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No it would add more load to the DRL/OL line.A trip from the centre of Scarborough to downtown via Line 2 is more direct than a trip via Sheppard subway and Yonge/Sheppard. Line 2 partly runs on the diagonal and "cuts the corner".
Furthermore, shifting many riders to the Sheppard / Yonge route would add more load to the Yonge line.
No it would add more load to the DRL/OL line.
I thought even the good people of Scarborough acknowledged the need for the DRL/OL to go as North as possible. Or have the good people of Scarborough decided to be at war with the downtown elite and the prestigious entitled North York folk at Fairview?Only if the OL goes all the way to Sheppard.
I thought even the good people of Scarborough acknowledged the need for the DRL/OL to go as North as possible. Or have the good people of Scarborough decided to be at war with the downtown elite and the prestigious entitled North York folk at Fairview?
The LRT conversion was an alternative and was less expensive than the SSE. Just because a vocal minority petitioned for a Subway doesn't mean that an cheaper alternative didn't exist.Anyone can "acknowledge" the need. How much is that acknowledgement worth if there is no funding.
The current round of debate started with trying to find an alternative to SSE. And we invariably hit the fact that every workable alternative is a package more expensive than SSE.
The LRT conversion was an alternative and was less expensive than the SSE. Just because a vocal minority petitioned for a Subway doesn't mean that an cheaper alternative didn't exist.
The LRT conversion was an alternative and was less expensive than the SSE. Just because a vocal minority petitioned for a Subway doesn't mean that an cheaper alternative didn't exist.
As a former Scarborough resident I am disgusted with the abandonment of three lrt lines for one subway extension. But no one believes I genuinely have Scarboroughs best interest in mind now that I moved and am closer to being a downtown elite. I do own a bike and I like lattes although I don't think I own any pink.There have no only been cheaper alternatives proposed, but those of far greater value.
Cost and value are not necessarily one and the same.
As a former Scarborough resident I am disgusted with the abandonment of three lrt lines for one subway extension. But no one believes I genuinely have Scarboroughs best interest in mind now that I moved and am closer to being a downtown elite. I do own a bike and I like lattes although I don't think I own any pink.
But they promised the Eglinton East LRT to be built at the same time!!!!! Are you suggesting they said something and then didn't do it? Does that mean this SSE may have been promised but never constructed? That can't be.... The people in Markham are expecting an extension!It's too late, you're almost fully elite. You can't relate to the plight of Scarberians, who will need what is almost certain to be a $7 billion extension to fix all of their problems.
I hope everyone enjoys this extension, as it's probably the last major transit investment we'll see in Scarborough for a long, long time.
As a former Scarborough resident I am disgusted with the abandonment of three lrt lines for one subway extension. But no one believes I genuinely have Scarboroughs best interest in mind now that I moved and am closer to being a downtown elite. I do own a bike and I like lattes although I don't think I own any pink.
For the record when my best friend from Scarborough and I were buying homes (we were both big etc users) he chose to stay in Scarborough and buy on Sheppard with the knowledge of the Sheppard LRT being built. I bought beside a subway line near Eglinton. I have been happy for 10 years. He has since sold his house in frustration over the cancelled LRT gave up on transit and moved to pickering. We're no longer in touch but he wasn't the only person in Scarborough looking forward to LRTsYour opinion can be incorrect, and at the same time you can be sincere in your beliefs.
For the record when my best friend from Scarborough and I were buying homes (we were both big etc users) he chose to stay in Scarborough and buy on Sheppard with the knowledge of the Sheppard LRT being built. I bought beside a subway line near Eglinton. I have been happy for 10 years. He has since sold his house in frustration over the cancelled LRT gave up on transit and moved to pickering. We're no longer in touch but he wasn't the only person in Scarborough looking forward to LRTs
But they promised the Eglinton East LRT to be built at the same time!!!!! Are you suggesting they said something and then didn't do it? Does that mean this SSE may have been promised but never constructed? That can't be.... The people in Markham are expecting an extension!
