Vbulletin has eaten this post twice (which is why I save long posts before I send them), but maybe third time's the charm.
And what, prey tell, do you find ridiculous?
It's a given that when this many transit lines are proposed, you're gonna get some really questionable ones thrown in with the good ones...we've seen this happen to fantasy maps posted on this forum. Still, there's no way to get all the best lines built without building a few not-so-best lines, and these pet projects are excellent political grease.
I'll note a few of the questionable ones here, but if they seem wrong because the map isn't to scale or because alignments haven't been finalized (though at this stage, there really should be useful maps with formal plans on them otherwise you're asking the public to support a swarm of planning arrows), let me know:
Hipster Duck already mentioned the S-Bahn on stilts on the 401 (as for the one on the 407, is it actually along the rail corridor just north of Steeles?). There's more express rail on 400 series highways than there is in rail corridors. Someone going from Markham to Vaughan seems to be given a choice between LRT, BRT, and express rail, all running parallel. You mention that express metro lines are likely, but who honestly needs them with all that express rail? Why not just use those resources to build more metro lines?
The Scarborough RT is kept, of course...even in a $100B plan we can't afford to lose crucial Ellesmere station! Replacing the RT with a subway extension and LRT branching out from STC would be cheaper and would help many times as many people. Since the Eglinton metro only goes to Kennedy - it should go farther east - maybe the RT will be extended along Eglinton (if memory serves me correctly, isn't that what AreBe proposed years back?)...if so, it seems Eglinton will get ICTS to justify keeping the RT. And if so, why not just say so? Why the ambiguity? There's been a few fantasy maps posted on this forum that are just as expansive as the Metrolinx options, but they're not at all ambiguous, whether it be about the technology, the routes, the stations, anything.
There's a Finch East line that curves north at Kennedy (or Warden?) and curves west again at what looks like Major Mack. It's just thrown on there, almost thoughtlessly. Will it be a limited stop bus route, or will it be a multi-billion dollar LRT line...why is it there? I'd support a humongous plan like this if only to ensure a few of the best bits get built, but the average person almost certainly would not support a transit overkill. They'll want to know exactly where these lines are going and what they'll cost, at least to within an order of magnitude. There's a few other random orange lines in the suburbs, like the one meandering NE of the 401/427 interchange. Instead of these random "connectors," why not build these orange transit lines on equally or more suitable roads like Kipling, Lawrence, Wilson, Bathurst, Dufferin, Warden, etc.?
The red lines are all great (the ones in rail corridors, anyway), and so are the white ones (minus the RT...but the drl should be *the* DRL, and extended NE and NW while we're spending this much), but the orange lines are hit or miss (partially because the map makes them so mysterious).
Oh, and I also noticed a RedRocket191's house express route
