Recently, the provincial government announced that the timeline for the Transit City Sheppard LRT has changed and that there was now room for hope for finishing the Sheppard subway. The surface LRT is now scheduled to start construction in 2017 and finish in 2021. Eglinton is supposed to be finished in 2020. This gives us time to change the course of debate and elect the government we need to build real rapid transit in Toronto. Rather than spending $2B on surface LRT lines that are barely faster than busses and interfere with roads, we could be completing the Sheppard East subway, or be building the Downtown Relief Line East, or be elevating the Eglinton LRT.
With the recent resignation of Premier McGuinty, we need speak out and elect a premier - whether Conservative or Liberal - who support real rapid transit construction underground or in the air. We need a premier and council who support a plan that builds more rapid transit, that goes significantly faster than a regular bus, that serves more people, and that creates the transit network that Toronto needs.
Anyone who does not support this vision, we must vote out of power. Continue spreading the word that while Toronto wastes money on slow on-street transit, Vancouver, BC will surpass us as the biggest rapid transit system in Canada by cancelling their LRT project and choosing to build rapid elevated Skytrains. Tell people that while some Toronto councillors want to run trains in the middle of the roads slowing transit and cars, Ottawa has chosen to run their trains in tunnels and away from roads, providing their citizens with fast transit and reliable commutes.
We need a province for rapid transit that wont allow Toronto to fall behind
With the recent resignation of Premier McGuinty, we need speak out and elect a premier - whether Conservative or Liberal - who support real rapid transit construction underground or in the air. We need a premier and council who support a plan that builds more rapid transit, that goes significantly faster than a regular bus, that serves more people, and that creates the transit network that Toronto needs.
Anyone who does not support this vision, we must vote out of power. Continue spreading the word that while Toronto wastes money on slow on-street transit, Vancouver, BC will surpass us as the biggest rapid transit system in Canada by cancelling their LRT project and choosing to build rapid elevated Skytrains. Tell people that while some Toronto councillors want to run trains in the middle of the roads slowing transit and cars, Ottawa has chosen to run their trains in tunnels and away from roads, providing their citizens with fast transit and reliable commutes.
We need a province for rapid transit that wont allow Toronto to fall behind
