Second_in_pie
Senior Member
1. I have confidence in that fact too. I hope that next time the worker's contract is up, the City'll be able to shoo them out of the once and for all. It really makes a lot of sense, but maybe non-Miller mayors would actually have the backbone to stand up to the union's demands. That would certainly make things a lot less worse than with Miller as he currently is, bending over for the unions.I have great hope for the future.
1-The strike will sink Miller at the next election.
2-There is still hope fore a complete Sheppard line. By November 2010, the Sheppard LRT might reach the future SRT station Sheppard East (I'm being very generous of TTC competence). Many disagree with Miller's Sheppard east ambition. An opponent announcing that from Sheppard East to Downsview would be a subway would help him secure most of North York votes and Scarborough as well. If you want to beat your opponent, you tend to do the opposite and since this line is the one with the most controversy, I'm confident that the next mayor will rethink this line especially if residents from both areas express their concerns and disagreement on that line.
3-The rest of Transit City doesn't bother me and since it's paid by the province, a conservative mayor would not be able to cancel the whole thing.
4-Many members of the council are pro DRL. With proper leadership and a little common sense, this line will be easily a hot topic in the next election. With Miller trying to put us to sleep with his pro LRT's view, Torontonians will listen to the candidate that will say that it's mandatory.
5-Miller will lose the next election...Giambrone will be out.
2. I was thinking that, but Morningside-Markham road (ish) is still a massive waste of money. The development around there doesn't justify LRT at all, and the only reason LRT is going there is because in Miller's (seriously messed up) world, every neighborhood should be getting pretty little european LRTs running through them. Hopefully either way, the Sheppard Subway will be finished.
3. I still have some fights to pick with the rest of Transit City (actually the entire project except Finch West,) and I don't believe all this talk that they can't be cancelled or built as subway instead.
4. Yes, the DRL should be a hot topic next election. Some candidate really needs to open the public's eyes about what transit city will do, and how strong and well-built Toronto's transportation system will be.
5. I seriously hope you're right.
I think that BRT will be able to tide the region over while Highway 7 gets developed. I am confident that within 20 years, there will be enough development along Highway 7 between VCC and MTC to warrant subway. It would connect 3 1/2 developing urban centers (counting that 1/2 as Beaver Creek,) and Vaughn, Richmond Hill and Markham all have plans to very densely develop the rest of the area in between. This is me being as unbiased as possible, and I think that in 20 years subway will make a lot of sense. But that said, in 20 years, we should already have the DRL, Sheppard, Eglinton, Dundas and Hurontario subways.Ansem said:York should have those Viva LRT they wanted before. Subway is kind of to much. The Go train is more than enough if there's fare integretation and more frequent service like on the future Lakeshore line. That's what the RER did for Paris. With a frequent subway-like commuter train, a subway in York is really not worth it. A true LRT network would be fabolous.
I agree, Go's taking a step in the right direction. They have a really long way to go still, but I have almost total confidence in them.Ansem said:Subway= Paris
RER= Suburb link to Paris with stops within the city.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER
I'm glad that Go transit is going toward that direction.
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