MrsNesbitt
Active Member
IMO, spending $670 million to convert the subway to LRT is not justifiable.
Through-run Finch West and Finch East LRT will work even better.
What is not justifiable is continuing to subsidize the abysmal ridership of the Sheppard Subway to the tune of $8 per rider in perpetuity. I agree personally that Finch would've been a better route from the get-go, but we're stuck with the subway (or its tunnel at least) now. Might as well bite the bullet, convert it, and at least our northern crosstown line will have a grade-separated tunnelled section to enjoy.
Well said. It is absolutely disgusting (but not too shocking, this is Toronto after all, the city where transit goes to die) that there is no crosstown route at the top end of the city. ECLRT will help but it is still too far south.
We all know that conversion of the stubway to LRT, and extending that LRT east (at least for the time being, perhaps a western extension in 25 years) is the answer that will provide such a crosstown route.
Are there any examples where this has been successfully implemented (and welcomed by the community) at a reasonable cost?
To be honest I can't think of any examples, but I also can't think of any examples of cities being as harebrained as Toronto to build stubways like Sheppard. I shall research this a bit.
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