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When you ride the 192 Airport Rocket, usually about half the travel time is spent on Dundas St, even though it is a small fraction of the total length of the route. It's clear that Dundas is congested with buses, almost all of which would still be there even if a Dundas LRT was built.
A one-stop subway extension to the East Mall makes a lot of sense for providing a guaranteed, quantifiable reduction in transit travel times. Especially for those routes that use the 427. It would make sense for all GO buses that currently pass by on the 427 to stop there, increasing its value as a hub, The current station at Kipling would simply add too much travel time. It would also increase the feasibility of Brampton Transit service to the Bloor-Danforth.
All that alone should justify an extension. But toss in the fact that you've got ripe development lands comparable in size to Concord Park Place and land for the station that has been offered for free and I don't understand how any transit advocate couldn't possibly be actively advocating such a project.
A one-stop subway extension to the East Mall makes a lot of sense for providing a guaranteed, quantifiable reduction in transit travel times. Especially for those routes that use the 427. It would make sense for all GO buses that currently pass by on the 427 to stop there, increasing its value as a hub, The current station at Kipling would simply add too much travel time. It would also increase the feasibility of Brampton Transit service to the Bloor-Danforth.
All that alone should justify an extension. But toss in the fact that you've got ripe development lands comparable in size to Concord Park Place and land for the station that has been offered for free and I don't understand how any transit advocate couldn't possibly be actively advocating such a project.