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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Over 60 years ago, the Young line opened with 11 stops (from Eglinton to Union)
Look at where it is now.
If Haligonians could get their head out of their _ _ _, and build something, they could reap the rewards. If the City could change their master plan to reflect TOD, Halifax could grow.
But alas, they want to stay small town.
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I don't think we WANT to be a small town so much as some people believe that we shouldn't even bother trying to be more metropolitan. It's a bit of a different thing, though the result is the same.
And I hate to be disagreeable, but if you mean that TO's subway has grown from that little Union to Eglinton nub into something big and impressive, well, I kinda disagree--the Yonge line was extended north, and they built Bloor-Danforth, and then that was it until now. They wanted to build a Queen line decades ago, and business owners along Queen Street raised such a fuss about construction disruptions that it was cancelled. They also cancelled the Eglinton line in 95, and it's only getting built now.
The history of transit in Toronto is really a history of under-expansion, lack of ambition, and politicians trying to make everyone feel like they're getting their fair share at the expense of good planning.
I think Vancouver is a better transit model to look toward.
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