{"id":2200,"date":"2011-06-21T08:28:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T13:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2011-06-21T08:28:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T13:28:55","slug":"launch-of-a-connected-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/launch-of-a-connected-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of a connected region"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday was a momentous day for anyone who dreams of when it will be easier to get around the GTA. On Friday, we took the first concrete step towards a true regional transit system. This was the day when \u201cHoley\u201d, the massive tunnel boring machine, was officially launched to build a subway connection between Toronto and York Region. On Friday the clock started ticking to the day in 2015, when, without needing to transfer, we\u2019ll be able to buy one ticket, sit in comfort, and travel in and around the GTA to anywhere the subway goes. A momentous day, indeed.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking of course about the official start of tunnelling for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension. This new service, when it\u2019s finished in late 2015, will extend the Spadina Subway by 8.5 kilometres from Downsview Station, via six new stations, to a new terminus at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre development area on Highway 7. Vaughan’s new subway station will also link to the Viva rapidways along Highway 7, up Yonge Street and across Davis Drive in Newmarket.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible to overstate the important role subway extensions play in connecting GTA regions, and how this first of two north-south subway extensions will change the way people take transit in the GTA. Until now, each municipality or Region has had its own separate rapid transit system, divided by geographic boundaries. In an area like the GTA, where so many people live in one municipality and work in another, having one connected rapid transit system will make life more convenient, more predictable, and much, much easier.<\/p>\n

So Friday\u2019s launch was a very big deal.<\/p>\n

The subway, which is going to cost about $2.6 billion, is being paid for by the federal government, the provincial government through Metrolinx, The Regional Municipality of York, and the City of Toronto. A joint Toronto-York project team is collaborating to complete the project, and the engineering logistics of how the subway will actually connect to the Viva rapidways in Vaughan is a whole story unto itself, which I\u2019ll write about soon.<\/p>\n

We know from research that people love the idea of being able to commute by public transit, if they\u2019re offered a fast, convenient and reliable alternative to driving. So extending subway lines will make a lot of people very happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoley\u201d will soon be joined by her tunnel boring machine partner \u201cMoley\u201d to tunnel northwest from the Sheppard West launch site toward the Finch West site at Keele. Their twin cousins \u201cYorkie\u201d and \u201cTorkie\u201d, will soon begin tunnelling southeast from their Steeles West launch site toward York University. We\u2019ll be cheering them on, and judging by the excitement of the onlookers and circling helicopters at Friday\u2019s launch, we know people all across the GTA will be cheering too.<\/p>\n

Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension project: www.spadina.ttc.ca<\/a>\u00a0
\nSubways in York Region: www.vivanext.com\/subways<\/a>\u00a0
\nThe Missing Link \u2013 business case describing why a Yonge Subway extension should be considered a top priority: http:\/\/bit.ly\/lFtNaC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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