407 Transitway

[hw621]

^thanks. Somehow the map on his website is not expandable.

This is really just a vision. Too ambitious, too premature. But he said that he first came up with the now called smart track idea, so who knows maybe some day...

 

[Neutrino]

The second person in recent memory to claim to have come up with Smart Track lol (Sharon what's her name being the first.)

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Here's the map:

That's regional thinking.

 

[hw621]

Here's the map:

Should also be in the fantasy map thread

 

[pstogios]

Should also be in the fantasy map thread

That’s the mother of all fantasy maps.

And most of those lines won’t be built for our lifetime’s or those of our grandchildrens’.

This guy’s got his head in the clouds.

 

[44 North]

That's regional thinking.

Considering he's listed Vancouver's Canada Line in his legend looks to be national thinking.

Also apparently his 407 line will carry 2.5 million people/day. Hmm...

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

A Public Information Centre is scheduled for the segment between Brant Street and Hurontario. Locations and times are:

Date: November 28, 2018
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Vic Johnston Commnunity Centre Hall
335 Church Street, Mississauga

Date: November 29, 2018
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Mainway Recreation Centre
4015 Mainway, Burlington

 

[robmausser]

Is this transit way going to be BRT or LRT? By the time of construction will density and ridership justify a LRT?

Its BRT but they are building it with LRT upgrade in mind in the future.

 

[hw621]

Its BRT but they are building it with LRT upgrade in mind in the future.

By the time construction hits it is the future

 

[robmausser]

By the time construction hits it is the future

I dont believe ridership will warrant LRT even by then.

With LRT you actaully lose a critical feature of BRT; the ability of buses to leave the BRT route and go to other transit centres to pick up passengers along the way.

This is a critical advantage in lower density areas, precisely where the 407 transitway is being built. The transitway is being built along a hydro corridor, and much of it is quite far from density and destinations.

By building LRT you are forcing people to transfer to a bus rather than having the BRT come to them.

With BRT you can still have express buses that do not leave the corridor, but with LRT you are restricted to this and only this.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

PIC boards have been posted.

 

[robmausser]

Whats the status of this project?

 

[hw621]

Whats the status of this project?

What project?

 

[robmausser]

This one

407 Transitway

Do we just use taxpayer money to create useless EA's that will never be built?

 

[hw621]

This one

407 Transitway

Do we just use taxpayer money to create useless EA's that will never be built?

Oh well, our consultant friends need some work (money)...