Category Archives: Spadina Subway

TTC Meeting Preview: February 25, 2013 (Update 2)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Steve

Update 2 on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 10:00 am: Additional information from presentations and debates at the Commission meeting has be added to this article. The Toronto Transit Commission will meet on Monday February 25, 2013.  This month’s agenda … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Bus Technology, Finance, New Subway Cars, Scarborough RT/LRT, Service Cost and Quality, Spadina Subway, Transit | 20 Comments

TTC November 2012 Meeting Wrapup

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Steve

At its November meeting, the TTC considered various matters other than the 2013 budgets on which I have already reported. New Commissioners The new “citizen” members of the TTC were sworn into office: Maureen Adamson, Nick Di Donato, Alan Heisey … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, New Subway Cars, Service Cost and Quality, Spadina Subway, Transit, Vehicles | 16 Comments

Spadina Extension Opening Pushed Back to Late 2016

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Steve

A report before the TTC meeting this week advises that the opening date for the Spadina Subway Extension is now fall 2016. The report includes a long history of the Spadina project as well as a comparison of the bureaucratic … Continue reading →

Posted in Spadina Subway, Transit | 27 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

TTC Meeting Preview March 30, 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Steve

The newly reconstituted Toronto Transit Commission will meet on Friday, March 30.  This article reviews major items on the agenda.

Posted in Bus Technology, Finance, Finch West LRT, New Streetcars, New Subway Cars, Scarborough RT/LRT, Service Cost and Quality, Spadina Car, Spadina Subway, Transit, Waterfront | 46 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

Spadina Subway Extension Update

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Steve

The presentation from the Spadina update given at the TTC meeting on July 6 is now available online. There’s nothing very surprising, but a few points are worth noting: Station Names (p 3): There are still discussions in progress about … Continue reading →

Posted in Spadina Subway, Transit | 29 Comments

TTC Meeting Wrapup May 2011

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Steve

The TTC Agenda for May 11 contained a number of items of interest.  In a previous article, I reviewed the preliminary report for the Finch bus service improvements. Items detailed below the break are: PRESTO Update Adam Giambrone’s Office Expenses … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Spadina Car, Spadina Subway, Transit | 9 Comments

TTC Meeting for April 2011 (Update 2)

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Steve

Updated April 6, 2011 at 7:20 pm: I forgot to mention in my earlier update that there was talk going around the meeting that only half of the Sheppard Subway scheme (the eastern half) might be pursued in the short … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Spadina Subway, Transit | 21 Comments

Understanding TTC Project Cost Creep

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Steve

The recent TTC meeting saw Commissioner Minnan-Wong digging into questions about rising costs on two TTC projects, the design of Finch West Station and the resignalling of the south end of the Yonge subway. Reports asking for increased spending authorization … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Finch West LRT, New Subway Cars, Spadina Subway, Subways, Transit | 20 Comments