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Riding the Wave of Success and the Call for Expansion – Finish the Sheppard Subway, Line What?

Posted by [email protected] | Jun 17, 2023 | Public Transit, TTC |

Sheppard Line: From Overlooked to Thriving Corridor Really, there is no sarcasm here? Back in 2007...

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

Posted by [email protected] | Apr 8, 2013 | Public Transit, Toronto |

Transit is now on the radar. Everyone is talking about it. Yes, talking! Will we fund transit? How much will it cost? Will it really ever get done? I sense that there are a lot of skeptics; weary of trusting such a bold plan in...

New construction timeline for Transit City

Posted by [email protected] | Apr 26, 2012 | Public Transit, Toronto, TTC |

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

Posted by [email protected] | Apr 24, 2012 | LRT, Public Transit, Toronto |

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 delay building transit in Toronto and we should accept the conclusion. According to the...

We love Mayor Rob Ford!

Posted by [email protected] | Apr 20, 2012 | GTA Politics, News, Politics, Toronto |

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.