Voltz
Senior Member
Why not? Cheaper does not mean it will wear out faster in this case. People have to work for the tax money that they pay, why is it okay for that money to be wasted if it is on infrastructure?
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Why not? Cheaper does not mean it will wear out faster in this case. People have to work for the tax money that they pay, why is it okay for that money to be wasted if it is on infrastructure?
SJD_Toronto
Active Member
On another interesting note in terms of the Bloor-Danforth extension, seems that the Lawrence East station will be named the Mandela station instead.
JayBeeGooner
Active Member
And so many people on this board prefer BRT "because it's cheaper" (Not better, of course).
Adjei
Senior Member
Really?
WislaHD
Superstar
It is if it means funneling the money into other far more important long term infrastructure investments, like the DRL.
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Naming a station after Mandela is stupid. What relationship does he have with that station?
goreckm
Active Member
I don't think anyone has a problem with the idea of a subway extension in general. If we already had the DRL built, and had improved transit on Finch, etc, I don't think anyone here would have a big problem. (except maybe the fiscal conservatives). There is just so much on the list that is more important than a scarborough subway. Also, the subway extension isn't even the best use of money for "long-term infrastructure investments". That would be running all-day electrified GO service and fare integration, which would provide much more bang-for-the-buck, and be much more useful for those that want a one-seat ride downtown, which seems to be the main priority of the proponents of this extension anyways.
DavidH
Senior Member
No, but cost-benefit ratios are, and getting nearly the same benefit for MUCH less money makes sense.
It's not as if have a shortage of things we can spend transit dollars on. Is a slightly better subway connection worth NOT electrifying GO, for example?
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Here is the article about naming a station after the late Nelson Mandela: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ndp-wants-to-name-ttc-station-after-nelson-mandela-1.2461509
salsa
Senior Member
Except that there's no DRL, and the fiscal conservatives wanted the scarborough subway anyway. Whenever someone says "I'm a fiscal conservative", I know who not to vote for.
Seriously, is there anything else we can rename other than a subway station? There's been more than enough political BS shoved into this subway already.
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Its better than Black Creek Pioneer Village or Vaugan Metropolitan Center.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
How about renaming a street? We do that all the time in Toronto.
Edit: Now that I think about it, we should probably be careful what we wish for. We may very well end up with a proppsal to rename Lawrence East Station and Lawrence Avenue East to Mandela Station and Mandela Avenue respectively. Lawrence Avenue East isnt even connected to the other Lawrence Aveneues.
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GenerationW
Senior Member
Rod Ford Rehab Centre StationHow about renaming a street? We do that all the time in Toronto.
Edit: Now that I think about it, we should probably be careful what we wish for. We may very well end up with a proppsal to rename Lawrence East Station and Lawrence Avenue East to Mandela Station and Mandela Avenue respectively. Lawrence Avenue East isnt even connected to the other Lawrence Aveneues.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
It will be next to Scarborough General Hospital. It should be renamed Robert Bruce Ford Politicians Rehabilitation Hospital (just like Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital).Rod Ford Rehab Centre Station
picard102
Senior Member
We could funnel money from many areas of government to any imaginary project that may or may not happen 30 years from now. The government is giving money for this, not the DRL. Not putting a subway here isn't going to suddenly fund a nascent DRL.
Dan416
Senior Member
It was hard enough to get the federal government to fork over money for the Bloor-Danforth extension to Scarborough Centre....now people want to throw that money away? Great idea guys.