TTC - Transit City (LRT)

This is the new ttc lrt system that will be very beneficial to our city


Straight from the ttc website

The Toronto Transit City Light Rail Plan is an exciting initiative that will revolutionize transit and transportation across Toronto. Its far-reaching lines will revitalize neighbourhoods, spur economic growth and clean the air we breathe. Seven new Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines will bring reliable, fast, quiet and comfortable transit service to many Toronto neighbourhoods. Transit City has been strongly endorsed by the TTC, the City of Toronto, and Metrolinx, the regional transportation agency.The Province of Ontario has announced funding for the construction of the lines and they are incorporated into the Regional Transportation Plan recently proposed by Metrolinx.

Don Mills

This 18-kilometre long line will run along the Don Mills Road corridor from the Bloor-Danforth Subway to Steeles Avenue and potentially into York Region.

Current bus routes: 25 Don Mills, 81 Thorncliffe Park
Ridership in 2006: 15 million
Ridership in 2021: 24 million

Eglinton Crosstown

This 31-kilometre long route will link Kennedy Station in the east with Pearson Airport and the Mississauga Transitway in the west. The line will operate in an underground tunnel from approximately Laird Drive in the east to Keele Street in the west.

Current bus routes: 32 Eglinton West, 34 Eglinton East
Ridership in 2006: 32 million
Ridership in 2021: 52 million

Etobicoke- Finch West

This 18-kilometre long route will link Finch Station with northern Etobicoke, provide direct service to Humber College and could be extended to Mississauga, the Woodbine racetrack or Pearson Airport.

Current bus routes: 36 Finch West
Ridership in 2006: 15 million
Ridership in 2021: 24 million

Jane

This 17-kilometre long route will stretch along Jane Street from the Bloor-Danforth Subway to the new Steeles West Station on the Spadina Subway and, potentially, further into York Region.

Current bus route: 35 Jane
Ridership in 2006: 15 million
Ridership in 2021: 19 million

Scarborough Malvern

This 15-kilometre long route will link Kennedy Station with northern Scarborough and Malvern, and provide direct service to the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Centennial Colleges Ellesmere Campus.

Current bus routes: 116 Morningside, 86 Scarborough
Ridership in 2006: 8 million
Ridership in 2021: 22 million

Sheppard East

This 14-kilometre long route will extend rapid transit service east from Don Mills Station to northern Scarborough, Malvern, and, potentially, Durham Region.

Current bus routes: 85 Sheppard East, 190 Scarborough Centre Rocket
Ridership in 2006: 9 million
Ridership in 2021: 20 million

Waterfront West

This 11-kilometre long extension of the Harbourfront streetcar line will link Union Station and Exhibition Place with Parkdale, High Park, and southern Etobicoke, and could be extended into Mississauga.

Current routes: 501 Queen, 508 Lake Shore, 509 Harbourfront
Ridership in 2006: 8 million
Ridership in 2021: 15 million

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[TTCOrionVII8100]

@indycolts4 The Transit City, Yes. Eglinton-Scarborough Xtown line, No.

Besides we need the 60ft 18m Semi Low-Floor Articulated buses in time for the closure. If you don't know when the SRT closes, it's after the Pan-Am Games in 2015, it'll reopen in 2019.

[cheeriosinabowl]

@bassplayer923

... true. And it will be YEARS before we see any new subway station (or line) opened. Toronto is racing towards complete gridlock hell. Maddening.

Look at the airport, we are still using the same old antiquated bus routes we have over 30 years ago! No rapid transit exists to or from Pearson. Disgusting for a "first class" city ! What are the politicos doing in city hall all these years???

[bassplayer923]

@cheeriosinabowl Yes, Toronto is way too behind for transit planning and constructions. If Mike Harris didn't scrap out the Network 2011 plan, there would've been less disasters like now. Also, the ridership would've been at least doubled if the Sheppard line was built in full - Downsview to STC - along with more property tax (Lots of new condo along the current Sheppard line).

[subwaydude1234]

umm no he didnt he just shaped a bit diffrently oddly it would cost him alot of money just to cancel because metrolink is already funding it

[indycolts4]

so did ford scrap this?

[cheeriosinabowl]

Fast transit in Toronto, be it subways or LRT, has lagged behind sooo badly the last 30+ years.

Except for the Sheppard Line, nothing has been expanded since the 1970's !! And the number of people, cars, etc., has mushroomed like crazy. Whatever gets done, start doing it now.

[garlex134]

@prateek523

Wasting lanes is a lot better than wasting money, something the City of Toronto does not have, and probably won't.

Building subways also mean they are less accessible, because we won't be able to build as much, since it will cost more money. Being less accessible means less people in Toronto will be able to use the system.

I think building LRT's instead of subways was a great choice made by TTC.

[garlex134]

@ttcsubway209

It'd be like downtown.

[jackiechan511]

Transit City will be just as fast as a subway if the following are implemented

-signal priority so that it will always get priority like a railroad crossing

-Proof-of-payment, all door boarding to speed up boarding times

-Coupled cars (2 or 3) for increased capacity

Los Angeles is a perfect example!

[prateek523]

with reserve lanes, not only will the service be faster, the frikin traffic will be a million times slower!!! wtf, if theyre gonna tunnel underground anyways, why not make the whole thing underground, instead of wasting valuable lanes.