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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

sixrings said:
Well I guess I am reacting to the idea that the next level of funding could be a sheppard east subway which again leaves the Milton line out.

The current funding is fine. Im content. It’s just I rarely hear anything about the Milton line but I constantly hear about the sheppard line even after the danforth extension was announced. So perhaps I’m upset for no reason. I don’t know what the future funding looks like.
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I would hope that the "next basket" will include a combination of municipal level transit and regional level (GO) projects. Quite reasonable that GO Milton would be one of those.

The point is - while other corridors were a little cheaper, Milton GO will be equivalent to a crosstown subway in expense. It will need to compete with other projects of that size and cost.

It's interesting to consider what might be in that second basket - full Niagara service? Milton? Full double track to Kitchener? HFR to London?

- Paul
 
sixrings said:
You can’t go on and on and say Scarborough has had it rough for thirty years and then at the same time keep blaming hazel. Hazel is six feet under, her house is for sale and she hasn’t been the mayor since 2014.
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two different issues for two different cities. The TTC offered in 2001 to study a subway to square one, they even made a report. Mississauga decided to focus on a bus highway
 
turbanplanner said:
two different issues for two different cities. The TTC offered in 2001 to study a subway to square one, they even made a report. Mississauga decided to focus on a bus highway
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Again Hazel is no longer our mayor and these decisions were during her time.

Maybe naming everything hazel has given off the idea that she’s going to run this city from the grave. But she’s not. She’s gone. It’s time to move on.
 
crs1026 said:
I would hope that the "next basket" will include a combination of municipal level transit and regional level (GO) projects. Quite reasonable that GO Milton would be one of those.

The point is - while other corridors were a little cheaper, Milton GO will be equivalent to a crosstown subway in expense. It will need to compete with other projects of that size and cost.

It's interesting to consider what might be in that second basket - full Niagara service? Milton? Full double track to Kitchener? HFR to London?

- Paul
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I guess my angst is that things don’t get cheaper and if it keeps getting passed it will continue to rise in price making more excuses for it to not happen.
 
sixrings said:
Again Hazel is no longer our mayor and these decisions were during her time.

Maybe naming everything hazel has given off the idea that she’s going to run this city from the grave. But she’s not. She’s gone. It’s time to move on.
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The point I was reply to was: "If I got a dollar for every time someone mentioned Mississauga doesn't have good transit because Scarborough sucked in all the funds"
 
sixrings said:
The reason Scarborough keeps coming up is because they sure seem to be spending those finite transit dollars at a fast pace.
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A correction here. Scarborough keeps coming up because you keep bringing that in every thread and then that becomes a long discussion that ends up derailing the thread. You have made your thoughts clear on this matter and others have made their counter arguments as well. I understand your angst but it's time to give this topic a rest. Your posts won't help Mississauga get better transit any faster.
 
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Deadpool X said:
A correction here. Scarborough keeps coming up because you keep bringing that in every thread and then that becomes a long discussion that ends up derailing the thread. You have made your thoughts clear on this matter and others have made their counter arguments as well. I understand your angst but it's time to give this topic a rest. Your posts won't help Mississauga get better transit any faster.
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sure. I bring it up. Doesn’t mean I’m objectively wrong. And sure it won’t change Mississauga getting transit faster. As long as the discrepancy is there you should expect someone to bring up the subject.
 
Honestly I think it’s easier to extend line 2 west than ever getting traction on Milton. Even extending to Cloverdale or Sherway would lead to improvements for Mississauga and Etobicoke riders.

Milton is a big project and so is line 2. But line 2 doesn’t have an unwilling partner like CP to worry about.
 
Coruscanti Cognoscente said:
Honestly I think it’s easier to extend line 2 west than ever getting traction on Milton. Even extending to Cloverdale or Sherway would lead to improvements for Mississauga and Etobicoke riders.

Milton is a big project and so is line 2. But line 2 doesn’t have an unwilling partner like CP to worry about.
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cloverdale seems like the best choice as it means the missisauga busses have less of a run on dundas
 
Coruscanti Cognoscente said:
Honestly I think it’s easier to extend line 2 west than ever getting traction on Milton. Even extending to Cloverdale or Sherway would lead to improvements for Mississauga and Etobicoke riders.

Milton is a big project and so is line 2. But line 2 doesn’t have an unwilling partner like CP to worry about.
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That's CPKC now. Said partner is even bigger now.

I'll add some more whining and sour grapes, and point out this could have been addressed by the freight bypass. Wynne struck a deal that cut CP out, and Ford scrapped the rest.
 
T3G said:
It's a great shame that we can't won't do what most European countries do and take ownership of the tracks and give priority to passenger rail over freight.
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There, fixed that for ya.
 
T3G said:
It's a great shame that we can't do what most European countries do and take ownership of the tracks and give priority to passenger rail over freight. The fact that a private freight company can hold so many people hostage on a corridor that only runs like 8 trains a day is embarrassing.
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I'm about 100% sure the CNR Halton sub runs more trains per day than the CP Galt sub and they are able to accommodate more traffic.

In my personal opinion the biggest bottle neck on the Halton Sub is the Humber River Bridge at Mile 4.5. Most of the bridges and overpasses are wide enough for triple tracking. But that's getting off topic
 
sixrings said:
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sure. I bring it up. Doesn’t mean I’m objectively wrong. And sure it won’t change Mississauga getting transit faster. As long as the discrepancy is there you should expect someone to bring up the subject.
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It's okay to bring that subject once in a while but not in every thread every few days. I am unhappy with my bus service. How will ii help anyone if I bring that up everyday on this board?
 
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