fanoftoronto
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I'd think he simply mis-spoke or there was a typo. The 5,000 to 5,400 is well documented in the EA. I wonder if there's something higher in the Metrolinx business case report for Eglinton ... which I don't think has seen the light of day yet.
Not sure your basis for saying that it seems more accurate ...
It is probably a mistake made by Giambrone since the article says "seven thousand" and not "7000" so it's probably not a typo.
As for my basis for accuracy, I don't think 5400 is a reasonable estimate seeing that Sheppard estimate is only 3000 and a subway was justified there a mere 8 years ago. So, I doubt the accuracy of the TTC estimates. I will take back my comment that 7000 might be more accurate because I just don't know.
7000.. 5400.. It's still well within the range of LRT capacity. What's the big deal? Hell Giambrone claims the Yonge line will carry 45,000 passengers per hour with ATO.
Isn't 8000 the magical number when SRT becomes more viable. At least complete grade seperation according to the EA and the Open House slides.
And I believe Yonge will carry 45,000 with ATO. Right now it carries somewhere around 34,000. With ATO, we can get 1.5 times the number of trains we can move now, so 45,000 seems correct.
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