If a Dixie-Dundas stop were to be built at the same time as Sherway and East Mall, then the need for East Mall decreases considerably, but I imagine it'd still be built (not every bus would be re-routed to Dixie and Dundas.
As for East Mall being desolate, I don't know what you're talking about. And how it's indirect for bus routes, I really have ZERO clue what you're talking about as it's more direct than your beloved Sherway.
Tell me something, are we building the subway extension solely for the sake Mississauga Transit or are local pedestrians not supposed to benefit from the line as well? The spacing gap in between Kipling and the East Mall is much too broad. If Mississauga wants a commuter line into Toronto, it should be pressing for full fare-integration and all-day service along the Milton corridor; not dictating to Toronto where and how
its subway system must be built.
If you knew anything about the Six-Points area you would not be suggesting the things that you are. Walk-ability to/from local stations is very important for urban density to grow and thrive. It’s a mere 208 m from Honeydale/CPR to the office building on the NE corner of Dundas/Shaver, 252 m from Honeydale/CPR to the office buildings between Billingham and East Mall Cres., and best of all, only 416 m from Honeydale/CPR to the main entrance of Cloverdale Mall. Don’t believe my math, check it out for yourself:
http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
You say that you have no clue. Well I’ve gone to the trouble of drawing you an illustration:
We’re following the CPR, hydro corridor and easements on the 427’s endowment lands, to save on construction costs by keeping the subway at-grade and allow for quick, direct path to N Queen/Queensway that affects as few private properties as possible. Any urban planner/civil engineer worth their weight in accreditation would agree. All the red lines signify the route motions that could operate out of Sherway Gardens. Even a new circle route following North Queen, Norseman, RY, Judson, Horner and Brown’s Line would be possible; as well as a realigned 112 West Mall, express BRT into downtown Toronto via the Gardiner, and into downtown Oakville, Malton, Woodbridge, even Bramalea. No more hours-long 2-3 transfers to get to the subway for 905 West. It would seem then that Sherway’s as practical as it is beloved.
There can be a Dundas local bus straight across the corridor but limited stopping express buses (101, 201) can feed into an area where express is permittable. There’s no rule that all routes must feed into the same hub. Although Sherway Gardens is 1565 metres south of Dundas Street, it’d still be remarkably faster for just about every MT route sans 3 Bloor to operate out of because of the absence of any mitigating lights and traffic en route. Not being required to stop allows vehicles to accelerate up to speeds of 60 kilometres per hour, covering the vast distance in ZERO time. From Sherway to Burnhamthrope and the West Mall would only be 3 minutes and 35 seconds. Why subject passengers to longer bus commutes than they have to? You’re also forgetting about reverse PM peak traffic outbound to the 905 suburbs which will desire to travel as far west aboard the subway as to avoid the pitfalls of slower surface transit. Subway + busway would give them optimal travel speeds right into Mississauga.
As the map clearly demonstrates, at its closest point an “East Mall Stn” following the hydro corridor south of the CPR would still be 773 metres away from Dundas/427, which to pass busses through would affect several properties. Still sticking by your “theory” that if ramps can be built at Sherway, they can be built anywhere? So the same bus motions done today would have to be used to get busses into East Mall, which lacks a direct intersection with Dundas so busses would have to run east along Dundas, north along East Mall Cres, south along East Mall and vice-versa everytime they try connecting with such a stop location (at a distance of 1661 metres). That would take 3 min and 20 seconds under the best of conditions to route; compare this to even Honeydale which would only take 2 min and 2 seconds.
Btw, a simple underpass by which buses can duck in and out of the highway corridor just south of the Queensway is hardly pricy infrastructure and in all likelihood Cadillac Fairview - one of North America's largest investors, owners and managers of commercial real estate - would more than welcome this initiative onto their property to attract even more mall patronage.
So to wit, is it my beloved Sherway, or just plain common sense? Think about it. Though you probably won’t because you’re too busy with your fingers jabbed up your ears screaming “LALALALALA! East Mall rocks! LALALALALALA!!”
