Instead, we have messed it up royally, fighting over LRTs versus subways versus SmartTrack. The John Tory regime got elected on a platform to increase GO transit service right next to the corridor and call it SmartTrack. So Tory moved the subway line further east to McCowan Rd. The Sheppard subway saga is just as distressing, so let’s skip it. Ever since I started writing about transit needs in Toronto and reported on the grand plans for four rapid transit lines — Spadina subway extension, Eglinton subway, Sheppard subway and the Scarborough RT extension to Malvern — the Sheppard subway has been a gleam in my eye.

Source: thestar November 09, 2018 21:02 UTC