can we take her seriously?
It's such blatant deception though ... or worse, is simply ignorance. In either case, is that ignorance what we want in office?