TOareaFan
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ok...but whether it is hourly service or ReR...the "missing" stretch of LRT between steeles and the GO train does not change access to any employment lands (present or future) in Brampton.Read my post again. I said AD2W, not RER.
Right now, the Brampton hourly GO trains stop service too early for Toronto downtown dwellers (who live or study in/near Brampton). The extra trains is the expected continuance of hourly trains through Brampton.
There are other destinations along the northern reaches of Hurontario-Main, and quicker reach to Steeles. With Brampton's fast-growing transit ridership and the definitely increased GO service (TOAreaFan I do not care how you spin/RER/AD2W it, it's still increased GO train service) that I feel they were an ideal candidate to get LRT service.
(To be fair: Metrolinx's RER initiative includes both electric and diesels, and the AD2W is a subset of the broad-ranging RER umbrella if RER is a multilayered service term like the Paris/France definition rather than a type of train).
If someone is going to be employed in the south end of Brampton (the Steeles corridor) it would still be cheaper and easier/faster (even if LRT was built to downtown Brampton) to get off the GO at Bramalea and use the existing Zum service for the final leg to wherever you work. If you were going to be employed in Downtown Brampton....you would get off the train at Brampton and walk to your office. The LRT between DT and Steeles would not change the "attractiveness" of Brampton as an employment centre for someone living in Toronto......there are no employment lands in the "missing" stretch.
There may be reasons to promote/wish for a different decision re: H(M)LRT but the scenario you describe is not one of them.