Good to see some unanimous votes happening on LRT projects. Ottawa last December, and now Mississauga. It's a refreshing change.
I love this rendering of Cooksville GO and how the LRT can possibly connect in the future. It would become quite the transit hub, especially if all day 2-way service started up on the line. I think better integration between the two would make things better for passengers, but I have to admit, seeing that many people out on the street making the transfer makes things look much more exciting.
It is just a rendering...right? Or is it some proposed building? Honest question, when renderings are done like this is there any attempt at realism or is just a hypothetical type "insert pretty buildin here" exercise?
Would such a hypothetical building eliminate all parking at Cooksville? (that is the site of the parking now, right?).
I also find it funny in this rendering that they show 3 southbound trains at the LRT station at the same time.....surely the argument that "LRT" an "streetcars" are different is not advanced by this sort of depiction.....it looks like King street in rush hour!
GO has been busy building parking garages galore - it wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination that one could replace the surface parking at Cooksville's very large lot.
I think that's a three car train, not a bunched set of three. Though I don't think there would be a need for three-car trainsets on Hurontario for a while.
It is just a rendering...right? Or is it some proposed building? Honest question, when renderings are done like this is there any attempt at realism or is just a hypothetical type "insert pretty buildin here" exercise?
Would such a hypothetical building eliminate all parking at Cooksville? (that is the site of the parking now, right?).
I also find it funny in this rendering that they show 3 southbound trains at the LRT station at the same time.....surely the argument that "LRT" an "streetcars" are different is not advanced by this sort of depiction.....it looks like King street in rush hour!
The Hurontario-Main plan/report called for 2-car trains operating at 5 minute frequency. I don't remember it saying anything about 3-car trains, so I am a little surprised by that rendering. Maybe they changed the plan, or maybe they just wanted illustrate the size of the station, or something.
The platforms will be design to hold 3 cars, but built for 2 at first. 3 cars were always in the plan.
In fact, you only need 1 car every 10 minutes for the next 5 years before moving to a 5 minute headway for off peak. After that, you will have to move to 2 cars trains.
If you go to 5 minute headway from day one, you don't need to change your schedule for the next 15 years, as you only need to start adding the 2nd and 3rd car. Once you decide to move to the 3rd car, it will take a few months to add the rest of the platform for it, at as well having the funds to do it.