rdaner
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I looked and googled to see if this was already posted. I support this idea and wonder if it could be done in a piecemeal way as funds become available? Say 100m at a time.
I looked and googled to see if this was already posted. I support this idea and wonder if it could be done in a piecemeal way as funds become available? Say 100m at a time.
Tear it all down. Build a linear park on the old ROW between Midland and McCowan. Maybe even allow some food stalls there.
The Highline fetish is unoriginal and not something we can afford to maintain.
Honestly? Now that we've committed to the form that the SSE has, and and least expressed an explicit attempt for a Sheppard Subway that stays on Sheppard.... I don't know if the corridor DOES have a lot of value left.Does this corridor have a value as:
a) A route for the future Sheppard line extension? Even if an elevated heavy, noisy subway is not desirable, then perhaps a shallow cut-n-cover could help with the cost.
Or, b) A bicycle-only route; then the existing guideway will probably do, just with the new pavement.
Green space is important, too, but it does not need to be continuous. While continous corridors for transportation are rare, and should be utitilized where possible.
Highline is only interesting because of the urban context - which is nothing like that stretch of Line 3. Replicating it here makes no sense.
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I really struggle to see how the sheppard line could ever utilize this corridor.Does this corridor have a value as:
a) A route for the future Sheppard line extension? Even if an elevated heavy, noisy subway is not desirable, then perhaps a shallow cut-n-cover could help with the cost.
Honestly? Now that we've committed to the form that the SSE has, and and least expressed an explicit attempt for a Sheppard Subway that stays on Sheppard.... I don't know if the corridor DOES have a lot of value left.
I really struggle to see how the sheppard line could ever utilize this corridor.
And in regards to the conversion to a busway, I can not think of any TTC bus route that can or should utilize the corridor after the SSE is complete.
Fair enough. However, is the guideway usable as a bike-only route? Or is it preferable to remove the guideway and perhaps create a bike route at the surface level?
I'm not sure I agree. Whilst today STC is just an upscale mall, in the future the province wants to make it a major TOC cluster. As such I don't think its unreasonable that given 10-20 years, STC will have the urban context to make the highline interesting.Highline is only interesting because of the urban context - which is nothing like that stretch of Line 3. Replicating it here makes no sense.
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I think it has purpose as a minor detour for a future Ellesmere RT (LRT Maybe?). Since the SSE doesn't have a station directly on Ellesmere, it would make a bit of sense to have the LRT turn off of Ellesmere and reuse the Scarborough RT ROW to better connect it to STC and the SSE (+ bus terminal). Sure if this happens it would be 30-40 years from now, but its never a bad thing to preserve ROW for such occasions anyway.Honestly? Now that we've committed to the form that the SSE has, and and least expressed an explicit attempt for a Sheppard Subway that stays on Sheppard.... I don't know if the corridor DOES have a lot of value left.
Fair enough. However, is the guideway usable as a bike-only route?
Or is it preferable to remove the guideway and perhaps create a bike route at the surface level?
I'm not sure I agree. Whilst today STC is just an upscale mall, in the future the province wants to make it a major TOC cluster. As such I don't think its unreasonable that given 10-20 years, STC will have the urban context to make the highline interesting.