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Originally Posted by bizaro86
According to the city, north central is more economic than SE to Quarry Park.
http://www.routeahead.ca/wp-content/...yAheadWeb2.pdf
North Central line estimated at $2.5 billion with 19 million annual riders.
SE line to quarry park estimated at $1.65 billion with 10.5 million annual riders.
Their document isn't clear whether the SE estimate requires the transitway spending of $667 million first, which would push the SE line even more uneconomic.
Of course, none of the new lines is as economic as building an airport spur, which would cost $175 million and net 3.5 million riders per year. |
Transit to Seton apparently reaches 22 million in ridership and acts to serve the major commercial area of Quarry Park as well as Seton and the South Health Campus.
I'm sure transit in the North sucks but considering the boom of SE communities and now the growth and development at Quarry Park it seems like that project should get the focus over the north expansion. The north line at $2.5 billion does not even begin to reach the sprawling communities in the North (it only goes to 78 Ave if I understand correctly.) How many hundreds of thousands of people live north of Beddington?