Fred.S
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brainfreezed and Fresh Start, SOS--Save Our Subways is currently recruiting new members. Are you interested?
Sure, where do I sign...
True, although I think more short-turning would even things out on the routes a bit, and the interlining would be more of a convenience for people.
For sure, though I sort of did the map with the idea of "what would be a good realistic network that could replace transit city without being too much more costly". But yea I even did another version of the map with that exact route for Sheppard, and the DRL going northwest under Weston Rd and meeting up with it.
Looks good. Pretty funky route downtown though. I think it would slow down the DRL somewhat and make it much more costly just to serve areas where the streetcar wouldn't take that much longer to get to the core. I am a big fan of the DRL-Eglinton combo, though I do live closeby to Dundas West Stn, so im a bit biased by getting my quick route downtown and to the airport...
CC, if you’re serious about this, I’m fully on board and am willing to contribute any cartographical images you may need to present to the media, politicians or whoever else influential’s interested.
Jane LRT is actually one of the few aspects of Transit City that I do like and would do more for the densely populated Jane/Finch neighbourhood than the unwarranted Finch West LRT would. I think people at Weston/Sheppard wouldn’t mind transferring onto it, especially if we could get it to be grade-separated at least part of the way and feeding directly into the subway at Mt Dennis.
I wouldn’t be too surprised if TC runs up to $15 billion when they’re through, so yeah, we could do a lot of worthwhile subway projects with that money which at the end of the day generates ridership, urban growth and development and Avenueization just as well as the LRT could and then some. Best part, no road-median transfers in the dead of winter!
Although I understand the logic behind your map, its flaw is that it prioritizes destinations ahead of established commuter corridors. For example, what good is a stop in Chinatown when the only way someone can transfer to that line is by heading all the way south to Union? Unless you live in the west end, most people would still take the Spadina or Dundas streetcars.
uhh ... how do you plan to tunnel under houses in Kensington and Cabbagetown ... that's all sand. I assume you'd have to demolish anything on top?
ROTFLMAO ... right ...They're tumbledown slums. They're due for urban renewal anyway. No loss.
uhh ... how do you plan to tunnel under houses in Kensington and Cabbagetown ... that's all sand. I assume you'd have to demolish anything on top?