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innsertnamehere
Superstar
I'm going to be making a "promised transit map" for the election, and no worries, Hudak's will be looking the worst.
Dan416
Senior Member
I hate maps with shitloads of subways to York and none to Mississauga. I also hate that Mississauga doesn't fight for subways.
ehlow
Senior Member
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Why aren't all the highways linked together? Specifically the two that are just north of all the other highways in southern Ontario. I don't really understand much about our highway system.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Because Mississauga's transport patterns are different than York? Much less focused on Toronto. The Toronto trips that do exist are better served by GO systems.. I mean to even get the bloor danforth line to Missisauga you would be looking at an almost hour long subway ride to downtown.. GO is much more effective at serving that trip.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Mississauga doesn't want subways. They want the transit they know they will actually get and will serve them well. I applaud the pragmatism. Everyone else could learn a thing or two.
And I don't understand why anyone would want a subway to Mississauga. GO would do a far better job. Do you really want to be on Line 2 stopping every 700m? That sounds horrible. Seriously. Subways aren't the solution to everything.
jamincan
Active Member
It's a prestige thing for some people I think.
denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
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Why do you want a subway to Mississauga so bad? The Milton line is coming on line soon anyway, I'd rather ride the GO Train.
Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
Too expensive to go to Mississauga in any meaningful way.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Honestly the same thing could be said about Scarborough as well. They'd be better served by upgrades to GO than they would by the subway.
doady
Senior Member
Scarborough is already served by subway...
I think subway extension along Dundas to connect to Hurontario LRT would make sense. An LRT line to serve the same purpose would be rather short. Dundas is as busy as Yonge (20,000 boardings per weekday for 1/101/201 combined in 2012), and entirely commercial, so it's not like the ridership or redevelopment potential is not there.
The primary purpose of such an extension would be serve Dundas, and integrate it with Bloor-Danforth, rather than merely give Mississauga riders a connection to downtown.
I think subway extension along Dundas to connect to Hurontario LRT would make sense. An LRT line to serve the same purpose would be rather short. Dundas is as busy as Yonge (20,000 boardings per weekday for 1/101/201 combined in 2012), and entirely commercial, so it's not like the ridership or redevelopment potential is not there.
The primary purpose of such an extension would be serve Dundas, and integrate it with Bloor-Danforth, rather than merely give Mississauga riders a connection to downtown.
Translude15
Frank the Tank
The farthest west the 2 line should travel is to Sherway.
Staying on the topic of transit visions for the future, what if the Milton line was rerouted east of Dixie to travel underneath the Queensway and Queen St. into downtown? I know others have proposed the idea of a central RER distributor tunnel underneath Queen but perhaps extending this tunnel westward would allow for a faster, more direct route for the Milton line while also creating a transit hub at Sherway between the GO and TTC routes for eastern Mississsauga and Etobicoke.
Staying on the topic of transit visions for the future, what if the Milton line was rerouted east of Dixie to travel underneath the Queensway and Queen St. into downtown? I know others have proposed the idea of a central RER distributor tunnel underneath Queen but perhaps extending this tunnel westward would allow for a faster, more direct route for the Milton line while also creating a transit hub at Sherway between the GO and TTC routes for eastern Mississsauga and Etobicoke.
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
Line 2 can go to Cloverdale, and there can be a new TC Line from Long Branch to the Airport, and perhaps beyond.
doady
Senior Member
Compelling argument.
Anyone who proposes a transit hub for Mississauga at Sherway clearly doesn't know much about Mississauga. Any transit hub for eastern Mississauga would be at Cloverdale, not Sherway.