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Heard there is going to be a big announcement today about transit. What's the latest?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-premier-meets-with-toronto-transit-chair-amid-clashing-agendas/article14241178/ Yeah our TTC Chair thinks this is not a subway, only a 2 stop to STC.. as suppose to her 3 stop to... Sheppard and McCowan? Not sure why they like their...

I agree with you that the Sheppard subway can be justified to extend to Vic Park, and possible Warden and Sheppard. Right now there is a fairly big business park at Vic Park and Sheppard, plus lots of apartments within 300-400 m of that intersection. The traffic between Vic Park and Don Mills...

I am glad they are taking these points into consideration: - YES there is a plan to extend the subway to Markham Rd and Sheppard! Why Murray decided not to explain to the public about this baffles me though. He could have easily just painted that extension a different color, and explained they...

Agree that the Sheppard LRT is probably the worst of the LRT projects. For the $900 million or so, I rather see them extend the Sheppard Subway to Warden and Sheppard (add 3 extra stops), and maybe widen Sheppard all the way to Agincourt GO Station/Midland. That will help the area out a lot.

Yup its funny how Hudak comes out firing on the gas plants issue when he himself promised to cancel it himself: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontariovotes2011/story/2011/10/05/hudak-mississauga-gas-plant.html In addition, Hudak is feeling the heat on the subways; didn't Hudak want the...

I think that so long as they find a way to bring the 95 York Mills buses down to Ellesmere Station (or even the 43 Kennedy Bus for a quick spur trip), they will add Ellesmere Station. The only reason why it is underused is because the buses currently drop passengers off near the bottom of a...

Yeah I get that feeling too. Maybe add the Ellesmere stop back, and maybe also McCowan/Bellamy (lots of condos on that side, and it probably wont' cost too much to cross over McCowan. Also opens up for an extension to Sheppard if the City/Feds provide more funding. I know people hate the...

I think the whole bus issue is a bit misleading. The projected end date for the RT is 2015. Maybe they can extend that for a year or 2, but the fact is that technology is too old and needs to be replaced. Had Transit City not been cancelled, maybe they could have gone without having to replace...

I was listening to Radio 1010 and Murray mentioned there were actually 2 announcements today; one for the subway and one for the Pulse BRT? My understanding is that it takes passengers from Ajax to U of T Scarborough, but now is he saying it will go to Centennial College and to STC?

I have a feeling the next step is to extend the Sheppard Subway to Vic Park (maybe even Warden), then run BRT to STC via McCowan. Right now the LRT yard will cost $300 million and was to house both LRTs from Scarborough line (main resident) and Sheppard. Now there are no Scarb LRT, the LRT...

I thought the reason for the 1.8 billion to 1.4 billion was because that $400 million was to be used to reconstruct Kennedy Station? They still need to pay for the reconstruction of Kennedy regardless of which plan, so really it is $1.8 billion for Subway plus Kennedy or $1.8 billion for LRT...

Not sure how this is sickening. Without the City and Federal financial support, it is really the Province's money that they are using to get this done. For $1.4 billion, here is the Subway we can build for you. That's the truth. At least the province is being fiscally responsible this time...

I think they are missing an opportunity here to put a station at Kennedy Commons (Kennedy and Progress). They just need to dig around 500m north and they will be able to access a fairly dense neighborhood in Scarborough (Dorset). Currently there are a few apartment complex and a big size...

I always thought that the subway plan was going to end up at STC instead Sheppard; tunneling under the 401 would have been way too expensive. I have to disagree about the development potential at Sheppard and McCowan though; currently there is a Canadian Tire, and 1-2 apartment buildings only...

I guess my next question will be how will they be able to build a 2nd track because yes, it is currently running down the middle of the ROW. Will they have to shut down the line for a few months to do this? I am definitely excited about the possibility of an all-day GO train set (someone...

I am curious about how they plan to make Stouffville line into a 2 track all day service (for the GO 2020 plan). I drive up and down that area, and as far as I can tell they only have room for 1 track... how will they be able to add a 2nd track without moving the homes and buildings surrounding...

If they actually do this, I suggest they scrap the Sheppard LRT as well (so they can get rid of that new LRT yard on Morningside all together). Share the costs of the Sheppard LRT and Scarb RT (should be around 2.7 billion between the 2) and use it to extend Sheppard Subway 2 stops to Vic Park...

I personally think that the current LRT line serves Scarborough a lot better then just the subway. The stops at Centennial College and Markham Rd are especially important, since it brings rapid transit to places that need them (college, and Markham Rd is near Malvern and serves as a stop for...

This is too radical to be accepted. A better and more reasonable solution is to turn King and Queen into 1 way streets (downtown core). King will probably go West (Adelaide East) and Queen goes East (Richmond West). This way, the streets can be properly shared. Of the 4 lanes, 1 will be...