You do not even live up here so how do you know what we residents think? I prefer to stick to those who have studied the line versus people like yourself who tells me stuff based on what you think or what you heard from non-credible sources.
You will be surprised as to the hundreds or thousands of people who support the SELRT. There are far more people than you think who know and welcome this projects but they are not very vocal about it. Again, you do not live up here, so what do you know!
I never said the next mayor will follow Miller's TC plan to the letter. All I am saying is the new Mayor could be sworn in and TC might not be their main focus at that specific time. Mind you, the 2011 City Budget would be #1 on the agenda and if the new Mayor is Smitherman, the #2 item on the list could be creating a more solid partnership with Daddy Dalton and uploading services. Therefore, with Smitherman as mayor, stopping the SELRT might be quite low on his list. Unless you have spoken to the candidates running for Mayor, you do not know what their priorities are and in what order.
When you are ready to stop this project, call me up because I would love to see you fail!
That's a terrible assumption and tells me that you have very little understanding of the community of Malvern. I used to play soccer in the community, plus have a number of friends or near-family living in those parts. Most, from what I see, don't even care.
However, businesses located on the stretch do care. It's negatively affecting the community, because these lines are local, corridor-level lines. In other words, their catchment areas are extremely limited. I swear, familiarize yourself with Toronto before talking.
The majority of transit users are bus-bound passengers. In other words, bus feeder networks is why the TTC's ridership is high. On the other hand, these LRTs are going through SPRAWLS that do not reach most. I don't see any indication that we're going to see buses feed these lines either.
So what's the point of this project? To push for the development of avenues. However keep in mind that density required to push the usage to LRT-levels would not be possible on the corridor. Most developers are not going to be building high rise towers on these corridors.
Subways and completely grade-separated lines tend to see such development and thus it's going to be medium density all the way. Transit conscious corridors are meant for a new population, one (as Scarberia) stressed will LOWER population density, and possibly change the demographics.
The city of Toronto is primarily lower income and the city is looking at an effective way of maximizing revenue. You got small businesses that developed the stretch and it seems like they're being ignored. The city isn't even looking to building a Malvern-wide line, because it doesn't have the core foundation present in rapid transit in other parts of Toronto.
Just saying, look around carefully. Look at those huge bus bays. This is obvious and this is coming from one who loves density.