All Entries Tagged With: "transit"
Pantalone Hopes To Create ‘Road Peace’ With New Bike Plan
Mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone used the remaining days of the campaign to unveil his “complete” transit plan, which includes 1,000 km of new bike lanes: “Transit City, the light rail network championed by Mayor David Miller, is the backbone of the deputy mayor’s “complete” transportation plan. “My plan provides more options to get Torontonians going [...]
Ford Transit Plan Could Cost The City $100-Million
The National Post speaks with parties involved in the Bombardier streetcar contract with the City and what may happen if Rob Ford is elected and opts to back out of the deal: “Each contract is really unique, and it depends on a wide range of legal conditions,” said Marc-Andre Lefebvre. “Certain transit authorities will put [...]
Warren: Smitherman’s The Ticket On Transit
Former TTC GM Michael Warren weighs in on the transit plans of the leading mayoral candidates and agrees with the ideas articulated by George Smitherman: “He seems to understand the socio-economic “value case” for enhanced transit, and the magnitude of investment that it will take to provide Torontonians with convenient, car-competitive transit service. His $17.4 [...]
The Smell Test: Rossi’s Toronto Tunnel
The Toronto Star give mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi’s proposal to dig a new tunnel to extend the Allan Expressway the “smell test”: Smell test: While it’s easy to raise the spectre of Boston’s Big Dig, where a 5.6-km tunnel ended up costing the city about $22 billion (it was budgeted to be $2.8 billion), The [...]
The Smell Test: Are Candidates Transit Claims Off The Rails?
The Toronto Star rolls out a new feature: “The Smell Test”, where they evaluate claims on major issues made by the leading mayoral candidates. First up: transportation: Sarah Thomson: According to TTC officials, a kilometre of subway costs about $300 million to design and build — $100 million more than Thomson budgeted. It’s not certain [...]
TTC Waiting For Candidates To Come Calling
Management at the Toronto Transit Commission are still waiting for some mayoral candidates to take them up on their offer for a full briefing on the issues facing the city’s transit system: “We’re glad they’re talking transit and we’re glad they’re talking to us — some of them are,” TTC chief general manager Gary Webster [...]
Hume: Don’t Confuse Road Rage With Transit Policy
The Star’s Christopher Hume thinks the current transit policies of the leading mayoral candidates reflect voter anger than a vision for transit: “So how seriously should we take these proposals? Ford’s oafish remarks about streetcars betray a complete unwillingness to look beyond his own irritation. But then, many Torontonians share his frustration, even though more [...]
Star Editorial: Rossi’s Tunnel Dream
The editorial board of the Toronto Star still has a number of questions about mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi’s recent announcement to extend the Allan Expressway through an underground tunnel: “But questions abound. How much would this mega-project cost? Rossi suggests less than $1 billion, but a shorter expressway tunnel in Boston known as the “Big [...]
Rossi Pledges To Tunnel Allen Under Downtown If Elected
In a bold policy pronouncement, mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi has pledged to extend the Allan Expressway through the construction of an underground tunnel: “Speaking beside the commuter artery on a grass median at the corner of Eglinton, Mr. Rossi said although ending the Allen was a good idea at the time, the thoroughfare would better [...]
Torontoist: How We Make Decisions, Not Just What’s Decided, Is An Environmental Issue Too
Toronto Environmental Alliance Executive Director Franz Hartmann pens a guest editorial on Torontoist where he cautions those supporting changes to the TTC: “As voters consider which mayoral candidate has the best environmental platform, it’s important to look beyond what they say about specific environmental issues like transit, climate change, smog, and waste management. We also [...]
Fiorito: Jumping On The Subway Bandwagon
The Star’s Joe Fiorito takes a run at the transportation platforms of the leading mayoral candidates: “Maybe your candidate dislikes the streetcar because it impedes the car. The reverse is true. It’s wrong for one car, with one driver, to hold up one streetcar carrying 60 passengers. The obvious answer is the dedicated lane — [...]
Granatstein: How St. Clair Fuels Rob Ford
The Sun’s Rob Granatstein offers that the St. Clair Streetcar project explains why Rob Ford’s transit plan is being considers a serious policy initiative: “Rob Ford’s transportation plan is back-of-the-napkin quality but it’s being swallowed whole by many people frustrated with Miller’s transit legacy. But facts have no place in this debate. As a result, [...]
Sun Ed: How To Fight Toronto’s Gridlock Now
The Editorial Board of the Toronto Sun offers their suggestions on what could be done immediately to ease gridlock in Toronto: “What are practical steps — small but effective measures — a new mayor and council focused on fighting gridlock could take immediately to reduce congestion? * Start by extending parking restrictions on arterial roads [...]
Gee: Mayoral Candidates Sketch Out Fantasy Schemes For Toronto’s Transit Dilemmas
The Globe’s Marcus Gee is unimpressed with the transportation plans of the leading mayoral contenders: “With the exception of Joe Pantalone, who simply proposes to press on with Transit City, all of the candidates seem to have sketched their fantasy transit schemes on the back of a napkin. Anyone can draw lines – this subway [...]
Moving Toronto: Where The Candidates Stand
The Globe and Mail has a complete rundown of the transportation policy positions of all the leading mayoral candidates: George Smitherman: Light rail and subway to the suburbs Cost: $5-billion in debt financing Subways: Expedite planned extension of Spadina subway to York University; extend the Sheppard subway to Downsview on the Spadina line and extend [...]
Spacing Votes: Sarah Thomson’s TTC
Spacing Votes examines the transit policies of mayoral candidate Sarah Thomsonand her plan for the city’s transportation system: “Thomson has recently released her plans to make Toronto one of the greenest cities in North America and a major portion of her “going green” plan is to expand the subway grid within Toronto. From the beginning, [...]
Transit Plan On Track, Ford Says
Mayoral candidate Rob Ford has reiterated to the Toronto Sun that he intends to release his transportation plan after Labour Day: “The mayoral candidate promised the Sun during an editorial board meeting in early August that his plan was on the way. “Don’t even ask that question (about the transportation plan),” Ford said at the [...]
