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Oh great, Crossrail has made its way into yet another thread.
Steve's MO. Spam articles about European projects into every discussion. Then insult other posters. Mods never correct him sadly.....
Oh great, Crossrail has made its way into yet another thread.
Steve's MO. Spam articles about European projects into every discussion. Then insult other posters. Mods never correct him sadly.....
Gosh, if you'd read instead of getting reactionary, you'd realize I posted exactly that. But I digress...Indeed. It has absolutely no relevance in this thread. This is more in line with the recent $2.4 billion 1-station, 2.4 km extension of the Flushing Line or the under construction £1.2 billion 2-station 3.2 km extension of the Northern (Charing Cross) Line to Battersea.
Gotta love that one. Since when did they move New York and Sydney, Australia to Europe?Steve's MO. Spam articles about European projects into every discussion.
But this is not the case. Ottawa is paying a third of its light rail program. The only project that Toronto has felt compelled to pay into of all the recent developments is the SSE and TYSSE. LRTs are "free" to Toronto.
Raise the damn property taxes already. This is self-imposed artificial scarcity of funds.
Your hero Tory has already talked Wynne into letting him pay for half of ShamTrack. I heard today he's out there continuing the fight by begging for cash at some rustic street corner downtown.
His team was likely in desperation mode to do something to defend their neutered one stop plan subway against a more organized media & pro SLRT special interest group attack that was coming heading into the vote. It's no shock Oxford would prefer the subway. It was a stupid move but as far as conflicts go there's really not that much here other than an unorganized desperate request for public support from his camp. Pretty pathetic like his subway design.
...against a more organized media & pro SLRT special interest group attack
I see what you're saying but given the limited funds we have, the single stop is the best we can accomplish with that money. Unless more funding is secured, adding the Lawrence station just isn't possible.
I am neutral on the Lawrence station personally.
It's Scarborough's turn to get transit now, and the subway station is our best option with the limited funds.If the funds are limited then we shouldn't be building a 6km 1 stop extension in the first place.
What we should be building is the best value for the money at accommodates the greatest number of riders.
Meanwhile let me know what are the real motivations of Paul Ainslie or Josh Matlow, aside from evidence based planning, value for money, and ensuring that more residents get transit.
It's Scarborough's turn to get transit now, and the subway station is our best option with the limited funds.
DRL is best for downtown, SSE is best for scarborough. Hopefully we both get what we want.
DRL is best for Scarborough. Residents of Scarborough will be using the DRL, more so than they would the Scarborough subway.It's Scarborough's turn to get transit now, and the subway station is our best option with the limited funds.
DRL is best for downtown, SSE is best for scarborough. Hopefully we both get what we want.