mastershake
New Member
I agree, Sheppard should run from Downsview to STC and that is it. If I remember correctly, the East part of Sheppard has nothing along it but back yard fences, then it runs through the rouge valley and curves south towards Kingston Rd.
What I am not clear on is the intent of this sheppard-finch cross town line. Surely someone isn't going to travel from the Zoo to the Airport on something with an average speed of 25km/hour or so, GO would be much better suited for trips like this. But this LRT plan doesn't seem well suited for local (within scarborough) trips either, because there is really nothing along Sheppard east of McCowan worth travelling to.
This ridiculous LRT plan for Sheppard is one of the main reasons I do not support transfer city. It seems like LRT was chosen as the technology regardless of what the most practical solution would be. Some of the transit city lines should be subways (like Sheppard) and many should be buses or express buses (most other lines in Scarborough). Kingston Road is one of the only routes where I think LRT is pretty sensible.
What I am not clear on is the intent of this sheppard-finch cross town line. Surely someone isn't going to travel from the Zoo to the Airport on something with an average speed of 25km/hour or so, GO would be much better suited for trips like this. But this LRT plan doesn't seem well suited for local (within scarborough) trips either, because there is really nothing along Sheppard east of McCowan worth travelling to.
This ridiculous LRT plan for Sheppard is one of the main reasons I do not support transfer city. It seems like LRT was chosen as the technology regardless of what the most practical solution would be. Some of the transit city lines should be subways (like Sheppard) and many should be buses or express buses (most other lines in Scarborough). Kingston Road is one of the only routes where I think LRT is pretty sensible.