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I'd bet a few shekels that the goal of his sudden sign invasion is to cut into Chow's support.

Miller didn't have much leverage. York Region had obtained provincial and then federal support for Spadina. Miller had little love for Spadina, but McGuinty promised billions in future Toronto transit funding in exchange for Miller publicly supporting Spadina. That he still has little use for a...

Split the cost for Cummer with the province, 50-50 or 1/3-2/3. I'm sure Doug and Olivia will figure it out. No, really!

The article doesn't negate anything I said. Again, this council motion was clearly introduced by David Miller in reaction to York Region's rapid 2008 momentum pushing the Yonge extension. And Giambrone said what he said about no DRL being possible until after TC was complete, however long that...

What plan to build the DRL after Transit City? Giambrone made it clear it in 2009/10 that it would only be considered after TC was completed. That was basically pushing the DRL 15 or so years down the road, and by then it would only be a definite maybe.

Okay, but Crosstown in its more-or-less current form can only be traced back to 2007.

Miller's obvious goal in moving up the DRL was to stem York Region's seemingly rapid progress with the Yonge extension, which Miller had helped along by getting council to approve a Yonge EA, which was likely done by Miller at the request of the province, which had the leverage of $12 billion in...

You can always move. Very unlikely our laws will change to your liking.

It certainly was intended to be all-encompassing. Miller's transit lieutenant Adam Giambrone stressed that the DRL would not even be considered until Transit City was fully completed.

I hope there will be no involvement by Crappy Transit Solutions in Toronto transit after Eglinton. What a mess.

Castles. Definitely castles. All valid points, but you're whistling in the graveyard. The city/TTC had numerous opportunities to build a standard Toronto subway relief line. Jack Layton, Olivia Chow, et al, said no to a DRL in the 80s and 90s in order to keep their downtown castles undisturbed...

Gone overboard and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

I wonder if this would go beyond McCowan if they chose to go elevated east of VP.

I don't think any Toronto pol has brought up the issue of platform doors. Not to mention that would require major investment from upper levels of government. Tory was the wrong person for any of those tax measures. Maybe his successor.

If Markham wants it, they'll both go into Markham. Make that when.

Too late for the OL to be stopped, but it isn't the provincial government or a "professional managerial class" that has blocked a relief line for decades since Mel Lastman revived the idea in 1983.

He probably would have lost, not to mention he left to "spend more time with my family", meaning an opportunity arose for him to make much more money. This should end well.

LRT conversion is a moot point. Even the Shelley Carrolls of the world have abandoned talk of an LRT on Sheppard. It's a huge political loser. It's not realistic to expect an imminent Sheppard subway extension announcement. That probably depends on the timing of the Yonge/Crosstown/B-D...

So the TTC isn't perfect? My world is shattered. Hopefully lessons have been learned. The consequences of a long delay would be far greater to the Ontario Line compared to Eglinton.

Is it worse than Pizza Pizza? Because that would be hard to do.