The new ridership projections for the Scarborough subway extension are about half of the upper range of figures presented to councillors in 2013 when they approved the project. That ridership number is half of the upper range of figures presented to councillors in 2013 when they approved the extension. The mayor said he believes recent reports on the shrinking numbers have been “misleading,” arguing other terminal subway stations have similar ridership — an argument also championed by senior city planning staff. ( Lucas Oleniuk / Toronto Star file photo )Mayor John Tory is defending plans to build a one-stop subway extension to Scarborough for more than $2 billion despite new numbers that show ridership for the six-kilometre stretch would see trains that are 80 per cent empty at rush hour. Councillor Paul Ainslie, who attended Tuesday’s meeting, said the new projections barely meet the demand for a light rail line, let alone a subway.

Source: thestar June 01, 2016 16:43 UTC