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http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...or-subways-ford-unveils-his-transit-plan?bn=1
Rob Ford says it’s time to stop Toronto’s “war on cars†and build subways instead of streetcar lines.
The frontrunner in Toronto’s mayoral race also wants to replace some current streetcar lines with buses, although Ford doesn’t specify which lines would be scrapped.
He also wants to end what he calls the city’s “irrational approach†to bike lanes by building a series of companion pedestrian-cycling trails.
The cornerstone of Ford’s long-awaited transit plan, released late Tuesday, would be the expansion of the Sheppard subway line, with 12 kilometres of additional track and 10 new stations from Downsview to the Scarborough Town Centre. The project, he says, would cost $3 billion.
He also wants to extend the Bloor-Danforth subway from Kennedy to the Scarborough Town Centre for $1 billion.
Ford suggests that moving ahead on Mayor David Miller’s Transit City light rail vehicle plan is madness and will only increase gridlock on Toronto’s suburban avenues.
Instead, he wants to renegotiate the deal the city already has with the province, which would see Queen’s Park pay $8.15 billion over the next decade for light rail transit expansion – including an underground portion on Eglinton.
The city began building a subway along Eglinton once before, but when the province killed the funding in favour of building the under-capacity Sheppard line, the hole at Eglinton was filled in.
Ford’s plan remains silent on whether the Eglinton light rail line would again be killed off. It also fails to suggest how feasible it would be to halt the light rail project currently underway on Sheppard Ave.
His platform suggests he would invest more in road repairs and expansion at a cost of $700 million but it doesn’t say where that money would come from.
Rob Ford says it’s time to stop Toronto’s “war on cars†and build subways instead of streetcar lines.
The frontrunner in Toronto’s mayoral race also wants to replace some current streetcar lines with buses, although Ford doesn’t specify which lines would be scrapped.
He also wants to end what he calls the city’s “irrational approach†to bike lanes by building a series of companion pedestrian-cycling trails.
The cornerstone of Ford’s long-awaited transit plan, released late Tuesday, would be the expansion of the Sheppard subway line, with 12 kilometres of additional track and 10 new stations from Downsview to the Scarborough Town Centre. The project, he says, would cost $3 billion.
He also wants to extend the Bloor-Danforth subway from Kennedy to the Scarborough Town Centre for $1 billion.
Ford suggests that moving ahead on Mayor David Miller’s Transit City light rail vehicle plan is madness and will only increase gridlock on Toronto’s suburban avenues.
Instead, he wants to renegotiate the deal the city already has with the province, which would see Queen’s Park pay $8.15 billion over the next decade for light rail transit expansion – including an underground portion on Eglinton.
The city began building a subway along Eglinton once before, but when the province killed the funding in favour of building the under-capacity Sheppard line, the hole at Eglinton was filled in.
Ford’s plan remains silent on whether the Eglinton light rail line would again be killed off. It also fails to suggest how feasible it would be to halt the light rail project currently underway on Sheppard Ave.
His platform suggests he would invest more in road repairs and expansion at a cost of $700 million but it doesn’t say where that money would come from.
