Posts Filed Under: scarborough subway

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Trying to Fix a Bad Land-Use Plan With a Bad Transit Plan

Why do we make people commute so far?

By Tricia Wood Oct. 3rd, 4:24 pm

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Gambling with Billions

Mega-projects keep failing. So why does the mayor love them so?

By Tricia Wood Sep. 11th, 9:00 am

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The Arrogance of Scarborough Transit Planning Leaves Thousands Behind

The LRT network would reach 125,000. The one-stop subway reaches a small fraction of that.

By Tricia Wood May. 25th, 3:45 pm

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Toronto City Council Agenda Preview: March 2017

Here's your cheat sheet for City Council this week.

By Neville Park Mar. 28th, 11:15 am

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Kellie Leitch Dogwhistles To Racists When Pledging to Deny Transit Funding to ‘Sanctuary Cities’

The Conservative leadership candidate attacks immigration and transit in one tweet.

By Abdullah Shihipar Mar. 16th, 4:30 pm

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Future Generations Will Foot the Bill for City Council’s Incompetence Today

Who needs reserve funds anyway?

By John Parker (Guest Opinion) Mar. 5th, 10:00 am

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Exciting New Revenue Streams for a Cash-Strapped Toronto

If City Council wants to balance the budget so badly, maybe advertising on Airbnb will help.

By Richard Light • Illustration by Brett LambJan. 5th, 4:00 pm

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Please Council, Don’t Make the Same Revenue Tools Mistakes You Made Last Time

Toronto needs significant budget remedies. But first council needs to fix itself.

By David Hains Nov. 21st, 6:15 pm

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How the Mayor’s “Sad, Desperate and Shameful” Scarborough Subway Op-ed Came to Be

Remember when the mayor seemed to accuse Scarborough subway opponents of racism? We asked for records to learn how that happened.

By Jessica Smith Cross Nov. 14th, 1:00 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

The Star Made 3,700 Pages of Scarborough Subway FOI Documents Public, and You Can Search Through Them

There's a lot of documents to go through.

By David Hains Oct. 28th, 9:45 am

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Leading Scarborough Subway Champions Now Want a Different Route, Because Of Course

Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarborough Centre) and MPP Brad Duguid say the proposed route is unacceptable, as it would affect too many residents.

By David Hains Oct. 26th, 4:26 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 Brief History of SmartTrack, so Far

The history of the nebulous transit proposal called SmartTrack.

By David Fleischer Oct. 3rd, 6:00 pm

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Duly Quoted: Mel Lastman, on the Scarborough Subway Extension

The mayor who championed the Sheppard subway line doesn't think the proposed one-stop Scarborough extension is a good deal.

By Torontoist Jul. 12th, 2:30 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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I’m a Scarborough Resident and I Don’t Want a Subway

It's time for politicians to admit they're wrong about the Scarborough subway extension.

By Vincent Puhakka Jun. 27th, 1:00 pm