DKsan
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Sometimes, it's not about speed, but capacity. But I guess those in NW Toronto should just keep piling onto buses, right?This is not going to be that much faster than the 36 bus at all.
Sometimes, it's not about speed, but capacity. But I guess those in NW Toronto should just keep piling onto buses, right?This is not going to be that much faster than the 36 bus at all.
Perhaps they could build it on the hydro corridor with very few stops since no one would be out of most rider's way.This is not going to be that much faster than the 36 bus at all.
Metrolinx is behaving in a downright sleazy way.
After clearly, unequivocally supporting a community hub on a portion of the maintenance centre site, they are now saying they will instead sell off the land to the highest bidder.
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Metrolinx reneges on plan to donate land for Jane-Finch community centre, will instead sell to highest bidder
Coun. Anthony Perruzza says his North York residents feel “duped” by the transit agency’s decision to pull out of a plan for a new arts and culture hu...www.thestar.com
I dont know what kind of Cool-Aid powder Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation has been sniffing, but that is the most laughable excuse ive ever heard come out of them. So if an official "committed" to the the plan without proper "approvals", wouldn't it be on Metrolinx to properly vet that "approval" before it became approved and not all of a sudden 5+ years later discover it wasnt approved "properly".And the plot thickens:
Perhaps they could build it on the hydro corridor with very few stops since no one it would be out of most rider's way.
But some people only supported this because of the community. It was a feature of the entire project, not just another throwaway. This drives down public support and confidence for the LRT.Sometimes, it's not about speed, but capacity. But I guess those in NW Toronto should just keep piling onto buses, right?
Exactly my point.The LRT should be considerably faster during the rush hours, because the buses get stuck in traffic.
That said, Metrolinx certainly ought to give the land for the Community Centre after they promised that. Otherwise they will diminish the public confidence and the support for their future projects, while the amount of money they might recover by selling the land will be trivial compared to the cost of the whole Finch project.
again, do you think it's okay to yank this community centre away? be honest, this is a bad look.I thought we were against LRT as social engineering projects which is why we are building subways subways subways into Scarborough.
You must be measuring with Imperial metres.here comes the hydro corridor ideas.... i love walking an extra 500-1000m out of my way to take a bus through a hydro corridor.
I thought we were against LRT as social engineering projects which is why we are building subways subways subways into Scarborough.
It could be done - but it seems odd that we spend $50M (guess on my part) to replace the Finch Bridge, and then spend an additional $20M for each pedestrian tunnel, when we could have just built a longer bridge for the $50M.Total fantasy land here, but they could punch MUT tunnels under the 400 about 20 m off to either side of Finch, using the same methods as the new 401/409 tunnels. Edit to add: It would take a lot of lobbying, but it could be done.
You must be measuring with Imperial metres.
We are in the Finch West LRT Thread, which has only ever been talked about as going as far as Don Mills. It is either about 300m away, or the hydro corridor does not even exist.No, he's actually right in many places.
In the central and west end of Toronto until the corridor crosses just west of the 400, the hydro corridor is closer to Finch - as close as about 210m in some places, but generally closer to or slightly over 300m from the north sidewalk to the southern edge of the corridor. (If the northern portion of the corridor was used, than obviously the distance from Finch would be correspondingly larger as well.)
(Which also raises a question that I've not seen effectively answered by anyone who offers the corridor as a viable transit avenue - what do you do west of the 400, when the hydro corridor ceases to be an option?)
But east of Victoria Park? It's at or over 1000m from the north sidewalk to the southern edge of the corridor.
Dan
Sorry about the semantics.We are in the Finch West LRT Thread, which has only ever been talked about as going as far as Don Mills. It is either about 300m away, or the hydro corridor does not even exist.
Beyond 400, there is no Finch hydro corridor so it would have had to follow elevated along Finch.
I think Metrolinx should be apologizing this week not you lol.Sorry about the semantics.
We are in the Finch West LRT Thread, which has only ever been talked about as going as far as Don Mills. It is either about 300m away, or the hydro corridor does not even exist.
Beyond 400, there is no Finch hydro corridor so it would have had to follow elevated along Finch.