We’re now hearing rumors that Transportation Services, in their collective fear, will recommend further abandoning the RapidTO plan on Bathurst, North of Bloor. Councillor Saxe wants to delay the project until AFTER the election.

A tremendous disservice to the people of Toronto. Shame! 13/

Now onto GO Expansion - enough has been said about this terrible tragedy.

This project would’ve served as the backbone of our network, bringing suburban cities like Oakville, Brampton, & Markham closer to downtown than the city’s inner neighbourhoods. That dream has largely been de-scoped. 14/

And because of a few loud NIMBYs, Toronto’s spineless municipal politicians (Perruzza, Nunziata, and Pasternak) have now effectively killed the Jane RapidTO project, starving their wards of better transit service.

This is all while they concern-troll the community with excuses. 12/

To date, only one corridor has been built, with the rest being stonewalled by countless political delays and endless rounds of community consultation. Remember - this is for a project that consists ENTIRELY of RED PAINT!

If you're wondering why soft costs are so high even for simple projects... 11/

Unfortunately, as we know, two pillars - RapidTO and GO Expansion - are currently in a sorry state.

RapidTO originally consisted of 5 initial corridors - Jane, Dufferin, Bathurst, Steeles, and Eglinton East - which by my rough math would’ve served more than 272,000 RIDERS PER DAY. 10/

This is a common misunderstanding about the project: OL provides network relief precisely because it makes 2nd order connections to the bus network through GO - not just because it connects to the existing subway at Pape!

Our 3 pillars MUST work together to deliver the new transport paradigm. 9/

By rolling out bus lanes quickly with cheap RED PAINT, these corridors instantly gain better service - higher frequency, reliability, capacity, & speed.

The first iteration on Eglinton East has been a smashing success - delivering nearly ALL the benefits of the $4 BILLION EELRT for $4 MILLION. 6/

Our first pillar, RapidTO, capitalizes on this. Toronto’s wasteland suburbs have many of the highest ridership bus lines on the continent - busier than frequent bus lines in central Manhattan!

Currently, packed suburban busses are stuck in traffic, giving way to a small minority in cars! 5/

With fare integration - that number is growing, with more riders transferring from the GO network.

This is why Toronto’s subway has been successful despite being small; although the vast majority of riders DON’T live on the subway, they DO live on a frequent bus that takes them to a station! 4/

Take the Yonge subway - the city’s most important transit artery.

Many people think that its crowding comes from all the dense development along the line - this is FALSE.

The vast majority of trips on the subway - 77% - come from Toronto’s world-class grid of connecting local busses. 3/

e.g, Quebec succession, while retaining the Crown and maintaining association with Canada as against the U.S.) which was the proposal in 1995 was much less of a threat to Canada as a whole N's a breach of the goal of Confederation (keep Canada out of the U.S.) than any annexation by the U.S.A.

Ordinarily the mechanism would be consent of other provinces... But we're not talking about succession alone, but annexation by a foreign republic - which triggers a more restrictive process - AND makes everyone else consenting much less likely.

ooh neat.

This is utterly idiotic. Douglas Todd is plainly not proposing it in good faith. The challenge in Ontario & BC is to shift the KIND of housing we build to more EFFICIENT formats & infill locations where you don't waste much of your input building new streets etc. Opening GREENFIELD is the opposite.