So you admit you do treat the RTES as some sacred document, and STC is the centre of the universe, even though you live in Ottawa, and really not going to use the system in Toronto ever?
Where did I ever say that? Stop putting words in my mouth. I treat the RTES as a plan that was actually grounded in PLANNING, not in POLITICS. TC is a political plan, and a pretty bad one at that. It's social planning meets politics. The transit rationale behind it is an after-thought, and it shows, because it's a very weak rationale.
Same thing as the first Ottawa LRT plan. It was deeply routed in politics and developer incentives. The city and the council smartened up, and now Ottawa has a transit plan that is actually rooted in sensible transit planning, and it shows. The ridership and capacity benefits are easy to see, and so are the economic and social benefits. They didn't have to stretch, manipulate, and nearly downright lie in order to sell the feasibility of the plan. And that's how a transit plan should be. A transit plan should need a multi-million dollar PR campaign to tout the benefits. If you have to try that hard, chances are the benefits of the plan aren't as good as you're making them out to be.
Considering I have constantly stated I support subways(where justified, not where SOS wants them), calling me a hypocrite is a stretch. But then, you seem to call everyone who is not with you, or SOS a hypocrite. No wonder Steve Munro does not post here anymore. You, and others have an abrasive style of debating!
Considering I have constantly stated that I support LRTs (where justified, and using the right type of LRT), calling me Anti-LRT and Anti-Transit (as you have many times in the past) is a stretch. But then, you seem to call everyone who does not support LRT in-median across all of Toronto Anti-LRT, or Anti-Transit. No wonder this section of UT has turned into a constant debate over the same thing. You, and others have an abraive style of debating!
It IS outdated. Because you guys somehow think because you connect 2 nodes, it will attract enough riders to justify a subway. It's a silly, and outdated. This is same plan that wants to build high density in Heart Lake! It's a great way to fill developers pockets, and nothing more.
And you seriously think that by placing an in-median LRT along a suburban arterial that it will turn it into a European avenue, lined with cafés, bistros, and mid-rise apartments? If the nodal concept is unrealistic, than the avenuization concept is a pipe dream. And you don't think developers would benefit from building mid-rises along the entire length of an avenue? Developers will benefit in some form or another from whatever ends up being built, it's just a matter of in what densities and where.