kEiThZ
Superstar
Your kidding right? Surely it's blindingly obvious that any kind of serious study would demonstrate that the subway wouldn't add much more additional benefit - and may even cause a loss with the removal of the Lawrence East station (and to a lesser extend the other 3 stations) - and yet be exceedingly expensive.
Remember they only carried forward the options that passed the earlier screenings.
1) They never reveal their screening criteria completely. They just say they were screened out. Working in government long enough, I know exactly what that phrase means.
2) Their methodology drew a huge chunk of economic impact from construction. Combine that with the huge impact/catchment area that they assess for subway stops, it's entirely feasible that a subway would be a wash (since huge chunks of the McCowan, Midland, STC and Ellesmere impact areas overlap anyway).
If only they'd publish their data....
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