Category Archives: Sheppard East LRT

TTC Meeting January 21, 2013 (Updated)

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Steve

This month’s TTC board meeting has a rather thin agenda.  Whether that will lead to a short meeting is another matter. Updated January 22, 2013 at 8:30 am:  Results of the meeting have been added to this article.

Posted in Accessibility, Finance, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Spadina Car, Transit, Union Station, Waterfront | 36 Comments

TTC Madness: A Subway for Everyone

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Steve

Today’s meeting of the transit commission was expected to be a modest affair with approval of the Downtown Relief Line study’s recommendations, and a few other housekeeping items.  What happened was a complete upending of the transit expansion policies we … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Downtown Relief Line, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Subways, Transit | 59 Comments

Metrolinx Dumps TTC as LRT Partner (Maybe)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Steve

Updated October 4, 2012 at 9:20 am: Mr reaction to the announcement yesterday that TTC would remain as “operator” of the LRT lines is on the Torontoist website. Although the TTC sees this as a “good news” story, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Eglinton LRT, Finance, Finch West LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Transit | 86 Comments

OneCity Plan Reviewed

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Steve

The OneCity plan has much to recommend it even though in the details it is far from perfect. The funding scheme requires Queen’s Park to modify the handling of assessment value changes, and they are already cool to this scheme.  … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Don Mills LRT, Eglinton LRT, Fantasy, Finance, Finch West LRT, Jane LRT, Kingston Road, Scarborough RT/LRT, Scarborough-Malvern LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Spadina Subway, St. Clair Car, Subways, Transit, Waterfront, Yonge Subway Extension | 65 Comments

“One City” To Serve Them All

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Steve

Updated June 27 at 5:20pm:  I have written a political analysis of today’s announcement for the Torontoist website that will probably go live tomorrow morning.  A line-by-line review of the plan will go up here later the same day. TTC … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Don Mills LRT, Eglinton LRT, Fantasy, Finance, Finch West LRT, Jane LRT, Kingston Road, Scarborough RT/LRT, Scarborough-Malvern LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Subways, Transit, Waterfront, Yonge Subway Extension | 57 Comments

TTC v. Metrolinx (Again): Who’s In Charge Here? (Update 2)

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Steve

Updated June 8, 2012 at 11:00am:  My comments about the Commission’s action appear in an article on the Torontoist website. Updated June 1, 2012 at 9:15am:  The motions passed at the TTC meeting of May 30 have been added at … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Eglinton LRT, Finance, Finch West LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Transit | 34 Comments

TTC Meeting Wrapup: May 1, 2012

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Steve

The TTC board met on May 1.  This was a quiet affair without the political drama of the “old” Ford-stacked Commission, and I almost missed the bumbling antics of the old crew.  The agenda was on the thin side, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Eglinton LRT, Fares & Fare Collection, Finance, Finch West LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Service Cost and Quality, Sheppard East LRT, Transit, Yonge Subway Extension | 56 Comments

Metrolinx Resurrects Transit City (Updated)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Steve

Updated April 26, 2012 at 1:10pm:  This article has been updated to reflect discussions at the Metrolinx Board meeting of April 25, the press scrum following that meeting, and correspondence between me and Metrolinx to clarify some issues. Notes from … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Eglinton LRT, Finance, Finch West LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Transit | 83 Comments

The Sheppard LRT Report (Part IV)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Steve

Now we come to what I must call “The Chong Dissent”, the reports prepared under the company “Toronto Transit Infrastructure Limited” (TTIL), a dormant TTC corporation resurrected for the purpose because it had $160k sitting in its bank account.  All … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Transit | 45 Comments

The Sheppard LRT Report (Part III)

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Steve

Many background presentations informed the Expert Panel’s review of options for the Sheppard corridor.  This article is the first of two summarizing and commenting on this information. There are six groups of documents: Professor Eric Miller’s comments Metrolinx presentations and … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Finance, Finch West LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Transit | 60 Comments