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dashingdan
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The extra time lost is by going down 427 and getting caught up with the traffic on 427 as well making the left hand turn on to Dundas St.
You can loose more than 5 minutes at peak time easy.
I have done a time study on this.
Once Kipling is built, all MT service will stop at 427 on Burnhamthorpe.
There are 400+ riders who work around Islington and they will see 10+ minutes of extra traveling time added to their current trip as well paying 2 fares compare to one today.
TTC could still house MT at Islington in the new SNC building like they are doing for their own service in the Eglinton tower.
A fair number of MT riders get on and off MT 20 and 26 routes east of 427 today.
Some are take the East Mall bus north. They will have a longer trip now as well more traveling time around 12 minutes or more.
In the end, riders are getting the short end of the stick while TTC see $$$ in their eye.
Kipling is a major issue for TTC own service today without adding MT and GO to the picture.
If TTC extended the subway to Honeydale Mall area and build a new terminal there for everyone, TTC will see better operations for their own service routes as well for their own riders.
The day is coming when 512 will be making a call at Kipling as well MT Dundas LRT and where are you going to put them if the 2 systems have different gauges?
MT Dundas LRT will happen sooner than 512 as it stand now.
Just to let you know, TTC is starting the EA process for extending the 512 to Jane St this summer. It may end up going to Scarlett Rd at the same time which would make more sense to so now. Once that is done, then looking at going west of Scarlett Rd.
Now, has the 512 and the Kipling line been taken in to consideration for this interchange?
The answer is no.
That new housing complex west of Islington is adding a lot of new riders for MT and it is more than I expected in the first place. How is TTC going to deal with these new riders for transit?
First of all, the 26 wouldn't take the 427 to Kipling. It would go down Burnhamthorpe, and then turn on to Kipling Ave of a hopefully reconfigured Six Points. Why on earth you think it'd take the 427 is beyond me. The 26 isn't an express bus, and the 206 is, and it won't lose any more time than it does going to Islington.
As for people who work at Islington, I doubt there's that many, and even if so, they were lucky not to have to pay two fares to begin with.
MT riders who need to go east of the 427 can still get anywhere they need from the TTC at Kipling. Like I said, they've been getting a free ride all these years. MT's mandate isn't to serve Toronto.
The TTC building a terminal at Honeydale Mall would not be a good idea. Sherway Gardens is a destination, and therefore the right place.
The 512 is going to be going to Kipling? Really? And there's a Dundas LRT in the works? Wow. Never knew that. Talk about planning for the future. The only LRT in Mississauga under study is the Hurontario one, and I haven't seen any LRT construction along Hurontario.
A housing complex west of Islington is adding "a lot of new riders" to MT? How is that? They can't take MT to the subway, only to Mississauga. MT doesn't allow pickups on the way to the subway within Toronto, only dropoffs, and its the opposite the other way around. The TTC serves Toronto. End of story.