Justin10000
Banned
Or just build a surface LRT line running every 5 minutes.
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
It can be on the surface but off the road when possible, and in trenches. And since it's so suburban in that area there wouldn't be much in the way to build it like that
Hi nfitz,
Personally, I wouldn't put that much weight in the existence of a funding agreement. Transit project or not, governments do renegotiate for political advantage and/or due to economic reality, as evidenced by the deferral of much of Transit City earlier this year.
If people thought St. Clair is a disaster, wait till you see shepperd!
Funny that no-one that actually lives or has lived in scarborough is a proponent of shepperd east?
If people thought St. Clair is a disaster, wait till you see shepperd!
Also interesting is how there was NO action at the agincourt station the entire summer (super slow contrstuction), then all of the sudden, with the threat of cancellation, these union goons are working faster than ever?
incredible what a little political pressure can do... they can actually produce!
One of the more efficient ways to provide better transit in the GTA for long distances is to improve Commuter Rail options and service. So instead of Sheppard LRT to Sheppard Subway to Yonge Subway, it can be transfer at Oriole or Agincourt to go downtown and arrange to arrive at those GO stations when your train is about to arrive.
These LRT lines certainly greatly improve local transit, but hacked onto the Sheppard subway makes it look like a piecemeal half ass job, they should at least continue the LRT down the Sheppard tunnels so it would be one continuous line and it's not like the Sheppard trains were ever close to being full anyway so they won't be missed.
Fact #fail.
Have you even read any of the Sheppard threads?
Trains are full due to budget concerns (I.e. artificially restricted capacity to save on manpower costs) not an actual physical constraint. Capacity could be tripled within a week based a single word from the commission to do so (bring in the drivers).
And I've never seen B-D trains as packed as Yonge during normal service. That must mean we only have one successful subway line.And even with the Sheppard Line running at less than a third of the capacity of the Yonge line, I have never seen the Sheppard trains nearly as packed as Yonge,
Why would it? It's fully funded by the province and feds, with no cost to the City. Ford has already said that his subway suggestions won't fly if no one funds them. The province has already said it won't fund the subway proposals and will proceed with the current plans.If Ford wins, I predict the Sheppard LRT crashes and burns.
If you really think he has no chance of winning, why even bother asking?Why would it?