taal
Senior Member
This is the sort of thing I mean ... you talk about all this potential for new condos when none exist already. The same mentality as the Sheppard line. Clearly we can now see the Sheppard line will be and is a success considering the huge amount of development that arose because of it (presumably). Will the stretch north of Finch up to Hi-way 7 see as much? Possibly ... but even if it's just a fraction it's worth it.
But anyway my point is take King / Queen - there is already tons of new development with a ton more being planned. Why not build a subway here first where the demand already exists and is clearly growing.
Yes this is all a mute point as you said because politically speaking this is actually the best choice ... from a transit point of view I'm not saying it's wrong I'm just saying it should be lower down on a prioritized list.
Mind you I am saying that the extension North of YorkU is very very wrong from every perspective. I'm even curious how worth it is to York it self. If we're just replacing the 196 that's probably not worth it (I think the ridership is somewhere around 25K). If a lot of people around Finch though are going across to get to the Yonge line then it might be but I doubt that's the case so. The part north of York just makes me mad so I won't even address that.
But anyway my point is take King / Queen - there is already tons of new development with a ton more being planned. Why not build a subway here first where the demand already exists and is clearly growing.
Yes this is all a mute point as you said because politically speaking this is actually the best choice ... from a transit point of view I'm not saying it's wrong I'm just saying it should be lower down on a prioritized list.
Mind you I am saying that the extension North of YorkU is very very wrong from every perspective. I'm even curious how worth it is to York it self. If we're just replacing the 196 that's probably not worth it (I think the ridership is somewhere around 25K). If a lot of people around Finch though are going across to get to the Yonge line then it might be but I doubt that's the case so. The part north of York just makes me mad so I won't even address that.