What an idiotic argument. The small town of 500 people in Canada with no transit has very short commutes. Therefore we should have no transit anywhere! Of course driving will be faster most of the time as is it more expansive than transit. It doesn't mean building transit isn't worthwhile...

LA suffers from the same low density sprawl as Toronto only in bigger proportion. It will make it very hard to have successful rapid transit. It's the same as trying to build rapid transit in GTA suburbs. Distances are so long that the cost way too high for the ridership. Because of low density...

If we could start fresh

I wasn't suggesting all trains would turn on Sheppard but maybe 1/4 to maintain the current Sheppard frequency. I was wondering if doing that could increase the frequency on Yonge south of Sheppard. I guess I didn't realize such a high proportion of Yonge riders go north of Sheppard.

I tried doing a fantasy map. I think you need a google account to see it in the mapsengine. https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zYs_BmoRwT5A.koUj2Q8MtXo4 I wonder if it would be possible/desirable to interline the Sheppard subway with the Yonge line. Could it increase the frequency...

The biggest items on the provincial budget are health and education and a big part of that is salaries. Any significant "efficiencies" needed to reduce the massive deficit of the province and eventually free up money for large transit investments will have to be in this area. Although I think...