Mayor John Tory's Toronto

[TheTigerMaster]

If you want to eliminate that transfer, there are options that are several times cheaper.

 

[rbt]

If you want to eliminate that transfer, there are options that are several times cheaper.

Including moving the entirety of SCC to Kennedy station (all pedestrian/transit fed buildings within 200m of the current SCC station).

 

[BurlOak]

Including moving the entirety of SCC to Kennedy station (all pedestrian/transit fed buildings within 200m of the current SCC station).

Because 200m is the common catchment area for subway stations?

 

[JWBF]

No it wouldn't. Sheppard is a much lower ridership corridor than Scarborough, and would cost roughly $3 billion more than the current plan compared to the Scarborough subway which "only" costs around $1 billion more.

Scarborough eliminates a transfer too.

Think at least 2 Billion or more for the difference between a LRT and subway. After all is said and done you still have to include things such as inflation and contingencies.

 

[Videodrome]

So, what can be expected at the council meetings this week? I hope that the LRT cancellation fee comes up.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

So, what can be expected at the council meetings this week? I hope that the LRT cancellation fee comes up.

A shit show, as per usual?

 

[TheTigerMaster]

So, what can be expected at the council meetings this week? I hope that the LRT cancellation fee comes up.

It's supposed to.

 

[freshcutgrass]

If you want to eliminate that transfer, there are options that are several times cheaper.

There was always going to be a transfer for anyone going eastbound from Kennedy anyway...either from the BD or the Eglinton LRT. Making it an extension of the Eglinton LRT line rather than an an extension of the BD Line eliminates a transfer and saves roughly $1.6 billion in the process.

 

[Videodrome]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/255279071/Mainstreet-Technologies-February-Toronto-Issues

Tory's approval rating is still really high.

Jennifer Pagliaro ‏@jpags 2m2 minutes ago
Nunziata addresses Mayor Tory as "Mayor Ford." Council chamber just got loud. "Old habits die hard these days," Tory says.

He took it well at least!

Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat 17s18 seconds ago
"Councillor Ford please allow the mayor to respond" Speaker Nunziata to Rob Ford as he badgers John Tory #TOpoli

Don Peat ‏@reporterdonpeat 28s28 seconds ago
#BOOM! "I will not take any lessons here about the proper way to do things!" Mayor John Tory to Rob Ford #TOpoli

Boom indeed. Shots fired.

Siobhan Morris ‏@siomo 56s56 seconds ago
"The fact of the matter is I won the election" Mayor Tory to Rob Ford #TOPoli

That shut up Rob fast!

 

[Palma]

Why is Mamo so stupid?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The emancipation of Toronto's enslaved transit users begins (again)...

GraphicMatt 11:43am via Echofon
Mammoliti: "Why do the poor people in this city have to accept only scraps? They deserve subways just like anyone else does."

reporterdonpeat 11:51am via Twitter Web Client
"Every part of the city should have a subway" Cllr Giorgio Mammoliti

And every part of the city should have a brain-damaged, clueless councillor who seem to be more interested in red light districts than proper governance.

AoD

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Okay, Ford is speaking, and SmartTrack has devolved from heavy surface rail, to light rail, and now to a streetcar.

Good lord, I'm having flashbacks.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

And the dog-and-pony show continues at council. Rob Ford, commenting on the state of Toronto after four years of his leadership...

reporterdonpeat 11:55am via Twitter Web Client
"If you look outside, it is a nightmare" Rob Ford.

Yeah, well, gawd knows what he'd been on with that bad trip of his.

AoD

 

[salsa]

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat
"This does absolutely nothing, nothing to help traffic in the city" Rob Ford on SmartTrack #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 12m 12 minutes ago
"The mayor is a little confused" Rob Ford on Mayor John Tory #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 12m 12 minutes ago
Rob Ford stressing that council will be asked for more money to fund SmartTrack studies if this is approved today #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 11m 11 minutes ago
"These dumb streetcars that we have" Rob Ford #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 12m 12 minutes ago
"The mayor is disingenuous to the taxpayers of this city" Rob Ford on John Tory #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 11m 11 minutes ago
"I don't know why he keeps ducking the question" Rob Ford on John Tory #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 11m 11 minutes ago
"It's a fancy streetcar plan" Rob Ford on SmartTrack #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 10m 10 minutes ago
"St. Clair is a complete disaster" Rob Ford claiming that SmartTrack will be like the St. Clair right-of-way #TOpoli

Don Peat @reporterdonpeat · 10m 10 minutes ago
Rob Ford ends his speech ripping up a piece of paper saying money for SmartTrack studies is "completely useless" #TOpoli

 

[salsa]

And then there's Karygiannis, Scarborough's very own MLK, making the case for equal rights... can I get an amen?

GraphicMatt 12:06pm via Echofon
Councillor Karygiannis now rises to talk about the need to extend the Sheppard Subway. The speaker might want to shut this down.

GraphicMatt 12:07pm via Echofon
Karygiannis: "When is Scarborough and the people of Scarborough be looked at as equals and not second class citizens?"

His rant has precisely nothing to do with Smart Track that council is debating. He also chooses to ignore that Scarborough is getting a line 2 extension to Sheppard, but that's not good enough apparently.