denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
SRT being seperate is BS?
What is this aversion to connecting Scarborough to the rest of the city?
What is this aversion to connecting Scarborough to the rest of the city?
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SRT being seperate is BS?
What is this aversion to connecting Scarborough to the rest of the city?
Agreed, it's a missed opportunity to get rid of a useless transfer point. Nothing's for sure yet... Wynne's days as Premier are numbered...
Really? Do you seriously think that Wynne is sitting in her office plotting how to make riding the ECLRT miserable for riders?
Give me a break.
The reason why SRT and ECLRT aren't being interlined have been discussed here multiple times. It improves service reliability on the SRT while encouraging Downtown bound trips coming from Scarborough to take the BD subway.
Any more conspiracy theories you want to throw at us?
I hope Wynne, at least stays around long enough, that this project is too far along, to be canceled by WhoDat.
Nothing's for sure yet, but Wynne likely won't call an election unless she's at least going to get another minority, and the NDP show no signs of triggering an election soon - nor do I expect they would if Hudak was in majority territory.Agreed, it's a missed opportunity to get rid of a useless transfer point. Nothing's for sure yet... Wynne's days as Premier are numbered...
If Wynne's days are numbered, and Hudak by some nightmare got elected, we'd have much, much more to be worried about than just transit being dismantled.
Really? Do you seriously think that Wynne is sitting in her office plotting how to make riding the ECLRT miserable for riders?
Give me a break.
The reason why SRT and ECLRT aren't being interlined have been discussed here multiple times. It improves service reliability on the SRT while encouraging Downtown bound trips coming from Scarborough to take the BD subway.
Any more conspiracy theories you want to throw at us?
If Wynne's days are numbered, and Hudak by some nightmare got elected, we'd have much, much more to be worried about than just transit being dismantled.
Nothing's for sure yet, but Wynne likely won't call an election unless she's at least going to get another minority, and the NDP show no signs of triggering an election soon - nor do I expect they would if Hudak was in majority territory.
Hudak has already promised he won't build subway when elected, and would cancel existing LRT projects ... perhaps considering subway, but not LRT, years away, after the budget is balanced (but first he will cut taxes ... not sure I understand that paradox).
NDP have promised nothing ... though given their poor transit record of deferring subways for years, and significant cuts to GO Transit, when in power ...
I doubt anything will change unless the leaders change. And I doubt the leaders will change before the next city election ... by which time the SRT will have been tendered, and construction will be underway.
I cringe whenever I see that man. Nothing good can come from him.
The line being separated is simply due to the fact that Eglinton will be at grade between Don Mills and Kennedy. If both lines were grade separated, they would have been merged.
It remains to be seen what the NDP would do. (I usually vote for them so no, I don't vote conservative)
The PC would most likely cancel Sheppard and Finch to bury Eglinton and connect it to the SRT. ( I disagree with that but elavated + Finch would be a better option). But I do conceed that the DRL would be in danger
Howarth has already indicated she'll give Wynne the chance. She's even offered up what she'll take to support he budget. Meanwhile the most recent polls have shown the Liberals and Tories statistically tied, with NDP support plummeting since Christmas when some polls were putting them in the lead.She won't last the year. It would be bad for both the NDP and PC to give her the time to prove to Ontarians that she can govern and do better than McGuinty and themselves. Letting her stay Premier is giving her the time she needs to establish herself as a competent and credible Premier. She won't get that chance.
This was the strongest minority government I'm aware of in Canadian history (the closest to being a majority).There's a reason why minority governments in Canada rarely make it beyond the 2 year mark