Updated my fantasy map to include some new transit realities:
1) With the Bloor-Danforth extension to Sheppard & McCowan now official city policy (for now), I needed to take that into account.
2) With the extension to Sheppard & McCowan, it makes the Sheppard East LRT less useless. The B-D extension also raises another interesting aspect: massive cancellation fees for the LRT vehicles from Bombardier. I believe the solution to this, however politically unpopular, is to convert the Sheppard Subway to handle LRT.
Now, normally the $600 million pricetag may scare people off, but considering that the cancellation costs could run over a hundred million anyway, that conversion cost becomes more attractive. This is so because if the Sheppard Subway is converted for LRT, the SLRT vehicles that were ordered can be shifted over to Sheppard, and the T1s currently on Sheppard can service the B-D extension, saving the City from having to order new train sets for that extension.
3) Because of the conversion, the Sheppard and Finch LRTs can be connected to create a single thru-line. I chose a routing along Bathurst, because it runs through some pretty decent density. It will also allow for the western extension of the NYCC density cluster away from Yonge.
Most of the other stuff you've probably seen from me before (interlining, Jane and Don Mills BRTs, WWLRT connecting to West Yonge extension at Queen & Dufferin, etc). If you have any questions, just ask!
EDIT: Bigger version here (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43869799/MoveToronto_v7.jpg)
1) With the Bloor-Danforth extension to Sheppard & McCowan now official city policy (for now), I needed to take that into account.
2) With the extension to Sheppard & McCowan, it makes the Sheppard East LRT less useless. The B-D extension also raises another interesting aspect: massive cancellation fees for the LRT vehicles from Bombardier. I believe the solution to this, however politically unpopular, is to convert the Sheppard Subway to handle LRT.
Now, normally the $600 million pricetag may scare people off, but considering that the cancellation costs could run over a hundred million anyway, that conversion cost becomes more attractive. This is so because if the Sheppard Subway is converted for LRT, the SLRT vehicles that were ordered can be shifted over to Sheppard, and the T1s currently on Sheppard can service the B-D extension, saving the City from having to order new train sets for that extension.
3) Because of the conversion, the Sheppard and Finch LRTs can be connected to create a single thru-line. I chose a routing along Bathurst, because it runs through some pretty decent density. It will also allow for the western extension of the NYCC density cluster away from Yonge.
Most of the other stuff you've probably seen from me before (interlining, Jane and Don Mills BRTs, WWLRT connecting to West Yonge extension at Queen & Dufferin, etc). If you have any questions, just ask!
EDIT: Bigger version here (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43869799/MoveToronto_v7.jpg)