Well, from the looks of things now, we'll be getting St. Clair, Harbourfront or Spadina, except glorified and with 2 or 3 more cars but significantly lower frequencies. If St. Clair, Harborfront and Spadina just got simple things like signal priority, they would be a lot better, but still not good models for the TC routes at all.
I do agree that with signal priority, these routes would be a huge improvement.
To be fair, the 512 between St.Clair West and St.clair is fast. It usually takes less 10 minutes to link both ends of the YUS line. Soon the Eglinton LRT will be a more efficient alternative.
As for Spadina, the university line is there if if it's too slow for your taste. Spadina to university=10 minutes (walking)
Harbourfront for me is for tourist and it serves its purpose.
Hurontario is the central street in Peel region, and could potentially attract hundreds of thousands of riders. It's also ripe for high-density and downtown-like development. With it's placement and preexisting development, it could almost become the second Yonge St. in the GTA. A subway all the way up to Brampton from Port Credit would be shorter than Yonge from Union to Highway 7. I could even just start with a subway from Port Credit to Eglinton, which would definitely attract enough riders, not to mention tonnes of development, and development up Hurontario in anticipation for an expansion.
When Hazel is gone, sure but as long as she's there she won't go into debt. The best is still to come for mississauga.
Yep, gotta totally agree with you there. Scarborough is actually getting the short end of the stick in almost everything, with poor transit connections with both Go and the TTC, especially Northern Scarborough. The B-D needs to get extended to STC at least, and Sheppard should be completed as well. A Kingston Road BRT/LRT would be a useful link, and I could also see some benefits in a Lawrence BRT/LRT.
The SRT main weakness is Kennedy Station as a poor transfert point. The trains will be change, the tracks will be upgraded (The skytrain works fine)
The new extension will be partially underground and will go further north to Scarborough...at the same speed while a B-D extension would be way too expensive and would stop at STC.
The SRT has the highest average speed (IIRC)
They should rebuild Kennedy and use that technology on Eglinton as well
You'll be kicking yourself while saying that when Spadina gets extended to VCC and we still don't even have plans for a Sheppard West extension.
Which is ridiculous. The service is terrible between Sheppard-Yonge and Downsview at peak hour. I was thinking about a petition for the line. Everyone would sign it. People located at Downsview Station, Bathurst/Sheppard, Sheppard-Yonge and Don Mills would handle the petition. I don't know if the TTC would care.
I totally agree, the TTC (and the City as well) are making the stupidest decisions in transit planning I could possibly think of. I think if Miller gets re-elected with Giambrone continuing to head the TTC... Well I'll be very, very sad for starters. If that happens, Transit City will be up and running before the next election, and Toronto's transit system will be screwed and unable to handle the increase in ridership that will need to happen in the next 20-30 years as the region grows and cars become less useful.
I have great hope for the future.
1-The strike will sink Miller at the next election.
2-There is still hope fore a complete Sheppard line. By November 2010, the Sheppard LRT might reach the future SRT station Sheppard East (I'm being very generous of TTC competence). Many disagree with Miller's Sheppard east ambition. An opponent announcing that from Sheppard East to Downsview would be a subway would help him secure most of North York votes and Scarborough as well. If you want to beat your opponent, you tend to do the opposite and since this line is the one with the most controversy, I'm confident that the next mayor will rethink this line especially if residents from both areas express their concerns and disagreement on that line.
3-The rest of Transit City doesn't bother me and since it's paid by the province, a conservative mayor would not be able to cancel the whole thing.
4-Many members of the council are pro DRL. With proper leadership and a little common sense, this line will be easily a hot topic in the next election. With Miller trying to put us to sleep with his pro LRT's view, Torontonians will listen to the candidate that will say that it's mandatory.
5-Miller will lose the next election...Giambrone will be out.
But York will be getting a Purple Subway. I'm still hoping on that
York should have those Viva LRT they wanted before. Subway is kind of to much. The Go train is more than enough if there's fare integretation and more frequent service like on the future Lakeshore line. That's what the RER did for Paris. With a frequent subway-like commuter train, a subway in York is really not worth it. A true LRT network would be fabolous.
Subway= Paris
RER= Suburb link to Paris with stops within the city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER
I'm glad that Go transit is going toward that direction.
