So, lets say the extension goes through. I doubt they'll extend all the way across Sheppard - more likely down to the STC. So then, does the Sheppard LRT disappear, or does a shorted version go the rest of the way to Malvern, and meet up with the Malvern LRT there? I think that would be pretty...

The route may be salvageable, but is it desireable? I feel like the extension will more likely go as far on Sheppard as possible before turning south to meet BD. Which I guess would be a clever way of them to get that last part of the BD that was cut....

We haven't heard much since then. I imagine they are working on the plan behind the scenes, so hopefully things are still on track. The two extensions opening a few years later is probably more likely, though the EC itself is still four years away so they do have quite a bit of time. The west...

"Future proof" is a lousy excuse to overbuild on transit. You end up paying huge subsidies to run the system for decades, for ridership that may not even come. It is very possible that the LRT IS the future proofed solution, for the time frame we are talking. As for Malvern, they've been...

I think the point was "While Toronto is still debating about the merits of LRT, Paris has had a functional one for a decade." Considering the focus of the discussion for many pages of this thread, its relevant. The grass, less so. But people go off topic all the time, and it was just a side note.

Looks like the plan is working....

I thought that was because of the owners of The Crossways being crummy?

Sigh. It's bait but I can't resist. Actually I was talking about Malvern the place, not Malvern the line. You know, the place that has been consistently screwed over by RT plans in this city. Second, I don't see how the Malvern LRT is cheaping out on transit. Or I guess you're just brining us...

Poor Malvern.

I for one am shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked.

I'm a bit confused too. Originally, it was a part of the proposed Scarborough extension budget, which was made possible by cutting 2 stations and stopping it at the STC. But the price of the extension keeps going up. So I'm not even sure if the Crosstown East has funding anymore. It won't have...

Jane might be - it was on the plan Keesmaat put forward. Though it's probably low priority. Don Mills LRT will probably be part of the DRL, though, yeah. It seemed like we were gonna be getting both the east and west extension, so I hope that is the case. In which case, yeah, it would be even...

The C-Train is much higher order LRT, in that the vast majority is completely in its own ROW. Still wish I had ridden it when I was in Calgary, but I did get to see it, and it was a beauty. Um... does it? All I ever hear is people complaining about its stupidly recent stop spacing. But I...

Yeah, not so bad. It looks like theres way too many stations.... but it's just that the line is really long.

Yeah, its a confusing distinction. St Clair/Spadina technically are LRT, just not done so well as they only have 1 or two of the big 3. But they're part of the streetcar network, not the (future) LRT network, and run streetcar vehicles, not the LRT vehicles. Its a hazy line, especially in...

Actually, I made the assertion that the former is obsolete (streetcars, not LRT). LRT and Streetcars are basically the same thing - its not really a question of technology, so much as it is a question of implementation. The big three differences: Signal priority, stop distance, dedicated right...

Streetcars are. LRTs are not. And I know they're very similar, but the differences add up to something substantial. I shake my head every time I see a city putting in a new streetcar line. Why? Because LRT is basically streetcar, but without all the things that make streetcars really, really...

No way an extension to Shepard west is happening. Very little political reason to do so, and the ridership, as far as I am aware, does not justify it. If SSE had gone up to Shepard, 100% the Shepard subway would have been extended to meet it, I am certain of that. But since that isn't...

I have almost zero faith in the Eglinton Crosstown operating like this.

In a perfect world we'd have a subway on every major road. But its not a perfect world, its not feasible and we're cash strapped, needing to make tough decisions. Of course a subway will always be appreciated. But... its nice to want things. He's trying to make it a race/class issue, for some...