Justin10000
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God, how many times does it take for you to understand that nobody, I think here, is against LRT as a system. LRT would work quite well on many routes in Toronto.
It's the prioritization and the way the system's being built. Toronto right now needs to build the backbone of our system. LRT can't act as that backbone. Not for a city of 2.5 + million, urban area of 5.5+ million and metropolis of 8.1+ million, growing each year. Toronto's transit system is woefully incomplete. You can talk about all of the kms of subway we have, but it doesn't excuse the fact that we've got gigantic system gaps and the TTC's ridership is growing astronomically.
And you people cannot seem to understand us "LRT-istas" are not against subways WHERE THEY CAN be justified. I do not believe in building a subway network for the sake of building subways. It's a waste of money especially in areas where LRT can work fine. You guys cannot seem to understand this. Transit City, imprefect it may be, at least attempts to bring better service to most of the city. Your idea backbone subway network totally ignores Northwest Toronto. Why should I go along with a plan like that? It's horrible. Toronto's system is woefullyinadequate because we create grandiose subway plans, build a fraction of the plan in a decade due to the reality of the costs and start over again! The city finally comes up with a plan that will build decent transit to most parts of Toronto, and plan that can show that transit can be affordable, and you guys
LRT just isn't right for Toronto now. We need the big transit pieces right now; the DRL, Eglinton, and Sheppard. LRT can't replace those lines, and you can't prioritize smaller LRT lines over those 3 big ones that are necessary for the city's transit success.
"Big Pieces" Your plan does not even include a extension to Steeles!, The fact that you think a subway to the Airport, and a Sheppard subway extension, both whose demand do not approach the justification for a subway are high priority tells me you do not really know what Toronto needs.