Tag: Sheppard Line

Let’s talk about transit at cross-roads again in Toronto

April 8, 2013

Transit is now on the radar. Everyone is talking about it. Yes, talking! Will we fund transit? How much will it cost? Will it…

New construction timeline for Transit City

April 26, 2012

New construction timeline for Transit City

Despite 16 months of flailing on the transit file, all four of Toronto’s new provincially funded light rail lines will open within the original timeframe of 2020.

Only the hotly contested Sheppard LRT will be completed much later than it would have been before Mayor Rob Ford came to office and stalled all plans for street-level transit expansion.

Now, instead of the Sheppard LRT opening in 2014 as originally scheduled, work will only begin that year. The Finch LRT is scheduled to break ground in 2015. Both projects are expected to take about four years to complete.

The debate over Subways or LRT transit is over – David Miller will see his vision for Toronto

April 24, 2012

David Miller‘s original plan for Transit City will go ahead. The debate is over and it’s time to move on. It is pointless to…

We love Mayor Rob Ford!

April 20, 2012

We love Mayor Rob Ford!

According to a new Forum Research poll, more than half of Toronto residents want to scrap the city’s land transfer tax, license cyclists, contract out cleaners, toss out the plastic bag tax and support a subway-based transit plan.

The Forum poll conducted Wednesday found 61% of Toronto residents approve of ending the city’s land transfer tax and licensing cyclists so that traffic laws can be enforced on them.

Ford campaigned on abolishing the land transfer tax but has yet to make any progress on dropping it from the city’s books.

Among those surveyed, support has grown since a Forum poll last month for a subway-based transit plan with 60% now in favour of the idea rather than 36% who favour a transit system based on LRTs.

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Poll shows that we want subways and we are willing to pay for it

April 19, 2012

The Greater Toronto Area supports a local sales tax dedicated to public transit and other infrastructure by 74%. Just when you though the transit debate…

A great source for transit information – The LRT Information Blog

April 19, 2012

With transit in Toronto taking a back seat to casino expansion and red-light districts it’s nice to see that there is still action taking…

Subways for the Downtown Relief Line

March 24, 2012

The war over Sheppard was barely finished and Andy Byford is already talking about a Down-town Relief line; hoping to take the pressure off the packed Yonge-University-Spadina…

Game over for Rob Ford in Toronto?

March 22, 2012

It seems that the transit debate is over. With a vote of 24 – 19, Rob Ford lost his battle to get the Sheppard…

Sheppard: TTC subway to nowhere? Then finish it!

December 1, 2007

“Construction booms, but opinions remain sharply divided as the often-derided Sheppard line turns 5. The futuristic chrome plating in Sheppard-Yonge station already looks a…

Time to get more use out of the Sheppard Subway line and go west?

October 20, 2007

To be honest, I love subways and I have a bit of a bias towards the Sheppard Subway line. I have always believed that…
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