allabootmatt
Senior Member
Despite a recent motion that passed 38-6 by Council calling for an acceleration of the East Bayfront light rail line, Waterfront Toronto's latest plan for the eastern harbour indicates Bus Rapid Transit will be built on Queens Quay East for a 'Phase One' of undetermined length:
http://www.portlandsconsultation.ca... Lands Public Meeting August 8 2012 Final.pdf
This is extremely discouraging, since I doubt Waterfront would produce such a map without a nudge from the City that LRT in that corridor is not financially realistic in the near term. Steve Munro's take (http://stevemunro.ca/?p=6621#more-6621) is that WFT is assuming nothing will come from Council's attempt to locate funding for the LRT, given other demands on the transit budget.
As we all know, there's really no such thing as a 'temporary' transit solution in Toronto. If BRT is built, BRT is what we will have for a very long time. There's still a chance, I suppose, that Council will find a way to get LRT done, but I am not optimistic. It's a shame we may end up with another half-done civic project. What's being done in the East Bayfront is spectacular and needs decent rail transit, not a bus.
http://www.portlandsconsultation.ca... Lands Public Meeting August 8 2012 Final.pdf
This is extremely discouraging, since I doubt Waterfront would produce such a map without a nudge from the City that LRT in that corridor is not financially realistic in the near term. Steve Munro's take (http://stevemunro.ca/?p=6621#more-6621) is that WFT is assuming nothing will come from Council's attempt to locate funding for the LRT, given other demands on the transit budget.
As we all know, there's really no such thing as a 'temporary' transit solution in Toronto. If BRT is built, BRT is what we will have for a very long time. There's still a chance, I suppose, that Council will find a way to get LRT done, but I am not optimistic. It's a shame we may end up with another half-done civic project. What's being done in the East Bayfront is spectacular and needs decent rail transit, not a bus.