Ramako
Moderator
I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels like red should be saved for the DRL.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels like red should be saved for the DRL.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Worst TTC decision in recent memory. May as well name Union Station "Ripley's Aquarium."
Dan416
Senior Member
Still plenty of time to change the name back...such a silly name ugh
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
The TTC should "accidentally" have Steeles West painted on BCPV Station
BurlOak
Senior Member
Black Creek Pioneer Village is about 1km from the Steeles West station.
I would say it is more like naming the Union Station as "Fort York"
Ramako
Moderator
Speaking of which, I should rename "Bathurst South" on my future/fantasy map above to "Fort York".
Thernan
Active Member
I wish I were as good at graphics as some of the folks here so I could show you this but here goes. (Yeah, I know it is entirely unrealistic)
My ideal subway system. Start with the current one.
Extend the Bloor Danforth line northeastward into Scarborough all the way to the Rouge. Extend it westward to Sherway Gardens. Have 2-3 subways on top of one another.
Extend the Yonge Line up to Steeles. Have 2-3 subways on top of one another.
Have a subway run the length of the following streets within metro Toronto. Steeles, Finch, Sheppard, Lawrence, Eglinton, St. Clair, College, Dundas, Queen/Lakeshore/Queensway, King, Queen's Quay (including Portlands, Islands and the Ex/Ontario Place). All streetcars on these lines would be removed along with all associated tracks.
Have feeder lines into the main lines along West Mall (to the airport), East Mall, Kipling, Islington, Royal York, Jane, Dufferin, Bathurst, Spadina, Jarvis/Mount Pleasant, Bayview, Don Mills, Vic Park, Warden, Kennedy and other major streets east of there in Scarberia.
I'd also make all stations wheelchair/stroller accessible.
Am I dreaming in technicolour? Sure. I just wish I wasn't.
My ideal subway system. Start with the current one.
Extend the Bloor Danforth line northeastward into Scarborough all the way to the Rouge. Extend it westward to Sherway Gardens. Have 2-3 subways on top of one another.
Extend the Yonge Line up to Steeles. Have 2-3 subways on top of one another.
Have a subway run the length of the following streets within metro Toronto. Steeles, Finch, Sheppard, Lawrence, Eglinton, St. Clair, College, Dundas, Queen/Lakeshore/Queensway, King, Queen's Quay (including Portlands, Islands and the Ex/Ontario Place). All streetcars on these lines would be removed along with all associated tracks.
Have feeder lines into the main lines along West Mall (to the airport), East Mall, Kipling, Islington, Royal York, Jane, Dufferin, Bathurst, Spadina, Jarvis/Mount Pleasant, Bayview, Don Mills, Vic Park, Warden, Kennedy and other major streets east of there in Scarberia.
I'd also make all stations wheelchair/stroller accessible.
Am I dreaming in technicolour? Sure. I just wish I wasn't.
TheTigerMaster
Superstar
You are insane. 
nfitz
Superstar
From the northern exit of the station to the corner of Black Creek Pioneer Village at Steeles and Murray Ross Parkway is 450 metres. If you walk from the southern exit, up to Steeles, and then down Murray Ross Parkway to the existing Black Creek Pioneer Village entrance at the car park, then it's about 1 km.
There's nothing to stop the TRCA adding a pedestrian-only entrance at the corner of Steeles and Murray Ross Parkway, similar to what you see at similar urban museums and zoos.
M II A II R II K
Senior Member
The subway to Scarborough is old news by the way:
Palma
Senior Member
Dreaming is putting it nicely. Removing steetcars along College, Queen, St Clair to add subways would ruin those streets and I am sure residences and businesses would be against it.
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Palma
Senior Member
In an effort to shore up support in the GTA, the Harper Government announces that, in addition to all the lines planned for completion around 2020, it will fully finance the immediate construction of the Wellington-Front Line:
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It was also announced that as a condition of funding, the station currently planned to be named "Black Creek Pioneer Village" must be changed to "Steeles West" because naming a station "Black Creek Pioneer Village" is incredibly silly.
I do believe the lines showing where the stops are on Spadina for Lawrence West, Glencarin, Yorkdale, Wilson should be fixed because presently if you draw a vertical line down to Bloor they are shown a bit east of Bathurst and this is incorrect. The extension stops show none of the stops even hitting Jane St (again look on the Bloor line for where Jane is). It drove me crazy during the 2010 election race that all the candidates were showing the line incorrectly
Woodbridge_Heights
Senior Member
patently false. There is just as much likelihood of a subway improving a streetscape as there is in ruining it.
Remind me to tell all of those empty businesses along Bloor, Danforth, and Yonge that the subway ruined their street... They're ghost towns for sure.
Ramako
Moderator
Those stations are shown as being a bit west of Bathurst on my map, which is correct.