I've been watching the debate off and on all day.
I feel like killing myself. We have no hope at all in this city with a Council like this. We will go bankrupt in no time, burst at the seams with congestion, and we are setting ourselves back for 25 years when we least need it.
Let me tabulate the totally irrelevant reasons why Council is defending subways subways subways.
"Scarborough only has 3 subway stations, North York has X, Downtown has Y"
"I hope I never have to have this debate again so let's just make a decision and get on with it"
"Scarborough Centre is the only City Centre in Toronto not connected by subway"
"When I go back to my home country X they are building subways everywhere"
"I talked to a couple from country X and they are converting from LRT to subway"
"We have to think long-term and not short-term"
"There was no development on Yonge before the Subway was built, the Subway brought condos condos everywhere"
"All you
"I'm not voting for the SSE because of politics but because of evidence"
That last one is rich.
I could go on and on but you'll notice none of these reasons are rational, evidence-based, based on actual ridership, fiscally responsible, grounded in widening the breadth of transit as much as possible.
Toronto City Council and Mayor Tory have totally lost any (little) credibility they had. Throw all these idiots out.
But hey that's Toronto folks!!
Enjoy your gold-plated subway ride to STC!