golodhendil
Active Member
No, looks like this is for vivaNext's plan to build an LRT from Steeles up to Hwy 7, as an extension of TTC's Don Mills LRT.
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York Region Transit: Viva service thread
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RedRocket191
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One of the modifications the Metrolinx RTP made to the original Transity City proposal.
Second_in_pie
Senior Member
Cool. I'm kinda surprised that it will run up leslie though... I would have thought somebody would want to be pushing for LRT to Markham Town Centre. However, I'm fine with this plan.
RedRocket191
Senior Member
That is planned to be accomplished through improvements to VIVA Purple and Green.
kettal
Banned
Downtown Markham would make more sense in the long term. Metrolinx didn't really think this one through.
RedRocket191
Senior Member
As I just said, the RTP calls for upgrading VIVA Green to a full rapid transit line.
kettal
Banned
I believe you, but will it be a bus or a branch of the LRT? It seems a waste to run a bus all the way to Sheppard & Don Mills, when tracks already exist.
RedRocket191
Senior Member
Way, way too early to be answering those questions.
nfitz
Superstar
Where else would it run but up the same street ... Don Mills, which changes name to Leslie north of John Street.
Second_in_pie
Senior Member
Perhaps a couple streets over to a large urban centre?
xtremesniper
Active Member
Of course not, we have to service a few hotels (whose patrons would be getting there by car anyway) and an oriental shopping plaza or two.
golodhendil
Active Member
Or perhaps the number of current and future office parks and employment centres that will not be serviced by an improved vivaGreen?
Or they could try to run it through the narrow and circuitous route of John St to reach the town centre, or they could always try to cut through the thorns with TTC and the city to run it down Steeles, I suppose (which is of course not a bad thing).
Or they could try to run it through the narrow and circuitous route of John St to reach the town centre, or they could always try to cut through the thorns with TTC and the city to run it down Steeles, I suppose (which is of course not a bad thing).
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RedRocket191
Senior Member
As far as I'm concerned, both districts deserve service. The Beaver Creek Business park has such terrible traffic problems that even the lunch run takes twice as long as it should. Downtown Markham is on the cusp of a boom as well, and serving both of these areas cannot be done with one line. You're going to need a line up Don Mills & Leslie and a line branching off to Warden & Enterprise.
It's not an either-or question in my opinion.
It's not an either-or question in my opinion.
kettal
Banned
I agree, two branches off Don Mills is a good idea. Half will go to Leslie, half to Markham Downtown.
To go to Markham town, the CN York rail corridor can be used, and I imagine laying tracks will be more effective here than building a new bus street.
To go to Markham town, the CN York rail corridor can be used, and I imagine laying tracks will be more effective here than building a new bus street.
xtremesniper
Active Member
I do agree that both areas deserve service, but if they're just going to be putting tracks up Leslie, that doesn't accomplish much. The Beaver Creek business area is not directly on Leslie, so you wouldn't get many of the office dwellers out of their cars (or the Lunch Express, before it got terminated for whatever reason).