subways Archives - The GTA Patriot

Ontario taking over the TTC?

Posted by [email protected] | May 4, 2019 | Open Source, TTC |

An interesting idea, but will it work? I am a bit suspect over the real intentions. If the...

Come on let’s sweat!

Posted by [email protected] | Sep 10, 2016 | Toronto, TTC |

On the hottest days of this sweltering summer, riders on the Bloor-Danforth subway would brace...

Time to vote #Toronto for something simple, radical or impossible!

Posted by [email protected] | Oct 27, 2014 | Canada, GTA Politics, LRT, Markham, News, Ontario, Pickering, Public Transit, Richmond Hill, Toronto, TTC |

Well your friendly neighborhood G.T.A Patriot is back online, after a hiatus. Today is Election...

The “One City” 30-year plan possibly 20-years too late?

Posted by [email protected] | Jun 28, 2012 | LRT, News, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto, TTC, YRT |

Ford says “No”, and Karen says “Yes”! Most Torontonians know we need subways and better transit. We need a proper transit system in Toronto and transit is a smart investment. I was amazed to see how bad...

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.