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Rob Ford's Toronto

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Automation Gallery said:
Huh....This whole vision/fantasy of having a bunch of proposed above grade LRT lines running all over the city.
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Nah, the thing getting squashed is this whole vision/fantasy of the private sector ponying up for a subway line on Sheppard.

Could someone refresh my memory, by the way... why IS this Mayor Ford's personal obsession? What is it about Sheppard East -- the fact that there's already a stub? It doesn't go near his ward/home base, so that's not it. Because it would link to Scarborough Town Centre?

AG -- I absolutely cannot understand how anyone can drive from Celestica to the power centre alley beyond Eglinton and O'Connor and say that you need to bury any transit on that stretch. It's way, way more appropriate for surface transit than anywhere else being proposed/implemented in the city. What, other than a fetish for below grade transit, makes this a place for anyone to pick a fight?
 
Irishmonk said:
"I was out in Scarborough over the weekend; people came up to me and said they want subways. That’s it."

Rob Ford on his unique approach to transit planning.

The lesson here: the next time you see Rob Ford on the street, don't ask him for spare change or a subway token, ask him for an entire subway system. He will give it to you.

http://www.thestar.com/news/cityhallpolitics/article/1123814--transit-city-flap-raises-prickly-question-what-power-does-toronto-s-mayor-have
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LOL, very clever.
 
Riverdale Rink Rat said:
AG -- I absolutely cannot understand how anyone can drive from Celestica to the power centre alley beyond Eglinton and O'Connor and say that you need to bury any transit on that stretch. It's way, way more appropriate for surface transit than anywhere else being proposed/implemented in the city. What, other than a fetish for below grade transit, makes this a place for anyone to pick a fight?
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I dont know if its a fetish, thats what big citys do, they build underground transportation systems.....Toronto is past being, Portland, Pittsburgh or Minneapolis
Anyone in their right mind... in the middle of January/February would rather ride an underground rail system than above ground, especially that run from O,Connor to the Town Centre. That is one windy cold area to be waiting for a streetcar (i guess LRT)
 
Automation Gallery said:
I dont know if its a fetish, thats what big citys do
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And if big cities jumped of a bridge, would you want Toronto to do that, too?

But seriously, "big cities" that are fiscally responsible bury their transit when appropriate -- when the density is sufficient and the cost is reasonable.

Anyone in their right mind... in the middle of January/February would rather ride an underground rail system
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Sure, and I want a pony. But although the same weather considerations apply, there is a reason that all the bus lines haven't been replaced with subways.

Public works projects, especially transit, often involve compromises, largely due to fiscal constraints. That's a reality that all cities, even the "big" ones, have to face.
 
Automation Gallery said:
I dont know if its a fetish, thats what big citys do, they build underground transportation systems.....Toronto is past being, Portland, Pittsburgh or Minneapolis
Anyone in their right mind... in the middle of January/February would rather ride an underground rail system than above ground, especially that run from O,Connor to the Town Centre. That is one windy cold area to be waiting for a streetcar (i guess LRT)
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I once waited for a Tram in Milan on cold January night - I had no problems with it.
I waited with a bunch of local AC Milan fans who weren't bothered by it either - are you saying that Toronto deserves better than Milan? And Milan continues to build LRT/Tram lines.

Also, the tram lines in Milan are more frequent than their subway because that same tram I waited for, took me to the subway station that was supposed to take me to Milano Centrale - I waited 15 minutes for that train - I could've stayed on the tram and made my connecting regional train to Bologna on time.
 
Paris is much larger than Toronto, and is building LRT in it's suburbs, where it's not practical to expand the metro. It's a sorry excuse saying that big cities build underground. And no city would be foolish to build underground in a valley.
 
Justin10000 said:
Paris is much larger than Toronto, and is building LRT in it's suburbs, where it's not practical to expand the metro. It's a sorry excuse saying that big cities build underground. And no city would be foolish to build underground in a valley.
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Ah come on, Paris has already aprox. 225km and sixteen lines of underground....
Regarding a valley, citys usually build a bridge, or is that to much to ask in Toronto:confused:
 
^ It's embarrassing for Ford and for those who voted for him. The city? We're being given a lesson in civics. I don't think a conservative Mayor will be elected for the next decade because of Ford.
 
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