No gravy train, just an LRT for the TTC
Toronto is getting a $8.2 billion LRT from Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station under Eglinton.
Toronto is getting a $8.2 billion LRT from Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station under Eglinton.
It took a couple of months but Mayor Rob Ford finally unveiled his transit vision, one that replaces the Transit City plan, finding “common ground” with Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Scarborough may have to wait longer for a faster transit system now that Mayor Ford has teamed up with Metrolinx to provide funding for the subway he wants built in Toronto.
A public meeting regarding the TTC’s planned service cuts saw few members of the public attend in Scarborough last night.
Michael Thompson wants to take the wheel at the TTC and steer a better route for Scarborough commuters.
Improving transit and speeding up road repairs are his top priorities for Ward 38, says freshly re-elected councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker.
Ward 22’s council candidates agree they need to deal with traffic congestion. But Transit City’s LRT line along Eglinton Avenue remains a contentious issue.
Toronto’s five leading mayoral hopefuls all pledge to build a bus stop closer to Variety Village, but that’s where the consensus on accessible transit ends.
While Toronto’s mayoral hopefuls are busy debating LRT or subway, one proposed Scarborough line is conspicuously missing from the discussion.