Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

[nightstreak]

Why not? Bathurst just got one.

Bathurst doesn't have a multibillion dollar subway line running under it. Pro-car conservatives build transit to get transit out of the way of cars.

There's large swaths of Queen that will be far from the Ontario line. Anything west of Spadina for example. Though I could see an east bound 501 turning south there once the station at Queen Spadina opens.

I'm not suggesting the 501 be eliminated, only that it be reconfigured to reinvent its purpose so it doesn't fall victim to political death sentence for being redundant. Some years back, our resident transit expert Steve Munro advocated for splitting the 501 in two to avoid the cascading of issues down a 24km line in mixed traffic when something happens at any point along the way. That recommendation paired with the dual role of a downtown subway line performs — rapid cross downtown jumps and well spaced local hops — has convinced me that this is not only the correct approach but inevitable, if not planned before the line opens, will become evident once passengers are choosing the faster and more reliable subway and leaving the 501 empty through downtown.

 

[nfitz]

Bathurst doesn't have a multibillion dollar subway line running under it. Pro-car conservatives build transit to get transit out of the way of cars.

Queen doesn't have a subway under most of it either ... unless you are only going 3 subway stations.

Will you tell me that there shouldn't be bus lanes on Atwater because it has a metro going along it?