ehlow
Senior Member
And what incentive do they have to reduce the price of UPX when there is a GO service on the corridor for less the half the price? This is supposed to be for the business class right? They have also sank so much money into this, no reason to a take loss, which is fine and I understand that.
Your question: because the Eglinton West extension would cost less then 500 million and it would allow those who don't use the TTC to the airport to do so now because the cab is too much or the transfer to the bloor plus + airport rocket is too long. And they should have had a station at Mount Dennis already... but that's was an oversight yet again.
All I'm saying is this:
If the problem is that UPX fares are too high, and your solution to the problem is to build Eglinton West extension for 1.8 billion dollars (cost from steve munro's site) and a few years of construction. Would it not be a cheaper and faster solution to the problem to spend a fraction of that money subsidizing UPX fares and making it way cheaper, then adding Mt Dennis & Eglinton station?
All I'm saying is reducing UPX fares to a smaller amount and adding one station is way faster and cheaper than doing Eglinton West 11km LRT extension for 1.8 billion.
Having said that, I could see other justifications for doing Eglinton West extension. I just don't think that UPX fares being too high should be the only reason.