I wont argue with you that the province has screwed up providing adequate infrastructure that is needed to handle all the population targets that they have set out (because truthfully they have), but at the same time there have been numerous reports done years later by Metrolinx (aka the province) and the TTC that state repeatedly that the Yonge line cannot handle additional capacity unless other projects go forward first.
The
Metrolinx report says the EXACT opposite of what you say it does.
"The upward pressures (population and employment growth) are offset by larger downward pressures (network improvements) resulting
in
about the same demand for the Yonge Subway in 2031 as today but with higher capacity...
With the Yonge North Extension, the Yonge Subway will still be under capacity."
And...
"Even though population and employment growth will add new riders, at the same time new projects (including RER and the Toronto-
York Spadina Subway extension) will attract riders from the Yonge Subway
• The net result is that
demand on the Yonge Subway by 2031 would return to the same levels as today
• Fortunately relief will be created through current committed projects.
• More
rapid transit service and capacity that is currently funded and being implemented will meet the future 15 year demand assuming the City’s current forecasts on downtown employment growth and implementation of committed projects."
If you want to challenge the report, more power to you, but let's be clear: the professional experts on this say there is capacity, even without the DRL. They don't say what you imagine that they say, QED.
So it's York Region issue if they choose to continue to ignore the warnings and keep insisting on a Yonge line extension to be built even though it is at least a decade away. If they want to keep wasting their time instead of planning an alternative or a stop-gap measure that's good on them.
There's no train of logic here (no pun intended).
They're right to want it. You're right there are capacity issues. That's not a reason for them not want it or ask for it. They're right to have municipal priorities, just like anyone else. If the province doesn't wanna fund it, they won't. If they do and TTC implodes, you can have a good "Told ya so!" chuckle about it. Ha - we finally built too much transit! (And that would be a Toronto issue more than a York Region one - but it would be bad.)
The fact of the matter is that they are delusional in thinking that the Yonge line can handle additional riders even after ATC and the Spadina extension are done, and Smarttrack still wont be enough to give the Yonge line enough capacity to handle York Region riders.
No - that's not a fact at all. It is, very obviously, your opinion.
They're not delusional about thinking any of those things. They have a third-party expert report that says PRECISELY AND EXPLICITLY that those things will be enough. What do you have to refute it other than your psychological evaluation?