urbanfan89
Active Member
Toll it all! jeeze then maybe finally i can get the subway station to my door
Better yet kill it. No one will use the highway since it goes from nowhere via nowhere to nowhere.
Toll it all! jeeze then maybe finally i can get the subway station to my door
Why is it tht 30-year-old planning policies for the car designed for an older era still being implemented whereas those for public transit are tossed out the window after 5 years (re. Queen "subway", DRL, GO ALRT, Eglinton West, shall I continue...) ?
The question should have been why spend the money for not 1 but 2 north-south highways going nowhere where it could be spent -
1. Electrifying Lakeshore East TODAY.
2. Increasing capacity on a designated truck route
3. Throwing the money into the lake
or
Why is it tht 30-year-old planning policies for the car designed for an older era still being implemented whereas those for public transit are tossed out the window after 5 years (re. Queen "subway", DRL, GO ALRT, Eglinton West, shall I continue...) ?
This basically sums up how I feel about it. I want to see a serious shift of funding from highways and roads to mass transit. It's been the opposite for far too long. Thankfully it looks like Metrolinx has its priorities straight and will set a course for finally correcting this unfortunate situation and bring us into 21st century kicking and screaming.
I'm sure no one is surprised that the direction that Metrolinx is heading for is a pro-transit direction - because 90% of the duties outlined in the GTTA Act are about transit. However, the MTO retained alot of power over provincial highway policy. As I understand it, Metrolinx has free-reign over transit but can only make recommendations to the province about highways. Unfortunately, and I underline unfortunately, it may be possible for the 407 extension to be built regardless of the RTP calls for.
The Metrolinx RTP might not be able provide transit alternatives to eliminate the need for the 407 extension, as there isn't much in that area to build transit to. However, it might be able to eliminate the need for the Mid-Pen, 427, 404 and GTA-West projects.
4 out of 5 isn't bad, but if we can convince truckers to use the 407 as a cross-town bypass then we might be able to claim 4.5 out of 5.
I have no problem with 407, 427 or 404 extensions. The Mid-Pen and GTA-West/Brampton highways we can do without.
Transit still doesn't have the same mega support from media, corporations, and the general public that automobiles do. And even when it does have support, it is often fragmented, leaving them battling each other and wasting huge amounts of time and energy...
... so long as those in favour of transit or rail travel do not put forward more articulate, and relevant, arguments and fail to put a sustained effort into getting the publics attention and getting more people on board, not much is likely too change. And I suppose you can hope that one day wise and benevolent politicians find their way into office who will solve the problem with the wave of a wand, but given they are little more than creatures of public opinion, you are still back at square one.
No, the EA has been approved.Hmm, so it's still under EA?
They were part of the same EA. They were approved, here is the preferred alignment from the EA website. This also shows greenbelt and protected moraine in green (and dark green), and places that will be developed in white.Any new news on the two north / south connectors between Brock Road and Highway 35 / 115? I can see how one might be needed as the 404 is way off to the west, but two of them?
There's no indication how it will be funded yet; but I'd assume so. But if like the previous piece of 407, the funds don't go to transport infrastructure other than 407 - anything beyond that goes as profit to the investors.Also, are the two links going to be tolled as well, or is it just going to the the 407? I'm all for tolling as long as the government is in charge and dedicates the funds to improving transport infrastructure in the province.