Here’s the current plan for the Brampton Gateway Terminal @HurontarioLRT terminus at Steeles Avenue.
Pedestrians connecting between LRT and @BramptonTransit buses will have to cross one of Peel’s busiest intersections to make the transfer.
Including nine lanes of Steeles Ave.
Pedestrians connecting between LRT and @BramptonTransit buses will have to cross one of Peel’s busiest intersections to make the transfer.
Including nine lanes of Steeles Ave.
The LRT stop was supposed to go on the north side of Steeles Avenue, where crosswalks on the north and south side of the platforms would have made bus connections much easier and safer.
But in a problematic 5-4 decision, the old council voted to turn down 4 kilometres of provincially funded LRT that would have continued to Downtown Brampton and the GO Station placate Main Street residents and downtown, including former premier Bill Davis.
That old council instead began playing transit planner, promoting longer, slower LRT routes to downtown and instructing @Metrolinx to terminate the LRT on the south side of Steeles to allow for their own route ideas.
A tunnel under the intersection to connect the LRT and bus terminals was proposed, but was later cut because of the cost of digging it out and moving utilities.
Here’s another image of the proposed unnel, showing potential alternative LRT routes.
In 2018, Brampton elected a younger, more diverse council who reversed direction, re-endorsing a Main Street alignment for the LRT. But @Metrolinx, by this point, pushed ahead with the south side terminus.
Brampton would have to study and finance an LRT extension on its own.
Brampton would have to study and finance an LRT extension on its own.
So, because of an old decision to placate a few homeowners, thousand will have to cross this busy and dangerous intersection.
Bramptonians – who constantly get the short end of the stick – need to sound the alarm.
This is unacceptable.
Bramptonians – who constantly get the short end of the stick – need to sound the alarm.
This is unacceptable.
@regionofpeel is supposedly committed to #VisionZero. They have responsibility for the Hurontario/Steeles intersections as Steeles is a regional road.
I hope they’re aware of the problems that will occur here.
peelregion.ca/pw/transportat…
I hope they’re aware of the problems that will occur here.
peelregion.ca/pw/transportat…
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