But there doesn't have to be 800-900 metre gaps. The stop spacing isn't set in stone quite just yet. Just fixing the Sherbourne vs. Jarvis and Parliament stop conundrum would resolve so many issues affecting the DRL route.
Again, because who doesn't like illustrations:
When visualized you can clearly see how many things can be fixed.
Streetcar service along 504 King instead of heading to Broadview can take a new alignment up Parliament Street to Castle Frank Stn via the new Parliament Stn at Queen Street. This will further intensify growth along the Parliament corridor, which is outpacing the Sherbourne corridor in terms of density.
514 Cherry gets absorbed into the former 501 Queen car to Neville Park and 503 Kingston Rd car to Bingham.
75 Sherbourne to account for a non-direct transfer point at Queen and Sherbourne does an on-street loop of Shutter, George and Queen Sts before resuming its normal routing. This is similar to what's being proposed for the 47 Lansdowne bus when accessing the new Caledonia Stn.
We need to stop acquiescing for the cheapest construction method possible and instead opt for the
BEST city building method possible. We only have one-shot at the DRL, don't let short-sightedness screw things up for generations to come.