Scarberian, what's the point of creating a new thread for the same-o, same-o that'll probably be moved to this thread anyway? At least give my opinions a chance, like I've done yours. Yes Nfitz, bizarre indeed
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Off the streets? They'll be acquiring part of the street for the ROW. Streetcars on Morningside will not create a [I think you mean streetcar] culture...the idea is laughable.
At Yonge Eglinton? There's a grand avenuezation initiative in store for Eglinton Avenue that'll transform the corridor into another St Clair West, Kingsway or Roncesvalles. The subway only enhances this fact. I seriously doubt the surface of Yonge Eglinton is at all affected by a subsurface LRT, if only to scale back some routes away from Eglinton Stn to make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
Believe it or not, subways don't destroy niche communities, they garner them greater status and traffic= $. On the Amazing Race a few seasons ago they featured the house where the Beatles penned Strawberry Fields. It turns out there's a subway station directly serving that heritage spot. Toronto on the other hand throws away the unique oppurtunity of serving Casa Loma directly, despite having the Spadina Line running right beneath.
I'm not really concerned about Morningside as I think that's an extreme example to discredit the validity of my POV. I've said before no further than West Hill (or at most UTSC) is logical for that part of the world as Sheppard/Morningside only fringes Malvern anyway and 116 bus stops already exist at 350m gaps with limited density~ West Hill Collegiate> Morningside Park?> Ellesmere> Military Trail> Hwy 401> Milner> Sheppard.
You just rested my case, too...those are subway stations!
There's many issues at stake building subway lines (note I say subway because technically that's what EC is through Keele-Laird) not only civic responsibility to urban poor but revitalization of neighborhoods. If we're too silly to not just get past what type of technology's being used, let's just bury every surface route carrying over 30,000 daily and call them subways.
But according to the doctrine behind Transit City, it's a bad thing. It doesn't run in the median of the street, and it has less-frequent underground stops, both of which are to be avoided if at all possible.
Wouldn't less frequent underground stops not be a good thing? Subwaylike spacing affords zipping across the city within an hour. Treating TC, speciafically EC underground stations like subway terminii could transform the surface network on Eglinton. What was once a gangway of 30+ routes can be dividend to proximal TC stops, making Eglinton pedestrain friendly and minimising commutes. Leaside, for instance could annex off 51, 54, 56 and 88; Mount Pleasnt 74, 103 and 144, etc.
The far-out regions of Eglinton where LRT would run on the surface falls under the Richview and Golden Mile vast openness with development well aback from the street-front. Out there no one would miss a few hectares of land for ROW and stops could still be subwaylike spaced.