Originally Posted by cooker
I'm not sure of the benefits of extending the Yonge line to Highway 7. The line is already saturated during rush hour and most trains are full by the time they get to Lawrence. Collecting more riders from farther out is going to make it impossible to get on and off the train once it gets close to downtown.
What I'd like to see would be to double the public transit on Yonge by making one surface lane each way a dedicated rush hour bus lane or diamond lane (bus, taxi, bike). That way you could take either the upper or lower route downtown. And when that gets too full, add an elevated train (or elevated bikeway!).
A better idea might be to put 1.5m bike lanes along both sides of Yonge Street, between Steeles and Lakeshore, then people who want to bike, can head straight down Yonge on bikes, taking more pressure off the subway, and still being as fast, if not faster then driving.