W. K. Lis
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Um, Scarborough is not a city.
Scarborough, ON was a city before amalgamation in 1998. Just as Brooklyn, NY was a city before 1898.
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Um, Scarborough is not a city.
Scarborough, ON was a city before amalgamation in 1998. Just as Brooklyn, NY was a city before 1898.
And why not ... it would be as fast, if not faster than a BRT (bus rapid transit) route.Thing is, Miller regularly claimed that the line was rapid transit.
And why not ... it would be as fast, if not faster than a BRT (bus rapid transit) route.
I never said it would be faster, I said it would be as fast, maybe faster. You seem to say exactly the same thing. I fail to see what you are objecting to given that you seem to agree with meReally? I fail to see how a tramway with stops every quarter mile would be faster than a busway with stops every quarter mile. Maybe slightly faster acceleration due to using electricity, but use trollybuses and that advantage is thrown out the window as well.
I bet you will find one ... but why choose 400 metres? I don't think any any of the proposed lines had spacing that short. Sheppard East was over a 500 metre average spacing from Don Mills to Morningside; 540 metres average spacing to Meadowvale. Finch west was almost a 650 metre spacing.EDIT: Also, would you be able to find a BRT with stops every 400m? Most bus routes with that kind of stop spacing would be considered local routes rather than rapid or express.
Um, Scarborough is not a city.
Like to see you say that to a Scarberian's face! Stay in 'Sauga where you belong!
Actually, Mark was the one who posted the video, which concerning the subject of the thread, kind of led itself to a comparison. And while transit in north Scarborough is far from glamourous and it is somewhat car oriented, it is adequate and nowhere near as car oriented as Los Angeles.
Seconded ... adequate? Really?Transit in Scarborough is adequate?! Ha! You clearly do not take transit in Scarborough. I do, and the service is atrocious. I spend more time than I like in that city, and getting around on transit is a chore. If I had to live in Scarborough, I would definitely buy a car.
Why would he say "stay in 'Sauga where you belong" if he is saying it isn't a city. Wouldn't it be "stay in the eastern parts of Toronto" where you belong?
I will say I'm going to "Scarborough" just as much as I would say I'm going to "Streetsville". Both are former municipalities, both still have an identity, neither exist any longer as legal entities.
Scarborough, Etobicoke, and York only decided to call themselves cities after Mel Lastman started the ball rolling. East York sensibly ignored that ego-driven nonsense and remained a Borough.