denfromoakvillemilton
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Apologies as I've been offline and don't have time to reply to solidsnake in detail but : you repeatedly asserted that I failed to address the funding side of the equation which is patently false. Go back through my posts and you will see dozens of posts calling for a more powerful metrolinx, regional governance and funding, fare integration etc etc etc etc
The pproblem is some people are so stuck in what is that they can't see the future. Regional funding is happening and all the rest will happen, in one way or another, before the extension opens. And that's why, in short, not one argument you or anyone else makes about the purported logic of stopping at Steeles has any weight whatsoever. Telling me what the "ttc" stands for doesn't exactly change my pov.
I've spent 90% of my life on either side of Steeles and what needs to change is as clear to me as the sky is blue.
What you fail to perceive or choose to ignore is that the mere fact Toronto's mandate ends at Steeles (and by extension, it's not their problem if riders. (customers!) can't get from a to b easily) is the single biggest problem with transit in the gta aside from funding. You treat an absolutely fundamental disease as an excuse to short change people. I am guessing you don't work in customer service?
(And people who think growth at yonge and Steeles or even 7, is theoretical kill me. I assume you're also not yet willing to go all in on the whole "descended from apes" theory yet, but recently grudgingly admitted galileo might be on to something?)
Right now, on July 15 2014, there is no regional funding and it has not been announced. Right now, the TTC situation will not change despite the Vaughan extension, full fare and full cost. These people can't even get presto in the city to work properly.