In your plans, have you made any recommendations on how to intensify Sheppard Avenue East to make a subway extension more attractive?
1-A mix of residential, commercial and employment uses will reduce live-work-play distances and restricting parkings on Sheppard Ave. discourage automobile trips.
2-The 3 job centres are to be connected with an efficient rapid transit system not 22km/h Streetcar
(North York Centre-Consumers-Scarborough Centre)
3-How it works:
A) Subway stations where zonage allows it will massively draw new residents...(not pulling it out of my ass Nfitz..its a known fact)
B) With station being built on Sheppard Avenue East, important revitalization and densification of the corridor will follow since residents will try as much as possible to live near Sheppard and pay higher taxes.
C) An increase of residents brings an increase of commercial buildings
D) An increase of commerce brings an increase of businesses
E)An increase of businesses increase job availability in the corridor.
F) More jobs available being in the corridor brings more residents. (to live closer to work,commerce and centres)
G) The results of the above:
A+B+C+D+E+F (LOOP)= Increase of densification
Increase of densification=More Taxpayers
Revitalization=Higher taxes
More taxpayers+Higher taxes=More revenue for the city of Toronto
Subway expensive?
Yes,but in the long term, Toronto wins on so many level...
We're to focus on recovering our investment ASAP while the europeen see public transit for what it is...AN INVESTMENT...
Will LRT do the same thing?
yes but nowhere near to what a subway would bring...
because LRT:
1-Slow Transit stopping at red lights
2-Transfert at Don Mills
3-No connection to Scarborough Centre
Fighting for subways is not only about having a train at your door of to travel more comfortably.
Its seeing the bigger picture with all the above and what North York and Scarborough Centre could become along with the Sheppard corridor if Rapid transit was there. There's too much potential there to ignore this
The only line so far who is rapid Transit is Eglinton
-22-25km/h Kennedy to Don Mills
-30 km/h + Tunnel
-30-31 km/h West surface route to airport
Now that's much better...
All this opposition to SELRT is really the TTC's fault.
All they add to do was
1-Faster speed
2-Connection to Scarborough Centre
***I had some classes on urbanism...