Aldebaran
New Member
Good afternoon ShonTron,
"The Transitway will end at Renforth and Eglinton. A short walk to perhaps two office buildings, maybe an industrial mall or two, at best."
Think of it as a gateway to the airport, opening the door to future extension possibilities. Also, future development will most likely be scued in favour of coalescing around stations, with the gaps slowly filling in. What we see now could only be the beginning.
"Many, if not most, of the offices in the sprawling Airport Corporate Centre aren't close enough to the Transitway to be walkable. A shuttle bus will be required to get to and from the Transitway stations."
That may be, but it's still a good start and certainly better than no transitway whatsoever. A shuttle bus ride is better than a taxi ride from home, for now.
Remember, slow and gradual.
Perhaps that will also open the door to the possibility of implementing a small-scale, neighbourhood-specific bike share system that could help link the commuters from their Transitway stations to their offices. It could even be corporately subsidized, as I doubt any office building will be more than a 30-minute bicycle ride away.
"NIMBYs did successfully oppose a proposed station at Mississauga Road. But it would have been value-engineered out of existence -- like the City Centre tunnel, and stations at Mavis and Creditview -- as well anyway."
Slow and gradual ☺
"The Transitway will end at Renforth and Eglinton. A short walk to perhaps two office buildings, maybe an industrial mall or two, at best."
Think of it as a gateway to the airport, opening the door to future extension possibilities. Also, future development will most likely be scued in favour of coalescing around stations, with the gaps slowly filling in. What we see now could only be the beginning.
"Many, if not most, of the offices in the sprawling Airport Corporate Centre aren't close enough to the Transitway to be walkable. A shuttle bus will be required to get to and from the Transitway stations."
That may be, but it's still a good start and certainly better than no transitway whatsoever. A shuttle bus ride is better than a taxi ride from home, for now.
Remember, slow and gradual.
Perhaps that will also open the door to the possibility of implementing a small-scale, neighbourhood-specific bike share system that could help link the commuters from their Transitway stations to their offices. It could even be corporately subsidized, as I doubt any office building will be more than a 30-minute bicycle ride away.
"NIMBYs did successfully oppose a proposed station at Mississauga Road. But it would have been value-engineered out of existence -- like the City Centre tunnel, and stations at Mavis and Creditview -- as well anyway."
Slow and gradual ☺