Mind you we're fighting over what is essentially suburban transit services. Does Toronto really need to focus so heavily on improving far-suburban locations like Finch or Sheppard when the old city needs DRL now?..
Sheppard isn't an urban corridor, it is still suburban with increasing condo presence. This is really what it should be, seeing that its a suburban location...
What this is centered around is a paradox... Suburban Toronto won't become Queen West, but it needs improved transit. I have no doubt in my mind that Eglinton Crosstown would likely serve more people than the backbone of the Chicago system in years to come. I could easily see it achieve 250k riders/day. But the paradox is that a DRL in Toronto is so much more badly needed.
Maybe you should look up what "suburb" means; Sheppard also supports "urban" centres including Agincourt and Malvern.
Elsewhere someone stated that Miller is the reason that a DRL was not in the Transit City plan, LRT was the only transit he wanted. Actually, a DRL would not be needed in the original plan, there was a Jane and Don Mills LRT, this would take away the direct need for a DRL. I bring this point up here due to that they would have served the "old city", and taken some strain off YUS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_LRT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Mills_LRT
McGuinty is more to blame for cutting the transit budget, and "defering" Jane, Don Mills and Scarborough/Malvern LRTs to some time in the future.
(Personally I am all for a "DRL" running down Victoria Park and along Queen at least.)
I have a question for you, who would be served by a "DRL?" Here's a hint: Not the downtown.
Brandon717, you're wasting your breath. The parrots on this board will not listen. They're just anti-Ford, all the time, regardless of what he says, they're against it. I guess it's a shame he wants to build subway. If he wanted to build LRT, they'd be calling for his head for cheaping out on Toronto and being too fiscally conservative.
If Ford actually had a plan, preferably unlike a plan like Woodbine Live, extending a subway to STC would be fine, and hopefully it would serve the various communities along its length. However, what about approximately the other half of Scarborough along Sheppard? NINBYism and propaganda is rife in the discussions. Public transit is supposed to serve all people and their communities, not just a few, especially those with more money and/or position. Dividing the city and spreading at least half-truths will make sure that only certain people will be served, if served at all.
And for the record, I am not a parrot, I form my opinions from what info is available, and all I have seen coming from Ford and his "cult" is innuendo and propaganda.
If Ford would take his head out of the clouds and became a realist or very least a pragmatist we would have leader that will serve Toronto, not just his and his lackeys.
