By this logic you could justify building a stop at every traffic light on Finch. The whole point of the LRT is to provide fast and reliable tranist not be a streetcar. When removing Driftwood, Pearldale, stevenson stations are still about 700 meters apart, That is a 10 to 12 minute walk from...

To be fair the set of facts before 2020 leaned towards building the LRT 1. The 36 bus ridership was steadily increasing and a lot of buses were running at capacity. I remember during rush hour sometimes multiple buses would pass-by without stopping due to capacity issues or up to 5 buses would...

Three obvious stops to remove are 1. Driftwood 2. Duncanwoods 3. Stevenson 1.Driftwood is 300 meters from Jane. It's ridiculous to have stations that close to eachother. To keep the line connected to the Driftwood bus, the bus line could be rerouted to Tobermory. 2.Duncanwoods is 380...

Some of the stations are 400 meters or less apart. Removing these stations would mean an extra 3 to 4 minute walk to the next station which I think is reasonable. The TTC can run local bus service for people who don't feel like walking an additional 4 minutes.

A quick thought experiment assuming the Finch West LRT is given full priority, 20 second dwell time , speed limits increased to 50 km per hour, and 3 stations removed (Driftwood, Dancunwoods, stevenson). 1. Distance between Finch west station and Sentinel is 800 meters. Travel time for lrt: 1...

What this debates gets wrong is this. Finch west needed an upgrade. So many times a bus would be full and people would need to wait for multiple buses to pass before getting on one. It's true other corridors probably needed to be looked at first but the solution is not do nothing on Finch. The...

I would say it makes sense to remove driftwood station. As for the bus it can be rerouted towards Tobermory station.

If the LRT was expanded towards new Woodbine GO station and a new Emery GO station was built it would be transformational easily. From both GO stations it would be 30 minutes to union station. If the LRT is improved with full priority and speed increased to 50 km per hour the LRT could travel...

Theoretically if the Finch West lrt in toronto was given priority signal, closed 3 stations (stevenson, duncanwoods, and driftwood), and traveled just 45 km per hour it would be able to complete the journey in 25 minutes which would be more reasonable than today. Plus in the future if the...

In the short term to improve service, the Finch West LRT should be given priority when approaching intersections, operated at a higher speed, and reduced dwelling times at stations. In the meduim term I think Toronto needs to remove some stations. There are honestly to many stops for a 10.3 km...

I understand it may result in losing an election but what is the alternative. Spending a large sum of money on a worse transit project that people will still complain about. Toronto should still address peoples concerns but with the paramiter that elevated rail is built. Sound barriers can be...

In that instance government should ignore push back. Toronto is a major city that requires major transit improvements. Install sound barriers on elevated section. Easy solution

I don't understand how the LRT can be that slow. Why do low floor LRT's seem to operate below the speed limit.

So based in comments best case secanrio LRT travel time from one end to another is about 35- 45 minutes, and when busy about 50+ minutes. It honestly is disappointing. It's an easy fix potentially but I really don't think Toronto will respond. I hope for the good of transit users toronto gives...

No typo but the train was packed from Humber College to Finch West Station with lots of people getting on and off at every stations. The train coming back was a lot more emptier and few people getting on and off.