nfitz
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Located at 166 doors it would seem.Why do they have speakers that connect to 311?
Perhaps you can shout at them if you are locked in ...
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Leo_Chan
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Is that a challenge? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
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Leo_Chan
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Is there any chance that inter-regional buses (not GO) will want to use Highway 407 Station for their bus services?
Sandpit
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I don't see much of a demand for Greyhound or Megabus, but I can see Angel Tours renting a bus bay at VMC and/or Highway 407 for their Rama bus (like they currently do at Finch and Yorkdale). Safeway Tours won't bother for their Fallsview bus and will just load on-street beside the terminal.
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We know nothing about GO's plans, which is a fustration. But even without the 407 bus services, there are still a few routes that could be sent here, such as Route 66/66A, a re-routed/renumbered 38A that could serve Highway 407 instead of Etobicoke North/Yorkdale (with the 38 still serving Malton). Routes 32 and 40 pass already right by on Highway 407; conceivably, Route 36 could be re-routed from Yorkdale as well.
Demand for the direct, faster subway connection via Highway 407 could see more buses sent here from the north/northwest. That will provide a few hundred riders a day.
After the 2017-2018 academic year ends, and possibly a change in government, GO could then move all their York U buses to Highway 407 Station with less blowback. At that point, it will be a useful hub.
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Sandpit
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After the subway opening, I could see GO buses serving both Highway 407 Station AND York U (with Highway 407 replacing the surprisingly-popular Keele/Snidercroft stop I mentioned earlier) until the Commons bus loop is closed by York.
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That's possible, though it would add time - possibly as much five minutes per direction - to those GO buses, especially those coming from the east. One other trouble is that the Keele/Snidercroft stop has far better connections to local transit than Highway 407 Station will. Only YRT Route 20 will stop there.
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M II A II R II K
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What's this proposed Steeles West LRT.
salsa
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robmausser
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Its been floated on and off for years as a "future" thing. Something like the 2041 plan for Metrolinx.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeles_rapid_transit
See (P) below
Leo_Chan
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Its been floated on and off for years as a "future" thing. Something like the 2041 plan for Metrolinx.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeles_rapid_transit
See (P) below
There’s a dedicated thread for this topic: Steeles RT
M II A II R II K
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How much faster and cheaper could this have been built if it all weren’t unnecessarily tunneled.
raptor
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How many times does this point needs repeating? It's been discussed here many times. It's moot point now.
TJ O'Pootertoot
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Yeah - now we're either complaining about how overbuilt the stations are or, alternately, how there's too much concrete at the platform level and more design would have been nice
M II A II R II K
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Won’t be moot if they keep on doing it, like with SSE.
And a Line 4 could have been a lot longer if it were elevated closer to the 401 where it wouldn’t bother anyone hitting the STC, colleges, universities, and perhaps all the way to Rouge Hill providing an uptown rapid transit service, even as a skytrain.
Too many pissed away opportunities by doing less with more.
And a Line 4 could have been a lot longer if it were elevated closer to the 401 where it wouldn’t bother anyone hitting the STC, colleges, universities, and perhaps all the way to Rouge Hill providing an uptown rapid transit service, even as a skytrain.
Too many pissed away opportunities by doing less with more.