These projects all to be opened by 2025:
- Eglinton Crosstown LRT (20 km)?
- Finch West LRT (10 km)?
- Scarborough Subway Extension (7 km)?
- GO Transit Lakeshore Electrification (35 km in just Toronto, ~110 km across the entire line),
- GO Transit Barrie Electrification (20 km in Toronto, ~70 km entire line)?
- GO Transit Stouffville Line Electrification (20 km in Toronto, 50 km across the entire line)?
- GO Kitchener Line Electrification (20 km in Toronto, 30 across entire line)?
- Sheppard East LRT (10 km)?
- Hurontario LRT (20 km outside Toronto)
- Hamilton LRT (15 km outside Toronto)
- Waterloo LRT (20 km outside Toronto)
In Total, this equates to 142km of rapid transit expansion in Toronto alone, and 362 km in the GTA (including Toronto)
Beyond 2025 (or no timeline at this stage):
- DRL Phase one (8 km)
- Yonge North Subway (7 km)
- Sheppard West Subway (4.5 km)
- Eglinton East (10 km)
- Eglinton West (12 km)
- Finch West Extension (10 km)
- Finch East Extension (7 km)
- Portlands Expansion & new ROW Streetcar lines (10-30 km)
- DRL Phase 2 (12 km)
- DRL Phase 3 (10 km)
- GO Transit Kitchener Electrification (Additional 80 km, not in Toronto)
- GO Transit Lakeshore Electrification (Additional 70 km, not in Toronto)
- GO Transit Milton Electrification (20 km in Toronto, 40 total)
- GO Transit Richmond Hill Electrification (15 km in Toronto, 40 total)
Overall, that's a 60km increase to the subway network here alone by 2041.
When I lived downtown, I could deal with the streetcars because parking was insane for my family. I imagine most people feel this way.
Remeber, it is that suburban demand that allows the subway to be so successful in Toronto. Montreal is built very differently, it is a more dense city in general. Sure, you'll have dense pockets of land Downtown, Midtown (eglinton), Uptown (Sheppard), STC, and along Bloor, but it's so spread out that expanding everywhere is a huge challenge. The suburbs here are the equivalent of a downtown there. It's why GO Transit is significantly busier than RTM.