BMO
Senior Member
Both the Spadina and Yonge extension "DO" ""NOT"" Justify a ""Subway"" based on current numbers as well 2030.
If the yonge extension doesn't warrant subway extension why is everyone worried about the extra people it will bring to create backlogs at Bloor-yonge?...and I think the main reason behind a DRL is to take pressure off of bloor-yonge isn't it? so if yonge doesn't warrant an extension then i'm pretty sure the DRL isn't needed to relieve bloor-yonge, it might be needed for other reasons. Also I find it really surprising that nobody sees the merit of a spadina extension, i mean I live in Thornhill and i drive down highway 7 from yonge to kipling, and the most congested areas are around where the spadina extension would end, and even keele and jane are packed as well. Not to mention it has regional connections to two major highways. I personally think its better to build today in areas that are less dense that are planned to be very dense for tomorrow rather than let tomorrow come and then we can't build anything due to engineering issues or money. If anything the sheppard subway although it is a stubway (for now) has taught us that if you build it they will come. Sheppard has become way more dense since the subway was built. And no i don't support a subway all the way to newmarket or some other random field out there, but when you consider some of the attractions up in that area like vaughan mills or wonderland or collosus ( sorta lol) it is definitely not a subway to nowhere.