by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 19, 2024 | GTA Development, GTA News, Metrolinx, Public Transit, Scarborough, TTC
Maybe This Time: Sheppard Subway Extension Gets Another Shot After years of debate and delays, Toronto’s much-needed Line 4 Sheppard subway extension could inch closer to reality in 2024. Metrolinx, the regional transit agency, is finally gathering public...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Jun 8, 2018 | Toronto, TTC
The Ford family has become synonymous with the promise of subway construction, so it’s no surprise Doug Ford kicked off his first official day of the provincial election campaign with a familiar topic: the Scarborough subway. The Progressive Conservative leader also...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Dec 1, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit
“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 little scuffed. But it was only five years ago – Nov. 22, 2002 – that then-mayor Mel...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Nov 18, 2007 | GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Public Transit
With the amount of vehicle interference in the downtown area once again the issues of streetcars has surfaced. With the need to improve transit, the debate over mixed traffic and streetcars, now and again pops up with the discussion turning to the old idea of a Queen...