kEiThZ
Superstar
I am going to be a bit contrarian here just to generate some discussion and get some outside the box thinking.
Now, broadly speaking I support the idea of another subway downtown. But the more I think about it, the more I dislike the idea of the DRL, a relief line that might go up to Don Mills and Sheppard. That goal stems from the fact that our transit system is designed to funnel people on to the subway system to begin with. For the price of the DRL though, we could get GO REX compeletely set up inside the 416 and bordering 905. We could actually redirect passengers to GO and relieve the subway network that way. All while, substantially reducing commute times. And that would leave us free to build the downtown subway later, in a manner that works best for travel in the core, rather than relief of Yonge-Bloor.
To me the DRL, as currently envisioned, won't really do much for suburban commuters. And it won't do much for core residents or those in the southern portions of the city. Makes more sense to build a subway further south and moving out further West and East than previously planned to support all those new areas like Liberty village and the East Bayfront.
Now, broadly speaking I support the idea of another subway downtown. But the more I think about it, the more I dislike the idea of the DRL, a relief line that might go up to Don Mills and Sheppard. That goal stems from the fact that our transit system is designed to funnel people on to the subway system to begin with. For the price of the DRL though, we could get GO REX compeletely set up inside the 416 and bordering 905. We could actually redirect passengers to GO and relieve the subway network that way. All while, substantially reducing commute times. And that would leave us free to build the downtown subway later, in a manner that works best for travel in the core, rather than relief of Yonge-Bloor.
To me the DRL, as currently envisioned, won't really do much for suburban commuters. And it won't do much for core residents or those in the southern portions of the city. Makes more sense to build a subway further south and moving out further West and East than previously planned to support all those new areas like Liberty village and the East Bayfront.