innsertnamehere
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Grade seperating east of Don Mills doesn't really matter now that the Scarborough subway is happening instead.
Grade seperating east of Don Mills doesn't really matter now that the Scarborough subway is happening instead.
I'm going slightly off-topic here but I've been meaning to ask for awhile now. Is the demand on Jane really that much to warrant an LRT?
The other thing that the B-D Subway extension might do is prevent the DRL from going up to Eglinton. With the grade-separated Eglinton line - there would be great presure to extend the DRL to Eglinton. Without this, the reasons would be Flemindon and Thornecliffe - not exactly the most influential neighbourhoods in Toronto.
What about Royal York, Kipling, Warden, Markham Rd, etc. LRT or Bus?
Markham Road probably won't warrant LRT for a long time. Its northern section does not even have all-day bus service.
All other said avenues are potential candidates. I would certainly add the Kennedy Subway - Eglinton - Kingston Road - Morningside route (up to Sheppard) to the list; it should have decent ridership, and is a Transit City line, although unfunded at this time.
You are correct there as well, My rank of priorities for project funding based on importance runs something like this:
1. DRL south of Bloor
2. Yonge Extension
3. Eglinton LRT to the Airport (preferably trench along the richview corridor, though there are so few lights along the stretch that a surface run would be just fine)
4. Bloor extension to Sherway
5. Jane LRT
6. DRL to Don Mills / Eglinton
8 car LRT trains? you are looking at 240m long trains there... Just build a nice little transfer at Eglinton for the LRT to DRL just like how the Sheppard LRT will be. The DRL needs to be heavy rail, there is no way getting around that.
What about Royal York, Kipling, Warden, Markham Rd, etc. LRT or Bus?
I'd say these would be the best routes for future LRT:
NORTH SOUTH: Islington, Kipling, Jane, Dufferin, Bathurst, Don Mills, Victoria Park, Kennedy, Markham, Morningside
EAST WEST: Wilson, Finch east, Lawrence, Steeles, Highway 7, Ellesmere, Kingston/Highway 2
If these stops are given grade-separated status and are made to be electrified Eurostyle "pre-metros", I think the public would get off of its "subways cubed" kick mighty quickly.
I'd say these would be the best routes for future LRT:
NORTH SOUTH: Islington, Kipling, Jane, Dufferin, Bathurst, Don Mills, Victoria Park, Kennedy, Markham, Morningside
EAST WEST: Wilson, Finch east, Lawrence, Steeles, Highway 7, Ellesmere, Kingston/Highway 2
If these stops are given grade-separated status and are made to be electrified Eurostyle "pre-metros", I think the public would get off of its "subways cubed" kick mighty quickly.