The Downtown Relief Line Still Being Debated After More Than a Century

Here's some of the items you'll want to keep your eye on this week.
Tory wants a provincial budget commitment to match funding in the federal budget.
Other potential transit lines can get better value for money and serve more riders.
Our mayor, the supposed champion of the Relief Line.
At a consultation in Scarborough, Toronto's potential transit future is laid out.
The line would run from Pape Station to City Hall, planners propose.
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not to miss.
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not to miss.
Mayoral campaign mocks Chow, manages to draw attention to Tory's own reputation for flip-flopping.
How the DRL became the most urgent political priority in Toronto, and why it shouldn't be.
A proposal for improving transit in a city that desperately needs it.
Regional transit agency unveils its strategy to pay for the next waves of transit construction.
Forty years ago, Toronto's streetcar system was saved.
Available for barter: one council vote in exchange for a subway line.
A DRL could reduce crowding on the Yonge line. But will we ever be able to pay for it?
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