Because a lot of those people are headed to the subway in the morning, and away from the subway in the afternoon. The buses are packed going into Finch in the morning, and packed when they leave in the afternoon. And you're making the assumption that nobody will use the busway because everyone is only using the bus to go a couple of blocks, which isn't the case.
Where are those people boarding the bus? From the many stops on Finch! It's part of the strong local nature of the corridor! Again, how does a busway north of Finch with 1km stop spacing going to serve those riders? You making the assumption there is strong demand between Humber and the Subway, which is not the case. Any improvement must be made on Finch. Not in a hydro corridor. I am not going to make assumption about the demand, but I doubt there are many riders travelling to Humber from Yonge on the Finch bus, especially when GO already serves Humber from York Mills and Yorkdale.
So please explain to me how a route that runs 90% in a dedicated busway, has 50% fewer stops, and would have the exact same connection to Finch West Station be so much worse than an LRT? It would be faster, and it would get people from the subway to Humber College QUICKLY, something that an LRT stopping every 600m can't do.
Again, this is where your argument fails! It must be repeated over and over again: The demand in the Finch corridor is LOCAL. All you see is Humber and the subway station, and without even considering the demand between the two, you plop a busway in a area considered to be cheap land, and voila! Problem solved, in your mind.
Considering the location of Humber, I am willing to bet there isn't that many riders using the Finch bus between the subway and Humber, especially when there is a half-hourly GO bus that serves the college from York Mills, and Yorkdale, and is much faster than the Finch bus! Concerning the connection to Finch West Station, the busway would be at least 400m away. How is that a better connection than what have been provided at Finch and Keele?
Is that why it was included in the TTC's plan before it was scrapped in Transit City? It was studied, it was found that it would work, and it was included in the transit plan.
The TTC studied the idea, found the idea would not work, and scrapped it. The demand is on Finch, and many riders live south of Finch. The hydro corridor is too far to satisfy those riders, which constitutes the majority of riders on Finch.
It's not remote. It's not inaccessible (unless you're too lazy to walk 300m, in which case I pity you). And it will be effective.
It is too remote, especially since many riders live south of Finch. (and for the record, considering I exercise twice daily, I am in far better shape than you!
). You're assuming everyone lives in the centre of Finch Avenue! haha!
I still don't get how you can honestly argue that an option that serves BOTH local needs AND regional needs is better than a modest improvement on the existing bus service, especially when those two options would cost the same amount of money.
I do not get how you can honestly argue for a busway in a corridor that clearly has strong local demand, and needs better service ON Finch and I am not talking about HOV lanes, or longer buses. It has be to either LRT, and in this case median bus lanes. The busway would be a boondoggle(I hate using that word, but it seems appropriate in this case), for the simple fact that it would be costly to build, and won't relieve the pressure on Finch, and will not be attractive to riders.
Here, we have a case where there is a really strong local demand along the route, yet you want to build a busway in a hydro corridor that is not close to the demand, will actuallty be expensive to build, and from a glance on Google Maps, will actually mae the trip to Humber LONGER, since corridor veers away from Finch.