All of these tunnel problems can be overcome. As I said it's a matter of will. I bet it could be done without removing any buildings. All of the "can't do" reasons are just as anecdotal as my "can do" ones. I'd like the city or GO or someone to at least hire someone to look at it from an engineering perspective and offer up some options. But it's way easier to stand and look at it and claim "there's no WAY 2 trains can pass through there". What about doubling the tracks on either end of the tunnel, then it's all down to scheduling of the tunnel itself...
Regarding why we need a terminal downtown...
1. the drivers need a place to stop for coffee, pee, etc
2. making transfers should be as easy as possible... if i need to get from east hamilton via king to connect to the aberdeen bus, where do i get off and where do i wait for the next one? right now it's impossible to tell. you have to get off at gore, and you can't read any of the signs on the south leg of gore without walking up to them. you cant read the signs at the stops on james without walking up to them. you can't read the signs on the macnab section without going WAY out of your way and if you didnt know about macnab you'd be screwed. with a terminal, its easy... you get off the bus and you can see all of the signs on all of the routes from where you stand.
3. connecting to inter city transport with minimal walking
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