TheTigerMaster
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Hopefully we can get back on track. Today we're building more transit then any point in our history. It's too bad that transit has become so politicized. Has it always been this bad?
Hopefully we can get back on track. Today we're building more transit then any point in our history. It's too bad that transit has become so politicized. Has it always been this bad?
I can perhaps see a subway up to Mt. Dennis if the corridor is widened (should be an easy job). There's no way ML is handing their baby over to the TTC.
I just noticed that the title of the map is "Subway/RT [Rapid Transit] Map". I suppose this means that the TTC is now considering LRT to be rapid transit!
The Waterloo LRT line uses exactly the same equipment, power, etc., and is scheduled to start construction in 2014 for a 2017 opening. So we will get an early taste.It's just too bad we'll have to wait another eight years until the finished product.
The Waterloo LRT line uses exactly the same equipment, power, etc., and is scheduled to start construction in 2014 for a 2017 opening. So we will get an early taste.
It will be interesting if Metrolinx follows through with their suggesion of accelerating Sheppard East and/or Finch West (do we call them Line 6 and Line 7 now?) now that a lot of their 2015-2017 spending on the SRT has vanished.
Finch West controversial? Only in Ford and Mammoliti's mind (and I use the word mind loosely). It's not like there's any realistic alternative there to LRT ... other than just running the bus.I doubt it if anything will happen before the 2014 municipal election. Too controversial.
Well, despite the controversial, politicized rhetoric behind LRT, it is definitely equatable to "rapid transit." Once operational, I believe the new TTC streetcars will transfigure general perceptions of the streetcar network and also enhance perceptions of the upcoming LRT lines. It's just too bad we'll have to wait another eight years until the finished product.
Finch West controversial? Only in Ford and Mammoliti's mind (and I use the word mind loosely). It's not like there's any realistic alternative there to LRT ... other than just running the bus.
What Spadina LRT? Its already a subway. Extend Spadina north of Bloor? Spadina stops at Eglinton but subway runs in some ditch up to Sheppard. Am I missing something? I know this is maps/fantasy maps but I am kind of lostI understood this to be:
1) Convert the existing Spadina LRT into a subway.
2) Extend this Spadina line north of Bloor.
What Spadina LRT? Its already a subway. Extend Spadina north of Bloor? Spadina stops at Eglinton but subway runs in some ditch up to Sheppard. Am I missing something? I know this is maps/fantasy maps but I am kind of lost
Problem:Has anyone ever thought of running a Dufferin Streetcar up to Eglinton? it would help a lot with the overloading of the bus line, and would add a huge amount to Toronto's streetcar system. I have a feeling there would be few through riders at eglinton once the LRT opens anyways. something like this: