Jupiter
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Thanks, gweed.
The work I'm doing will be ready and online in early June... I'll post about it then because part of the master's project and why I'm doing it online is to try to drum up support for the line. Obviously, other great sites have been created such as the facebook group to do so, but my goal was to provide more detailed information for people (Hense the costing, density figures, etc.)
$320 million/km may be a little low. Consider that Yonge North is $350 million a kilometre, and it will just go up from there. The DRL is bound to be even more expensive, requiring higher property acquisition costs, deeper stations through the downtown, and a new bridge crossing the Don Valley (The bridge will be about $150 million on it's own). The way I arrived at my costs was to use the specific figures from Spadina and Yonge that were broken down into track costs, station costs, and other such things and apply them specifically to the line based on stations, type of construction, and unique challenges. When it's on the site, the full methodology will be up with it, so I'm sure people can tear it apart. It's between 4500-5000 words for the pricing part.
I'll let you know when it's up specifically (www.drlnow.ca) and I wish you luck in your cause. Regardless of what the cost turns out to be, I think we can agree the DRL is not just a good idea, but basically a necessity.
The work I'm doing will be ready and online in early June... I'll post about it then because part of the master's project and why I'm doing it online is to try to drum up support for the line. Obviously, other great sites have been created such as the facebook group to do so, but my goal was to provide more detailed information for people (Hense the costing, density figures, etc.)
$320 million/km may be a little low. Consider that Yonge North is $350 million a kilometre, and it will just go up from there. The DRL is bound to be even more expensive, requiring higher property acquisition costs, deeper stations through the downtown, and a new bridge crossing the Don Valley (The bridge will be about $150 million on it's own). The way I arrived at my costs was to use the specific figures from Spadina and Yonge that were broken down into track costs, station costs, and other such things and apply them specifically to the line based on stations, type of construction, and unique challenges. When it's on the site, the full methodology will be up with it, so I'm sure people can tear it apart. It's between 4500-5000 words for the pricing part.
I'll let you know when it's up specifically (www.drlnow.ca) and I wish you luck in your cause. Regardless of what the cost turns out to be, I think we can agree the DRL is not just a good idea, but basically a necessity.
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