by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 24, 2012 | LRT, News, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC
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 subway. For years transit leaders have talked creating a line, however other priorities have...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 22, 2012 | Canada, News, Public Transit, Toronto
It seems that the transit debate is over. With a vote of 24 – 19, Rob Ford lost his battle to get the Sheppard Subway built and completed. Torontonians’ have endured a long battle over transit, with Rob Ford championing the cause of subways for the...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 21, 2012 | GTA News, LRT, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC
Well its come down to the wire and a final vote on the future of transit in the city. Will we go with an LRT module for Sheppard, leaving an unfinished subway at Don Mills? Or will we go all in and spend all of our capital on one project? In the end the choice should...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Mar 16, 2012 | News, Politics, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC
Seems that Rob Ford is stuck “between a rock and a hard place”. With the provincial government planning major cuts where does Mayor Ford get support for subways from? Today the recommendation will be for a LRT option, on Sheppard Avenue; putting the nail...