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What If Stage 2 ION were a BRT and GO RER instead? Features: Bus -Dedicated busway on South side of 401, industrial rail spur -Queue jump lanes on Homer Watson Blvd, Hespeler Rd, River Rd Extension, and King St E -Intercity bus terminal moved to the 401/Highway 8 interchange GO RER -15...

You mean like how Missisauga built a new city core? Regardless of how much tranist is running down it, as long as Hespeler is being used as a major intercity highway, it's hard to imagine anything walkable being developed around there. I'm inclined to agree with Drum118 that the route needs to...

The CBC article mentioned renderings. Was there moe than the one that's designed to convey "ooh, shiny"?

One complication with the "obvious alignment" compared to a 401 or greenfield alignment is the need for a rail-rail grade separation between the new missing link corridor and CP Galt Sub.

Hamilton Harbour Tunnel This tunnel would provide a direct connection between Highway 6 at the 403 and the Wellington/Victoria one-way road pair to provide an alternate access route to Downtown Hamilton and upper Hamilton via Claremont Access. This tunnel would be built in conjunction with...

The article actually doesn't say anything about stops per day, it doesn't even say anything about the current number of trips (increasing to 4 from 2). It also doesn't mention the major increase of bus trips on the same corridor. It's almost as if whoever wrote the article didn't read the...

According to the CBC, "GO Transit's new fall schedule has more stops in Kitchener, Guelph" http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/go-transit-fall-schedule-guelph-kitchener-1.3732430 As far as I know, the number of stops on the schedule in Kitchener and Guelph is the same. However the...

I know a lot in Kitchener will be happy with regular (not even hourly) passenger GO bus service along Highway 6 to tie in Waterloo/Wellington into the frequent Lakeshore Line. In the 10 years it's going to take to fix the bottlenecks on the Kitchener line, there could easily be DMU service on...

Then it's still wrong. There is no human transport on the CN York Sub. (People getting paid to move the train don't count as human cargo). At best the diagram is incomplete

Park Lawn Ramp Configuration and GO Station Access I know this could just as easily be a transit map, but here's how I envision the road network around a conceptual Park Lawn GO station. -Legion Rd extended north to meet Legion Rd N (not sure if this is already a plan) -EB off ramp converted...

There's a lot of good stuff in that document. I particularly like the reconfiguration of the Jameson-Lake Shore ramps. It would be really great to see Lake Shore Blvd pushed north in order to increase the amount of usable parkland along the Waterfront. And although it would almost certainly...

The rail corridor at Cherry is above grade compared to the section between Bathurst and Blue Jays Way which is in a trench. I'm not sure what you're getting at claiming that it's possible to deck over the section at Cherry. Extending the streetcar tracks down Cherry, the Relief Line and the East...

An example of a fantasy proposal: St Clair Extension to Don Valley Pkwy St Clair Ave is extended eastward through Mud Creek Ravine and north of the Beltline Trail to connect with Bayview Ave. A new bridge would be built over the Don River and GO rail line to connect with onramps to the DVP...

I agree with you regarding the need for a freeway along the north edge of London. Veterans Memorial Parkway is currently being built to be upgradable to act as the eastern section of a London ring road should a northern bypass be built. As for "a freeway connecting Hamilton to KWC" (Waterloo...

To avoid discussion of officially-proposed projects from going off-topic on their appropriate threads, I'd recommend moving discussion of fantasy road proposals here.

Odd suggestion for admins. Why don't we break off discussion of Euphoria and others' fantasy proposals for Allen Rd into another thread. We have a fantasy transit map thread, but I don't recall (I could be mistaken) ever seeing a thread devoted to fantasy road proposals. In this way, people who...

It wouldn't be too diffucult to imagine the Bathurst Yard being partially acquired and south side of Front being opened up to mid-rise development.

Thanks for actual news!

Euphoria, I just want to clarify, where does your Highway/Subway tunnel run? It seems like you're talking about two different tunnels. an extension of the Allen and a replacement of the Gardiner somewhere under downtown. Even with underground highways, there are still land acquisition cost for...

The connection to the 401 via the Allen Rd realignment would still be there. Ultimately, it would be up to the owners of Yorkdale. Yorkdale Rd is still internal to their property, so they are not obliged to allow any other users, they may even be resistant to giving up their access road on the...