ShonTron
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There is nothing stopping Mississauga from providing an express LRT route bypassing the City Centre continuing a route down Hurontario, just as it does with the Route 202 today. Simply put, every other train could either be labeled CITY CENTRE that will make the loop in or bypass the loop for PORT CREDIT directly.
That will be quite a bit more expensive, but that's not a bad idea as long as the frequencies on both services are frequent enough.
I would really like to see this plan rolled out sooner rather later. I'm totally opposed to building a BRT line along Hurontario as current ridership levels could already support an LRT line. I wouldn't mind seeing this open in three phases: 1 Port Credit - City Centre loop, 2 City Centre to 407 Transitway, 3 Transitway to Downtown Brampton.
Yes, current ridership can certainly support LRT, and I think I would also prefer LRT. But if this is a joint-funded study, I think your phasing plan (with a north terminus in the middle of nowhere for a while) won't fly, thankfully, especially if that ends up being where the carhouse goes. Even Brampton figured out the wisdom of not dumping people at illogical termini at civic boundaries for its transit plans.