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Exactly. Complete removal of all involvement and funding.
You're entitled to your opinion in support of cutting funding to transit facilities, but I must disagree. I think funding public transportation is a good thing.
Exactly. Complete removal of all involvement and funding.
And who floated that rumour? Or did you just make that up?it would also be close to one of the rumoured sites for a future NFL stadium ( Christies bread plant)
You're entitled to your opinion in support of cutting funding to transit facilities, but I must disagree. I think funding public transportation is a good thing.
This is about the private bus lines terminal west of Bay north of Dundas. With GO transit, a government operation providing suburban transfer points which can be used to access the city, there isn't much point paying for a bus terminal that supports private companies. The GO buses have the sense to schedule their buses to meet the trains so I don't see any reason why tax dollars would pay for private buses to go downtown on the congested roads of the city to a bus station when government buses meet trains as much as possible.
And who floated that rumour? Or did you just make that up?
How about a new bus terminal built at the soon to be vacated food terminal on the Queensway.
Why would you EVER put the bus station in the middle of Etobicoke? It isn't near a Subway, or GO Train, is barely served by public transit and you would essentially need people to drive to it. You might as well just leave it where it is.
No offence, but that is not a good idea.
Union Station is the obvious location for any new bus terminal. I have a copy of an old study that talked about a much-expanded two level terminal on the existing GO Bus terminal site. That's probably ideal, though it might be a little congested.
That said, there are some advantages to the existing location. I know a lot of people--especially U of T students--who prefer the bus over the train because the bus is walking distance to campus (among other destinations) while you pretty much have to spend on TTC to get down to Union.