urbanfan89
Active Member
Only in Canada will a transit project be criticized because *too many* people will use it.
The main problem will be the PM rush IMHO. All trains will go to RHC, but the downtown stations are too small and narrow. As more people ride, some may wait up to 3-4 trains to board, but the platforms will need to be expanded to allow for those patrons to wait safely. Otherwise it becomes a huge hazard of people falling and causing massive delays. How can this situation be improved? Turning back trains wont work, so the only other viable solution is to run shuttle buses from Union to Rosedale, by making Yonge street a bus only route during PM peak.
I completely agree, but for some reason TTC and other transit agencies (Metrolinx) seem to use AM peak period as the most constrained one. While that may be so, I would argue that congestion is worse in the evening as the system needs more time to get people out of the core during that time.
Sadly, DRL will most likely not be built in our lifetimes if the same TTC and city politics continue.
As Joe said "If I had $2.4 billion for building transit only, is this the place for all the Money or do I use it on things that will give me a bigger bang for the buck"? The answer is ""NO"" consider there are other thing that will carry more riders and have a bigger bang.
It's industry standard to use AM rush because you a very high number of people going towards employment areas in a very narrow timeframe. In the PM rush you have a more scattered trip pattern as people run around doing errands and there is a much wider range of time people get off work. More people use the system but not at the same time and not in the same direction. It generally averages out to less pressure on a given service.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Toronto Transit Commission approves extending the Yonge Subway
At its meeting on Wednesday, January 21, the Toronto Transit Commission approved proposals to extend the 1 Yonge - University - Spadina subway northward beyond Finch Station to the Richmond Hill in York Region.
The Commission approved the project with similar conditions to those approved by the City of Toronto Executive Committee at its meeting on January 5.
You can read the TTC staff report on extending the subway here (.pdf) and a list of additional costs for the project here. (.pdf)
Toronto City Council will consider the TTC and Excecutive Committee recommendations during its meeting on January 27 and 28.