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So ... now that people -- including the mayor -- have got a better feel of how tight the TTC's budget is, when do you reckon we will see PRESTO rolled out across all of Toronto's buses, streetcars and 60+ rapid transit stations? 3 years? 5 years? Or skip straight to 'Open Payment'? ed d.

Here's the conventional page, with 29 comments so far: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/mcguinty-faces-tough-choices-in-bid-to-keep-rob-ford-happy/article1871452/

Steve Munro re-crunches the numbers and has just posted maps of route sections to be cut and routes set for improvements: http://stevemunro.ca/?p=4814 Doesn't his research merit an official, detailed TTC response? ed

--Yes, this may belong in another thread. Perhaps existing threads on BRT, Ford's "plan", etc. That Wikipedia page is useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_University_Busway There is also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richview_Expressway I didn't confirm when the 196 frequency...

I didn't intend to suggest development was the most important consideration -- I thought it was clearly stated as a consideration. It's not a deal-breaker for me -- I think the busway should have been built as soon as it was conceived (and before I left York, even better). My concern is whether...

Uhh, we're hoping Ford has more understanding of the needs of bus riders than Giambrone? Maybe he saw the light after the response to his Globe comments... The risk of ad hominem comments is they can reveal more about the person uttering them than the intended victim. "The TCBP, which was...

No big emotional loss, perhaps. However Ford's transit platform did promise "express" buses. Unless he's planning to introduce new express services (presumably in mixed traffic, not BRT) under another name than TCBP, then that's another year without real upgrades to busy TTC routes...

Just a general note regarding the pros/cons of off-street rapid transit in Hydro ROW: Put into the Con category the difficulty in promoting development, similar to experience of running subways down the centre of limited access highways, or those GO stations on freight trackage in industrial...

predictable fare increases? From Steve's post: "At a media briefing, City Manager Joseph Pennachetti ... was clear that staff at the City and TTC would prefer a clear, multi-year plan for fares so that the TTC would know what revenue they should expect."

Perhaps there were previous versions of the press release, but the one that I read states: "Effective January 30, 2011, TTC staff recommends a 10-cent fare increase to meet the service levels required for the projected increase in ridership."...

Jan 12 meeting for Jan 30 hike... Doesn't the TTC normally need about six weeks to implement a hike? IIRC, the usual reason is lead time to print Metropasses with the new price. Hmmmmmm......

The long/mid/short term aspect of this discussion is important and key -- but also quite subjective. And hasn't there been an assumption in this debate that chosen transit corridors start as low-capacity mixed-traffic and end up as heavy metros, with a possible intermediate stage as traffic-free...

Globe's Gee on St. Clair non-fiasco http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/fords-condemnation-of-st-clair-streetcar-is-off-track/article1859391/ The St. Clair streetcar line is Exhibit A in Mayor Rob Ford’s case against light rail. Building a dedicated lane for the...

Considering cuts While not transit-related, here's a piece by Marcus Gee (no Ford-lover, btw) on impulse defense against budget efficiencies/cuts/paring: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/finer-points-of-cost-cutting-eluding-anti-fordists/article1862536/ 150+...

Late-night bus service set to take a trim (Star blog) Late-night bus service set to take a trim http://thestar.blogs.com/thegoods/2011/01/its-an-open-secret-that-some-bus-serviceis-expected-totake-a-hit-when-the-ttc-releases-its-operating-budget-but-its-not-clea.html...

CBC's take on the Pembina Report: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2011/01/05/subway-light-rail-report241.html Makes me wonder how think-tanks with fiscally conservative reputations would review the business-case comparisons of TC and Ford City. Reaper, the York U busway was...

Can you elaborate? I'm not clear what upgrades to overcrowded surface routes are allowed if the anti-surface-transit-lanes approach prevails. If the only acceptable upgrade to better, more reliable service is subway, then where does that leave routes that reach their practicable mixed-traffic...

GM, what if the Red line were to have the effect of increasing overall demand on lines that cross it -- including streetcar lines that partly parallel the proposed route? (Oh... gweed just said it better.) -- Anyway, it's super-moot if DRL has little political traction. What bothers me more is...

Nothing can stop a train powered by politics Marcus Gee Published Sunday, Jan. 02, 2011 6:45PM EST http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/nothing-can-stop-a-train-powered-by-politics/article1855627/

So some of Viva is set to be in exclusive lanes: http://www.vivanext.com/rapidways Of course, the busiest section would be Yonge St. south of Richmond Hill all the way to Finch station but plans for traffic-free lanes are sidelined because York Region is pushing for a Yonge subway extension. I...