ehlow
Senior Member
Disastrous Scarborough subway?
First of all, I detest the term "Scarborough subway". Call it what it is: a (Bloor-)Danforth extension.
Second, this extension will be one of the best-used possible subways to be built. I don't understand why people are against it.
Well I wish we had gone ahead with the current BD extension plan in the first place instead of wasting so much time and money on one plan, then switching plans. We could've made years of progress by now. It's the plan-switching that bothers me.
I personally think it will have reasonable to good ridership, certainly way more than Sheppard. Also not having to bus the SRT riders for 2-3 years is a big benefit. I think this could be a core line for Scarborough with buses feeding into it.
Although I agree with the subway extension, I disagree with the reasons commonly used to justify it. This relates to the name. The whole reason it's called "Scarborough subway" is so that various politicians can say they "built" a subway in Scarborough.