innsertnamehere
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considering you can get from Kennedy to downtown on the GO in 19 minutes, it is extremely fast.
It's been explained a few times why Toronto is not going with Mark II's, so you can spend time searching for the answer. It just seems a waste to explain it again.
Can LRTs handle significantly more passengers than the existing RT?
I find it strange that were resorting back to the BD extension, which I'v been against from day one. This project will not add any additional km of rapid transit to Toronto. Its too bad political influences gets in the way of common sense in this city. The scarborough-eglinton crosstown should of been developed as a regional line from the beginning, using skytrain technology. The Miller and Ford era has really screwed things up in this city.
No, they would need rehabilitation and spare parts. And as Caterpiller has decided to put the Toronto manufacturer of these TBMs out of business, this is no longer an option.Is is possible to move the tunnel boring machines Torkie and Yorkie to do the tunnelling for the B-D extension to Scarborough, could save a few million dollars in equipment costs?
Is is possible to move the tunnel boring machines Torkie and Yorkie to do the tunnelling for the B-D extension to Scarborough, could save a few million dollars in equipment costs?
What? If you're waiting at Steeles and McCowan, a subway extension to Sheppard/McCowan is actually the most favourable solution for any downtown bound commuter. And indeed the loads on the 129 show that your experience is rather atypical.
For a billion here's what I would do: build the BD extension to STC. Build bus lanes on as many major avenues as possible. That would meet nearly all of Scarborough's needs.
I wouldn't be too worried or rushed about building a sidewalk at Old Finch/Meadowvale. Really, there are better places in Scarborough itself to spend sidewalk money on.... I know. I jog around there.
We already know the the SRT is only carrying a fraction of riders today because it lacks equipment.
Having the subway going to Steeles by STC will handle the pent-up demand for better transit in Scarborough now and the future.
Even if subway or LRT get to STC, the poor folks in Malvern are still without rapid transit that was promise to them in the 80's.
In fact, I saw the subway going Hwy 7 far back as 2006.
You are moving not loosing any of the existing stations by building the subway extension up Markham Rd to STC and then swing it over to McCowan to Steeles, with provision to go north to Hwy 7 at a future date.
By using the existing corridor of the SRT for LRT, you can use it as branch lines with various lines splitting off at various location. It opens up a whole range of new markets to service as well better service than what there is today.
I don't trust Metrolinx numbers and they are playing their famous games without a lack of vision for Scarborough.