Steve X
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Yes cause this Transit City bus plan is largely implemented as the 10 minutes and express network years later.
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Finch West Line 6 LRT
- Thread starter W. K. Lis
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W. K. Lis
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Steve X
Senior Member
Yes, unfortunately additional funding isn't provided to maintain the headways when reliability "improvements" were made.Soon to be backtracked and adjusted in reverse.
The snowball effect happens as widen headways cause longer wait times which leads to more buses unloading more riders at transfer points. This leads to longer dwelling time at stops in which they respond with more reliability "improvements" till the cycle repeats itself enough times till ridership dropped enough they cutback a bus to furtherly widen the headway on the route.
Till the next mayor decide to make a photo opportunity with "temporary" additional funding and add that lost bus back to that route and give themselves a pat on the back. Shortly after a few board periods, it's deem "extra" as ridership never came back and removed permanently. That's the TTC for you folks!
Of course they also do stupid things like lets balance buses between two branches on the 45 Kipling and have the same level of service going towards the industrial area of Belfield as the neighbourhood improvement areas of Rexdale. This let to completely packed buses on the 45A to Steeles in which they blame Finch West LRT construction and add run time as reliability "improvements" to increase people's long enough commute time.
INTz
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INTz
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Railrunner
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drum118
Superstar
Just up loaded a batch of photos I shot on Feb 11
Jane Station
Jane Station
W. K. Lis
Superstar
"Jane Stop" not "Jane Station"?Just up loaded a batch of photos I shot on Feb 11
Jane Station
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Technically I think it’s “Jane and Finch” stop. I believe Metrolinx is calling surface boarding and alighting areas stops, with stations reserved for underground. This could be outdated though.
drum118
Superstar
Nick picking, but both mean the same thing as some will service other lines while others will not, but both drop/pickup riders.
ML has being using stations in place of stops. I use stations regardless for tagging reason. Stations is use for a number of systems NA and Europe
I use platforms for TTC ROW or where one exist on an non ROW route since they are lowfloor in the first place.
Reecemartin
Active Member
Figure this will be interesting for folks!
Islington Express Bus
Active Member
Nice video, Reece. I am curious when the video was filmed. I had expected station completion to be more substantial than what was shown.
Railrunner
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Reecemartin
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It was recent, but it really did look quite far along. They are putting in finishings and escalators, I think the clutter just makes it look less ready to go.
jmi22
Active Member
Gentrification is not 'inevitable'. When the Yonge line was extended north through the wealthy suburbs of North York, did we see a mass displacement of those residents? Considering such displacement as guaranteed is ahistorical and basically kills any hope to protect the existing community.Gentrification is inevitable when a new transit infrastructure comes into play... Just look at Eglinton LRT. Also Ontario Line which will gentrify Flemo and Thorncliffe Park slowly but surely. These folks living there will unfortunately need to pack up and move further away just cause land cost and rental cost will balloon up once the line is ready and investment comes pouring in.
A new LRT line is bringing redevelopment — and gentrification fears — to Jane and Finch
Jane Finch Mall is one of many sites up for redevelopment that will likely bring new housing. But local residents also fear they and mall tenants could be displaced.www.thestar.com
Whether or not mass gentrification occurs along Finch is a very purposeful choice by those in power