My god, read again... The notion of LRT at grade or nothing is annoying. I'm supportive of the report. They are not saying that LRT doesn't work. They are saying that LRT should be grade separated with a few stops being remove. They point out that this would greatly reduce gridlock instead of just improving local service for existing customers. The province and the City acknowledge that gridlock is a big problem in the GTA. Transit City has merits but reducing gridlock is more important than Miller's urban vision of cute European areas (as stated in TTC 2007 report and this report)
Once True rapid transit covers efficiently Toronto than I will be the first to support Transit City lines on Wilson, Lawrence, Jane, Waterfront, wherever you want.
Again, we use Paris as an exemple but they build rapid Transit first, then they are using trams to feed it. We seriously lack Rapid Transit coverage in this city and this needs to be addressed first.
Now, all their saying is that the current form of Transit City is expensive and accomplishes very little. while using ALRT would attract more new riders, reduce gridlock. Did they ask for a Sheppard Subway? No. They said LRT but not using Transit City designs. Did you miss the part where I said I support their conclusion of retrofitting Sheppard subway to ALRT as long as it stays grade separated. Does that make me anti-LRT?