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Uhh...no. Building 'simply anything' would not be a good idea. Building an LRT would just force a linear transfer and piss a lot of people off who wanted a subway because then the LRT would be along with a linear transfer would be around for decades. I'd rather build a subway, since it's a catch 22. If you extend the length, then it will get more ridership. And quite frankly, a Sheppard Subway extension will actually get several cars off the road from North York and Scarborough, including my own, as it will make commuting fasting, more reliable, and more direct. And, by the time it is built, there will be sufficient demand for it. One more thing to consider, we don't build LRTs in Toronto like most European cities do, with transit signal priority and 1 km or more stop distances. We build them like slow, constantly stopping streetcars (every 400m and far side stops so it stops twice, once at a traffic light and then again at a stop) with a right of way. Not worth building an LRT on Sheppard the way I see it. If we're building something on Sheppard, build a subway. If the funds for a subway aren't there, then build nothing, because it still isn't a good idea to spend less money on an LRT, because it still cost a lot of money either way.
Dude.....We don't do proper TSP in Toronto with LRTs....did you not read what I said? Metrolinx changed it's mind on TSP with the Eglinton LRT and it is unlikely that any Sheppard LRT would have transit signal priority.
You would think it should be easier to change our lights to give transit priority than spending billions of dollars extra on a subway.
But it is equally just as easy for a bad politician to come in and turn it off. What you can easily get is a political situation where the quality of the LRT line flip flops depending on which mayor/council is in charge.
I'll believe transit priority is possible in Toronto when the streetcar routes get it. The Crosstown transit priority plan was made in bad-faith.
An example of how the current traffic signals are designed for the single-occupant motorist is in this tweet. With four way flashing red signals, the streetcars get through faster.
I think your heart's in the right place, and having one person in a car is worse than more than one, or using public transit, but I think it's important to know why people use single-occupancy vehicles.
When no one has priority, the biggest vehicle gets priority.
Haha, perhaps. Though, from another school of thought, the smallest brain gets traffic priority.When no one has priority, the biggest vehicle gets priority.
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