[drum118]

I'm talking about replacing the Milton Line with something fit for purpose: that is, regional rail connecting Mississauga and Milton to Toronto with fast, frequent service. HuLRT does not fulfill this mission. It is primarily for connecting people along the Hurontario corridor, and does not serve West Mississauga or Milton at all. I did not mention using Hurontario for the alignment. If anything it should be further west, and hit MCC on the Western end, which is where the current centre of gravity if for MCC and the part that is poorly served by HuLRT.

All that said, I refuse to believe it is 'impossible' to come to some arrangement with CP for the Milton Line corridor, and that Line 2 extension to Sq One would be a foolish use of resources given the alternatives, at least until the Dundas BRT reaches capacity in the distant future.

Line 2 will never run in CP corridor and it is a dead thing period.

CP corridor can support both CP and GO with 4-5 tracks easy. The main issue is the cost to do it as it will be on ML dime with CP charging an arm and leg to do it. You had some 3rd track installed by 2007 and then went off the rail. A few bridges have been widen to support 4 tracks in place of 2 with Hurontario St still waiting for 2 bridges today.

There are a number of locations that will cost big bucks to grade separate the rail corridor starting with Mississauga Rd crossing since it is on a curve and will require a number of places to be torn down as well building new roads to replace the ones that have to be close..

At one point, there was an option of building an branch line to Orangeville and could happen down the road, but currently dead at this time.

You will not be around to see Line 2 going to Sq One and most likely your kids as well. Been 50 years since the Line 2 made it to Kipling.

You can build an branch line off the Milton Line to Sq One as a bypass costing big bucks since it will have to be tunnel 100% unless you do a Tram-Train using Hurontario LRT line.

 

[TRONto]

A long term resident of Mississauga told me as soon as Bonnie got in power she started charging on street parking and killed places like streetsville. (I don’t know the accuracy of this gossip) This is the one city that doesn’t like making tax money from cars.

I went to Streetsville recently and I think it was alright. Mississauga is built for drivers and it's not advisable to have paid street parking while parking is free everywhere else. It's a disincentive to visit the paid parking places. As others have mentioned, there needs to be an alignment in parking fee.

 

[drum118]

Very old story once again raise its head.​

No issues with it running along Dundas as that where it should be in the first place and it will decrease ridership on the LRT and the BRT on Dundas. Every 3rd or 4th train depending on the time of day will be only need to carry riders.​

Could a subway be coming to Square One in Mississauga?​

 

[nfitz]

And the award for worst graphics in a transportation article goes to ...

Could a subway be coming to Square One in Mississauga?​

 

[sixrings]

Well I like that it doesn’t divert to Sherway. It’s as direct as possible. The burnsmthorpe stop seems excessive.

 

[johntauren]

Wow that map is so off.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

And the award for worst graphics in a transportation article goes to ...

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Isn't that in Mississauga East–Cooksville riding? Bonnie Crombie is the Liberal candidate in that riding.

 

[drum118]

Isn't that in Mississauga East–Cooksville riding? Bonnie Crombie is the Liberal candidate in that riding.
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Considering she lives in Mississauga-West -Cooksville

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Considering she lives in Mississauga-West -Cooksville

When former Premier Mike Harris killed and wounded transit in Toronto back in the 1990's, former Mayor Mel Lastman was able to get the Sheppard Line 4 built (cut back to its current stub) because it was in "his" former City of North York. The other subway routes under construction (Eglinton West Subway) was filled in.

So as Premier, Bonnie Crombie would "like" to campaign for that. Especially, in her riding.

 

[sixrings]

When former Premier Mike Harris killed and wounded transit in Toronto back in the 1990's, former Mayor Mel Lastman was able to get the Sheppard Line 4 built (cut back to its current stub) because it was in "his" former City of North York. The other subway routes under construction (Eglinton West Subway) was filled in.

So as Premier, Bonnie Crombie would "like" to campaign for that. Especially, in her riding.

Yes but north York did already have subways. It’s a bit different.

Also it’s not that STC didn’t have development. But they had significantly less development than MCC. VMC had zero development before the subway. And Richmond Hill has very little. Will MCC be a long subway ride. YES. But people will use it day one.

 

[RapidTransit]

Too bad this subway extension hasn't been brought up during the campaign. I believe if Bonnie proposes this, it gives Doug a run for his money. Securing a good amount of 905 votes.

 

[Dan416]

I did some quick Google maps checks and what I get is:

Yonge & Bloor to Square One 23.5 km
Yonge & Bloor to Scarborough TC 19.5 km
Yonge & Bloor to Vaughan Centre 22.3 km / Union to Vaughan Centre 24.8 km

So depending on where you count from, Square One is slightly closer than Union to Vaughan, but slightly further than Yonge & Bloor to Vaughan. But 4 km further west than Scarborough TC is east. Overall I think Square One is easily a comparable distance as Vaughan and Scarborough and it makes to service it the same way. Both Vaughan and Scarborough also have GO service, with Scarborough actually having all-day GO service as well, which Square One doesn't have, so I do not think it's an either/or proposition.

 

[sixrings]

I did some quick Google maps checks and what I get is:

Yonge & Bloor to Square One 23.5 km
Yonge & Bloor to Scarborough TC 19.5 km
Yonge & Bloor to Vaughan Centre 22.3 km / Union to Vaughan Centre 24.8 km

So depending on where you count from, Square One is slightly closer than Union to Vaughan, but slightly further than Yonge & Bloor to Vaughan. But 4 km further west than Scarborough TC is east. Overall I think Square One is easily a comparable distance as Vaughan and Scarborough and it makes to service it the same way. Both Vaughan and Scarborough also have GO service, with Scarborough actually having all-day GO service as well, which Square One doesn't have, so I do not think it's an either/or proposition.

We have to stop the vanity projects. Scarborough deserved a subway. Mississauga doesn’t. It’s all vanity out here.

 

[torontologist]

I wonder if the PC's recent announcement of a future midtown GO line on the CPKC tracks would kill off any need for this extension.

Might give Bonnie Crombie an opportunity to present a different, competitive transit vision from Ford's.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I wonder if the PC's recent announcement of a future midtown GO line on the CPKC tracks would kill off any need for this extension.

Might give Bonnie Crombie an opportunity to present a different, competitive transit vision from Ford's.

The GO lines could end up as an "express" service, leaving the subway extension as a "local" service, with buses becoming a "milk run".