denfromoakvillemilton
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Hmm, I'd have said should it go to Dundas West or Dufferin!
Hmm, I'd have said should it go to Dundas West or Dufferin!
What's your intention of linking to that website. It hasn't been updated for years, as far as I know.
Hmm, I'd have said should it go to Dundas West or Dufferin!
What's your intention of linking to that website. It hasn't been updated for years, as far as I know.
Dundas West or Dufferin would be my preference as well (Dufferin being my primary preference).
Keele would only be advantageous if a less expensive Parkside alignment could be used (perhaps cut and cover or trenched through High Park), and Jane is wayyy too far west. Even with a Parkside alignment though, the extra cost of tunnelling in order to get to Parkside would more than offset any gains from the less expensive High Park section.
Dufferin IMO is still the best option. It intersects Queen & Dufferin & the rail corridor perfectly, creating the opportunity for a completely new mid-west end transit hub. Add to that that Dufferin is the busiest N-S bus route in the west end. Not hitting Dundas West is unfortunate, but you're recreating the same effect with the Liberty Village hub.
Just an example. I thought Keele would have been best being that the DRL could go through the junction to Jane/Eglinton.
In the rail corridor, it would be on the edge of the Junction, and many would still have to take the Dundas bus to get to the subway in spite of having a new subway station in the neighbourhood. It would not serve the commercial core of the area on Dundas well. The best place for a station is at Keele and Dundas.
Another DRL article in the Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ttc/201...ites_the_book_on_downtown_transit_relief.html
The high points:
- DRL west should follow rail corridor
- The Air Rail Link (Union-Person Express) success is questionable
- DRL east should extend north of Danforth to Eglinton
- DRL should go south of Queen and North of Front (Adelaide, King or Wellington)
- DRL should have connections to new GO stations
Keele has been talked about, not nearly as frequently as dundas, but it has, it intersects keele and bloor too.Dundas n Keele is like 500m away from the rail corridor and to serve it directly would require a very odd and expensive alignment (Parkside-Keele? Roncesvalles-Keele? Both very odd) for a pretty minor station.
I've actually never heard of this Keele idea, since when has it become a thing? If you're going to tunnel (you shouldn't...), why not Dufferin? Way busier corridor.
Dundas n Keele is like 500m away from the rail corridor and to serve it directly would require a very odd and expensive alignment (Parkside-Keele? Roncesvalles-Keele? Both very odd) for a pretty minor station.
I've actually never heard of this Keele idea, since when has it become a thing? If you're going to tunnel (you shouldn't...), why not Dufferin? Way busier corridor.
It wouldn't be a minor station since a lot of people live and do business in the area.
Bringing it 500 metres west from the rail corridor would bring it within normal walking distance
Keele is a corridor that sees high bus ridership.
The Union-Pearson Express could evolve into the west leg of a Downtown-Relief-Line. Maybe not now, but when they find out the UP is not a money maker, it could end up having additional stations added to it, after it is electrified.