Why exactly are you so incapable of looking at incredibly simple facts that are put before you? Okay, we get it, you're whiny because you demand a subway, good for you. I don't think anybody really cares. After your hundredth post demanding a subway and ignoring all factual evidence that states it is clearly not feasible, I for one am getting pretty tired of your whining.
That's the closest I have to a WHINING emjoi for you. And for you, Metgaton327, and the other poets of UrbanToronto that's not what I said. I'm neither WHINING nor DEMANDING a subway. I'm explaining the situation which many -but not all here - already understand.
(As tired as you are of me "monopolizing" things, I'm tired of being told things I said that I didn't say.)
You can't change the fact that huge numbers of people live north of downtown and so they'll keep taking the subway. The City of Toronto is eyeing 1000s of new residents north of Finch too, and they'll take your seats too. I live in York Region and I take it, whether or not the line is extended. that's already true of thousands of others. As so many people here LOVE pointing out, even the Metrolinx study shows the capacity you open with the DRL will be used by 2031, right? So how does that help poor Pman get a seat? How is it an
answer to the
problem?
To "answer" Tigermaster's "question," your best prospects for improving things involve a series of far-reaching policy actions that:
a) promote TOD in suburban corridors where possible (ie Yonge)
b) promote more mixed-use communities outside downtown, so not everyone is going there
c) provide a series of transportation options (e.g. RER)
d) use revenue tools and other measures to not only fund transit but also discourage auto use
Everyone's so hung up on the micro they can't see how this plays out regionwide - how transit capacity and road capacity are related, for example. I could go on (obviously). but the DRL is not going to singlehandedly solve downstream crowding on Yonge is the point. And most of you know that already, so take a chill pill. Or go protest to your politicians. It doesn't matter much to me.