zang
Senior Member
Eglinton's slow, but you can still get across it in almost every spot.Eglinton would like a word.
When the Yonge or Bloor/Danforth were being cut & covered, there was no car traffic, period.
Eglinton's slow, but you can still get across it in almost every spot.Eglinton would like a word.
Sounds like it goes against every dictionary definition of "ignore" that I've ever read, but okay!Seemed pretty ignored to me.
Great, and what about west of there? You know, the bulk of the ridership on the line?East of the 427, the Milton line makes one single stop; at Kipling station. Everything east of there could easily be routed south on a new track through almost entirely aging industrial areas to the Gardiner.
It's also fairly disingenous to champion the rights and concerns of poor people, while simulatenously proposing a distanced based fare system that would disproportionally affect them.It's a bit disingenuous to argue about low-income communities while simultaneously defending a luxury like car ownership.
As for "forcing CP", that would be the domain of the governments higher up (and is certainly not outside of the abilities of said governments). But also, if the province can buy land for a Bradford bypass, it can certainly buy land for GO train tracks, and there are hydro and highway corridors that I'm sure could spare a couple of dozen feet for trackage.
We run a whopping six of them a day round-trip to Milton and back; not because of lack of commuters, but because we capitulate to the car every damn time and make driving the absolute easiest way as a result.
Do you think people deprived of the Gardiner would just "take" it? Or would they demand better regional transit? Would they vote more transit-friendly politicians in? VERY LIKELY.
These 'leaks' are all coming from Tory who is clearly NOT answering questions about where all this extra money is to come from if taxes are not to go up more than inflation. I am not opposed to many of the 'expansion plans' he is announcing but until one can see (and understand) the whole budget and know which programs are getting less it is unwise to get too excited or supportive.Budget leak of the day from the Mayor, more $$ for EMS and Toronto Fire:
Tory announces 2023 funding plan for Toronto’s paramedics and fire services - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
Toronto Mayor John Tory the city is investing more funding into Toronto paramedics and fire services as part of the 2023 budget.globalnews.ca
When the Yonge or Bloor/Danforth were being cut & covered, there was no car traffic, period.
These 'leaks' are all coming from Tory who is clearly NOT answering questions about where all this extra money is to come from if taxes are not to go up more than inflation. I am not opposed to many of the 'expansion plans' he is announcing but until one can see (and understand) the whole budget and know which programs are getting less it is unwise to get too excited or supportive.
My 'reply' was not particularly aimed at you, dear friend. It was a more general word of caution to look at the whole budget package and look particularly at the sections we are NOT being 'directed to' through these leaks!I don't believe I was conveying any 'excitement' LOL.
In point of fact, I've been critical on the TTC front.
I've seen a bit more than what's public facing at this stage, but not the entire budget by a long shot, which should be public next week and I will read it then. I also don't know the tax target.
The cross streets for Line 2 were excavated for cut-and-cover.Ummm, No.
Most of Line 2 in the east end runs north of Danforth and Danforth was not excavated; most of Line 2 in the west end runs north of Bloor and Bloor was not excavated.
The exception to that was largely around Yonge, and some bits in the Sherbourne to Broadview section as well.
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It was true for portions of Line 1 south of roughly 501 Yonge. North of there, Line 1 runs to the east of Yonge, and, of course in an open-cut north of Bloor (that used to be much more open than it is today) .
The only extended portion of Line 1 directly under the road, for the most part is Line 1, under University Avenue/Queen's Park.
But even there, the section between just south of St. Patrick and just north of Queen's Park was actually tunneled.
The original (Union to Eglinton) predates my memory, but I have seen pictures of traffic including, I believe, street car tracks, operating on heavy timbers laid across the cut. I distinctly recall traffic on the timbers around Yonge and Sheppard.Eglinton's slow, but you can still get across it in almost every spot.
When the Yonge or Bloor/Danforth were being cut & covered, there was no car traffic, period.
In an article published in Today's Star, the mayor concedes, his proposed budget, with a below-inflation tax increase, isn't really balanced at all.
In fact, its out by 900M, which the Mayor is hoping will arrive from Queen's Park or Ottawa at some point, but if it doesn't, he's proposing to gut capital spending, including TTC SOGR.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...w-ahead-of-torontos-2023-budget-proposal.html (behind paywall); but the key bit is:
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Yet unwilling to raise property taxes...it boggles my mind how the City is so afraid of raising property taxes to fund services considering that there are so many wealthy residents.
They make a tonne of money, and add more supply to the housing market, helping shrink the massive bubble this city is sitting on?You can raise taxes sure... but then what happens when people sell their property because they cannot afford to keep it?