The Mad Navigator
Banned
The next mayor of Toronto.
If he decides to run.
The next mayor of Toronto.
There is not a plethora of students boarding the Progress bus between STC and the campus, the majority of students on that bus do come from the SRT. Most that take the progress bus from the north would be able to board the SRT at Sheppard, which would be running much more frequently than the progress bus currently does north of the campus. As I mentioned the Markham bus could easily be re routed to connect with the Centennial College station, benefiting all who take that bus to the college.
I am not going to claim that ending the SRT at Sheppard makes sense, but they are not going to keep all of those routes running to STC the way they are now, that does not make sense. I also don't think a route reorganization would turn out as bad as you predict.
If I'm reading this correctly, your numbers add up to over 10 billion dollars - there's not that much money on the table. Not even close.
If I'm reading this correctly, your numbers add up to over 10 billion dollars - there's not that much money on the table. Not even close.
I took the number from TTC estimates that I believe they presented to Ford:
http://stevemunro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/201012TTCBriefing.pdf
There is if you use the 2015-2020 money. The total is something just short of 11-billion in escalated dollars.If I'm reading this correctly, your numbers add up to over 10 billion dollars - there's not that much money on the table. Not even close.
Ah, this includes some of the funding that was 'deferred' in the last Ontario budget. Still an interesting comparison. And your map looks nice.
There is if you use the 2015-2020 money. The total is something just short of 11-billion in escalated dollars.
The question though is escalated or current $. Not a big deal through 2015, as the average of spending from now to 2015 would only increase 13% or so (assuming the average $ is spent half-way through, and you use the customary 5% for the construction price inded). But by the time you get to the mid-point of the 2015-2020 part of the cashflow the 13% increase has become 44%.
That doesn't seem likely once they're in. Removing them may not be an engineering challenge exactly, but the optics of the money wasted and the poor planning on the other hand...
Hurontario is also an appropriate corridor, it isn't central to the region, and no existing subway line would be cynically preempted either.
I second the BS call. The Mississauga plan is virtually identical to most of the Transit City proposals. Stop spacings vary according to local conditions and the purpose of the line of course but in many respects they aren't that much different. What is cynical about building an LRT line that will use half of its maximum capacity in place of a subway line that would use one sixth?
It's Phase 1 and 2 from Metrolinx's 5 in 10 presentation from May 2010 - the numbers are identical, but there are 29 pages of slides to make it clear what is, and isn't included.Hmm... I'm not sure whether it includes the deferred funding or not since in page 2 of the document they break out Phase 1 and 2?
Made a little illustration as to what I think could be paid for using the current TC funding. There's a $500 million unfunded portion dedicated to extending the Eglinton tunnel east to Wynford, but that could be delayed if additional funding can't be found.
Projected demand on Hurontario is far more than Sheppard in the foreseeable future. Yet one is applauded by the subway boosters, the other is derided.