denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
This is not going to be that much faster than the 36 bus at all.
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Coolstar
Senior Member
So what would you propose replacing the 36 with? Another subway? Keeping it as it is?
sixrings
Senior Member
here comes the hydro corridor ideas.... i love walking an extra 500-1000m out of my way to take a bus through a hydro corridor.
denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
What do you think about this community centre situation?
I guess nothing at this point since we're too far in to building this.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Speaking of the MSF site...
kali
Active Member
Maybe, but it will still be a significant improvement. Much better than doing nothing.
Rainforest
Senior Member
The LRT should be considerably faster during the rush hours, because the buses get stuck in traffic.
That said, Metrolinx certainly ought to give the land for the Community Centre after they promised that. Otherwise they will diminish the public confidence and the support for their future projects, while the amount of money they might recover by selling the land will be trivial compared to the cost of the whole Finch project.
Coolstar
Senior Member
And the plot thickens:
APTA-2048
Senior Member
And the number of stops too. I commuted nearly end to end on the 36 for four years. Some stops can be quite close to one another.
I really, really wish some sort of signal priority ends up being installed. We should go all in if we’re investing this much in infrastructure. And since the beginning of this project, there was always hints of giving transit priority on this corridor.
sixrings
Senior Member
I thought we were against LRT as social engineering projects which is why we are building subways subways subways into Scarborough.
Coolstar
Senior Member
Finch West will have signal priority.
DKsan
Active Member
Sometimes, it's not about speed, but capacity. But I guess those in NW Toronto should just keep piling onto buses, right?
Steve X
Senior Member
Perhaps they could build it on the hydro corridor with very few stops since no one would be out of most rider's way.
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DonValleyRainbow
Senior Member
Metrolinx is behaving in a downright sleazy way.
After clearly, unequivocally supporting a community hub on a portion of the maintenance centre site, they are now saying they will instead sell off the land to the highest bidder.
Metrolinx reneges on plan to donate land for Jane-Finch community centre, will instead sell to highest bidder
Coun. Anthony Perruzza says his North York residents feel “duped” by the transit agency’s decision to pull out of a plan for a new arts and culture hub on land now being used for construction of the Finch West LRT.www.thestar.com
Ok though, where is this clear, unequivocal commitment. I'm not defending MX, I'm saying that out of anyone, us UT'ers should be able to dig up those statements by going through the early pages of the thread, and finding links to stuff that's still active, or picking it up from the Wayback Machine.
I'm going to try for a bit, but I'm on mobile right now. Any specific dates anyone knows of could help narrow the search.
Amare
Senior Member
I dont know what kind of Cool-Aid powder Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation has been sniffing, but that is the most laughable excuse ive ever heard come out of them. So if an official "committed" to the the plan without proper "approvals", wouldn't it be on Metrolinx to properly vet that "approval" before it became approved and not all of a sudden 5+ years later discover it wasnt approved "properly".
I have no idea what in the planet they're talking about, and they need to be called out on their BS. While we're at it, Caroline Mulroney needs to be called out on her BS as well.