09-20-2022, 04:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-20-2022, 04:04 AM by danbrotherston.)
We do have a working train station right now.
It's ironic, the LRT's detractors constantly harangued it as a white elephant. But in reality it was a fiscally responsible (I'd argue TOO conservative--we should have done better with ped infra) project with good investment in service.
The train station is--to me--a quintessential white elephant. An overpriced and under serviced project with more vanity than sense. Missing much of what you'd want in a train station yet somehow still costing more than a 30 storey tower.
And yet, not a peep from the anti-LRT crowd.
I think--as I'm beginning to feel much more often--cost and expense is an excuse for people who are opposing something on ideological grounds. The LRT promised to change our city and how we get around...the train station is great for suburban drivers who want to commute to downtown Toronto...no lifestyle change needed. I mean...the reality is of course that few people will park at the train station, but what matters is the perception.
It's ironic, the LRT's detractors constantly harangued it as a white elephant. But in reality it was a fiscally responsible (I'd argue TOO conservative--we should have done better with ped infra) project with good investment in service.
The train station is--to me--a quintessential white elephant. An overpriced and under serviced project with more vanity than sense. Missing much of what you'd want in a train station yet somehow still costing more than a 30 storey tower.
And yet, not a peep from the anti-LRT crowd.
I think--as I'm beginning to feel much more often--cost and expense is an excuse for people who are opposing something on ideological grounds. The LRT promised to change our city and how we get around...the train station is great for suburban drivers who want to commute to downtown Toronto...no lifestyle change needed. I mean...the reality is of course that few people will park at the train station, but what matters is the perception.