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MTO will not allow it as their mandate was moving traffic and not taking land and lanes from them for transit. This was stated a few years ago at a meeting at MTO Downsview office and that policy may have been change since then. They want vehicles passing x spots every 3 seconds where transit will be far more than that.
Honestly just get stricter HOV enforcement, at least on the 410 maybe 1/5 cars have 2 pax
You know GO Stations are meant for car drivers and GO buses so what else is new with a station like this? Yes there are stations that see some local transit and some walk-in traffic.
I do not like where this station is located... at all, and it comes down to one simple reason: Regional GO busses.
Tell me, how are GO busses meant to serve this station? I guess they could get off at Dufferin/Keele and make their way to the station, but that'll be extremely slow. Now it seems like Metrolinx realized this, and as such only 2/6 GO busses along the corridor will service the station, but this feels like more of a bandaid than an actual fix. The Barrie Line is going to be one of the most important transit lines in the region, and relegating it to a bunch of local go bus routes seems extremely shortsighted, it'll arguably be a lot more useful than Highway 407 for what its worth.
Here's an idea, why not instead build the GO station on the south side of Highway 7, that way you can build some curbside bus stops along the 407 that GO busses can serve directly that would allow pedestrians to only need a short 2m walk to reach the GO station, and would allow busses to serve the station without adding an extra 5m to the schedule. And, you leave room for the eventual 407 Transitway/Ontario Loop to be built cheaply along the 407, rather than having to build an expensive underground diversion.
It is in the business case above for hwy 7 station
The 407 Transitway plans showed this station integrated with the Transitway station, the same way that TTC 407 station was to be integrated.. It would be worth digging that out to compare.
Please make the pedestrian walkway tree lined, with benches and trash bins.
I do not like where this station is located... at all, and it comes down to one simple reason: Regional GO busses.
Good fine urbancoq! Here's the detailed figure from the new business case, where you can clearly see the platform location and bus loops. Shame there the parking lot isn't under a development. Though I guess that's always a future option.
