Rainforest
Senior Member
That sounds just about right.
Except now that subways are being mentioned, Giambrone et al. are freaking out. I don't get why the NDP seems to hate subways now. Wasn't it Bob Rae who started Eglinton and Sheppard?
Well, for sure Mr. Giambrone is not stupid. Perhaps he and Mr. Miller have a legitimate concern that the Province makes big promises but does not deliver, and prefer to stick to their bird in the hand.
Or, perhaps this is a clever negotiation tactics. "Oh, not another subway ... don't throw us into the briar patch ... OK, we will generously accept your subway funding, provided that you secure the funds for the whole project from the onset."
Not to mention the downtown councillors got nothing
Yes, this is quite surprising that Transit City came out without any route south of Bloor, save the new section of WWLRT. Logically, one would expect the Jane and Don Mills lines drawn into downtown.
Perhaps they realized that LRT won't cope with the downtown demand, yet drawing a subway there would open a can of worms (other wards demanding a subway, too). So, they decided to get the LRT network funded and start construction, prior to opening the DRL debate.
(I admit that my guesses given in this post are nothing more than guesses, unlike the guess in my previous post which was based on standard psychology.)