Posts Filed Under: lrt

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Scarborough Gets Screwed by Subway Promises

Without the LRT, local transit in Scarborough will be reduced to less than what residents have now.

By Tricia Wood Mar. 14th, 5:00 pm

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Bad Transit Politics is a Toronto Tradition

The people of Scarborough deserve better than this.

By Kieran Delamont Mar. 1st, 3:00 pm

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We Annotated Toronto Council’s Transit Report So You Can Follow Along

We make sense of the report with billions of dollars' worth of implications for Toronto's transit future. (You can suggest your annotations too!)

By David Hains and Neville Park Nov. 3rd, 1:30 pm

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The Agony of Watching Toronto’s Transit Planning Unfold

Waiting for Scarborough? I’m starting to think the City is stuck inside an absurdist play.

By Tricia Wood Oct. 31st, 1:00 pm

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One-Stop Scarborough Subway Plan Based in Part on Misleading Report

The Star's reporting gives you another reason to be angry about transit planning in the city.

By David Hains Oct. 24th, 5:35 pm

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A Love Letter to Light-Rail Transit

Speed, accessibility, affordability—please be mine.

By Tricia Wood Aug. 16th, 2:00 pm

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The Toronto Sun’s Christina Blizzard Is Wrong About Transit (Again)

Sun columnist criticizes the Globe, gets basic facts wrong, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

By Christopher Bird Jul. 20th, 12:15 pm

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Evaluating Toronto’s Tough Transit Decisions as a Network

The Scarborough subway extension get the most attention, but far more is at stake in Council's transit debate.

By Steve Munro Jul. 11th, 4:15 pm

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John Tory is Lying About the Scarborough Subway

We break the mayor's latest op-ed down, line by line.

By Christopher Bird Jun. 28th, 3:00 pm

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Scarborough Gets an RT

Thirty years ago today, Scarborough entered a new chapter in its public transit history that was proclaimed at the time as the greatest day in its history.

By Jamie Bradburn Mar. 22nd, 9:30 am

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Extra, Extra: Transit Trolls, a Measle Mishap, and a Wayward Wallet

Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not to miss.

By David Hains Feb. 5th, 4:00 pm

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Poll Position: Toronto Favours Scarborough LRT, Again

Residents prefer more value for money, even if most of their elected representatives don't.

By David Hains Jan. 28th, 2:05 pm

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Poll Position: Small Majority Wants Fourth Scarborough Subway Stop

Glenn De Baeremaeker knows what the people want, and it's more subway stops near his ward.

By David Hains Jan. 12th, 3:00 pm

Toronto Election 2014:
Issue Navigator—Transit

By Steve Munro Oct. 21st, 4:01 pm

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The Fate of the Sheppard East Light Rail Line

Even if an LRT-friendly mayor is elected, Scarborough councillors aim to scrap the 13-kilometre route.

By Sarah Sweet Oct. 21st, 1:30 pm

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SmartTrack (Part Two): John Tory’s Questionable Funding Scheme

It's not just the route and planning that creates problems for SmartTrack—paying for it is a big issue as well.

By David Hains Sep. 25th, 10:00 am

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SmartTrack (Part One): John Tory’s Short-Sighted Transit Vision

SmartTrack cannot be built as proposed and addresses only some of Toronto's major transit challenges.

By Steve Munro Sep. 25th, 9:00 am

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Bureaucrats Take the Fight for Waterfront LRT Straight to Higher Levels of Government

TTC CEO Andy Byford and city manager Joe Pennachetti are going over council's head and taking their proposal directly to the province and the feds.

By Sarah Sweet Aug. 29th, 2:10 pm