Category Archives: Sheppard Subway

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

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

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

Sheppard East Vote Delayed to March 22, 2012

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Steve

Council did not finish its debate by 8pm on March 21, and a motion to extend time failed, barely, on a vote of 28-15 (a 2/3 majority was needed because this would be a procedural change). The pro-subway forces are … Continue reading →

Posted in Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Transit | 16 Comments

The Sheppard LRT Report (Part II)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Steve

In the previous article, I reviewed the three main options under study for Sheppard East as well as the comments of the City Planning and Finance departments on various related issues. In this article, I turn to the Expert Panel’s … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Finance, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Transit | 9 Comments

The Sheppard LRT Report (Part I)

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Steve

On Wednesday, March 21, Toronto Council will consider a report recommending that the Sheppard rapid transit line be built as an LRT from Don Mills Station east, initially, to Morningside.  This is the same scheme that was on the table … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Finance, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Transit | 21 Comments

TTC Meeting Review February 29, 2012

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Steve

The February 29th meeting of the Toronto Transit Commission was one of the shortest in my long memory of these events.  The agenda was trivial with an utter absence of meaty issues for debate, and the real action would follow … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Accessibility, Finance, Sheppard Subway, Spadina Subway, Transit, York Region | 30 Comments

Sheppard Panel To Recommend LRT, Not Subway

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Steve

Various media outlets have reported that the Expert Panel struck by Toronto City Council to review options for the Sheppard East line will recommend the original Transit City LRT plan, not a subway extension. Now Magazine Toronto Star The Globe … Continue reading →

Posted in Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Transit | 60 Comments