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Originally Posted by dennis1
Look, Transit city will come back in some form. Either Ford accept's it nowon has it forced by him later.
and no isaidso, the city does not need subways when the density is not there.
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If they used that logic in the 50's, Finch Ave would have a bus running every hour today, if it even got a bus at all. After all in the 50's the density of suburban Toronto was considered too low to operate bus service. The TTC went against this common thinking to great success.
What I would like answered is more detailed ridership figures. I find it troubling that $8 billion on Transit City Lines is going to generate something like 300,000 or 400,000 riders a day on over 120 km of track.
But just the Eglinton line alone if grade separated would carry that amount on only 25 km of track.
Something is not right. Why spend $8 billion if it is not even going to attract people? We have to have these questions answered.