Woodbridge_Heights
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I was thinking the exact same thing! +1
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I was thinking the exact same thing! +1
smallspy
Senior Member
Desolate?!?
Are you suggesting that the acres and acres and acres of commercial and industrial properties north of Sheppard are a figment of our collective imaginations? That there was no need to route two different bus routes through them?
It's hardly high-rise-central, but to call that area desolate is the height of exaggeration.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
INTz
Active Member
Four more days till Finch West station is complete....yayyy
christof53
New Member
Earth days or Venus days?
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
Would you be happier if I said extremely low density?
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
There is not a single residential building within 800m of the station, and nothing more than very low density industrial employment. Very few people will be getting off the subway and trudging through an industrial park to their industrial job that has free parking.
No harm in planning for the future. RER is coming and Downsview will grow over time as part of our now coming integrated transit system. Really no different than putting an empty centre platform at Yonge/Sheppard. Someday it will be needed. Same here. I for one is happy that it was built now. I have questions about the size but then I'm fine with King Station. At some point even the size will be justified. Bessarion will most likely never be much more than it is now. But Downsview will certainly grown substantially over time. Good forward thinking.
facepalming_brooklynite
Active Member
Assuming that fare integration between GO and TTC actually happens, it can also serve northbound commuters to York University who come from the West End.
Commutes to York University do not follow a typical "rush hour" pattern. Faculty and student arrive throughout the day, depending on when their classes are. The 196 bus is no less crowded at 11:30am than it is at 8:30am.
Yes, Exactly.
smallspy
Senior Member
But it's not.
Thousands and thousands of people work in the neighbourhood north of the station site every day.
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
The Eglinton crosstown is unique because of its multiple transfer points. It's peak traffic is 7,500 just before Yonge heading westbound from my understanding, but there will also be lots of people heading eastbound and transferring at Cedarvale, etc. This means the ridership is spread out, avoiding a high PPHD point.
Spadina I expect will have higher than "normal" off peak ridership as well, due to York U.
Fritter
Active Member
And everything north of Highway 7 is God's country where only lumberjacks and hearty European explorers dare tread.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
My comments were about TYSSE as a whole, and not YU Station in particular.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
North of Highway 7? Try Bloor Street.
amnesiajune
Senior Member
Eglinton also has a very different demographic. There's lots of restaurants and retail that's open on weekends and weeknights. It also has a lot of low-income residents nearby who are more likely to work odd hours. The vast majority of people in Vaughan (and York Region in general) are middle- or high-income, and more likely to work the standard 9-5 jobs. Similarly, the vast majority of people studying at York U and working in offices around the new subway stations will also be on the 9-5 schedule.
Students arrive and leave throughout the day, but hardly anyone has classes on weekends and not many have late-night classes either.
Megaton327
Senior Member
As a former harbourfront resident I would get nosebleeds and a sense of impending doom north of Queen.