nfitz
Superstar
There's as much ridership. The problem is, east of Victoria Park, and particularly Warden, the ridership drops much lower than the current 5,000 pphpd.I've heard this argument many times. How is it that everyone agrees that the sheppard subway was unjustified, but somehow there's enough ridership to extend it to Victoria Park?
Remember, you still have to tunnel under the 404 with LRT. So there's no extra cost extending the subway at least to Consumers. The real cost how much more expensive the Consumers or Victoria Park stations become.
I'd certainly never suggest building the line as subway now. But phase 1 was originally supposed to go to Victoria Park. Stopping it just before the difficult-to-cross expressway is just a bad idea (same logic as extending the Danforth line north to Scarborough Centre instead of to Sheppard).