duffo
Active Member
If the route ends up being phased - is there more demand from the future Sheppard-McCowan Station to Malvern and UTSC, or from Kennedy to UTSC (where RapidTO lanes already exist)?
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Eglinton East LRT | Metrolinx
- Thread starter Monarch Butterfly
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KhalilHeron
Active Member
Eglinton has way more density than along Sheppard out there, plus two go stations are along that section so definitely from Kennedy first. A bus from Scarborough centre will still probably end up being the fastest way to UTSC either way.
duffo
Active Member
Which is why I'm still very much of the opinion that the priority should be packaging DSBRT from STC to UTSC, the existing RapidTO lanes, and upcoming Busway into a serious BRT program for Scarborough...
KhalilHeron
Active Member
Very much agreed.
dullturtle06
Active Member
Maybe that's why it was rebranded to Scarborough Rapid transit and not LRT anymore
Northern Light
Superstar
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
All the public transit projects are needed to fight the traffic congestion caused by the single-occupant automobile. Toronto is way behind public transit compared to outside North America.
KhalilHeron
Active Member
I would love to see how many cars the city predicts this line will take off the road. My money is on zero.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The price increases for gasoline should push people towards public transit, at least for this year.
Northern Light
Superstar
Wrong!
Bad public transit projects which waste money and don't drive net new ridership are not only, not needed, they are the opposite of what is needed because they take money away from good transit projects which will drive ridership.
Undead
Senior Member
Nice to see Brad Brad taking up the Scarborough victim mantle LOL
Aplus23
Active Member
not sure how TSP on a corridor like Eglinton east would be a waste of money, including the integration of higher order transit into our existing network. You should be advocating for more money for more transit projects instead of lamenting about this. Also this absolutely would drive new transit riderships, especially once/if Sheppard gets built, Scarborough would be able to go to Etobicoke north and north York without going to Kennedy station or STC and vice-versa
Aplus23
Active Member
I mean there's currently 2 transit stations in Scarborough, nothing east of McCowan, not sure if he's being a victim or just advocating for what's needed, my vote it the latter
Northern Light
Superstar
Who argued against TSP? Not me; I argued against a 4.7B LRT, one that will be 10B if there are substantial grade separation elements.
Excuse me? I've been advocating for more and better transit for decades. You will not tell me how its done or to do what I'm already doing.
You will stand aside and let me help make good things happen by killing bad ideas and freeing up the money to do them.
No, it would not.
The math has already been done and is public, go read it.
Northern Light
Superstar
Scarborough is getting new stations at Lawrence, STC and Sheppard/McCowan; Stouffille GO and Lakeshore will be near-subways within a few years, and Sheppard is heading east and will add several stations.
There's even more coming...........but you'll learn about that in due course.