Mayor Ford tells city council the people of Toronto do not want another St. Clair West fiasco.
He asked for a study on the best practice and the smug leftists on council laughed when he said it's best to do what's in the city's best interest and not to "play politics."
Some might claim the laughter was because they think Ford routinely plays politics. I'd suggest that for Councillors like Adam Vaughan and Joe Mihevc to be able to restrain their uncontrollable ideological bent is so impossible as to be a joke.
The City loses again.
UPDATE:While the councillors who voted against the subway were congratulating themselves after the vote, Rob Ford was riding the subways hearing how people who use the TTC support his plan.
EYE ON A CRAZY PLANET
http://torontoenvironment.org/sites/tea/files/Transit%20Comparison%20Poster-1-.jpg - is this even accurate? many on facebook are sharing this.
ReplyDeleteIt depends on how you look at it. The light rail plan is on more thoroughfares and has cheaper construction costs- it also will contribute to vastly increased traffic congestion and move people at much slower speeds.
ReplyDeleteSubways don't interfere with above ground traffic and move more people faster. And then there's the neignbourhood disrupttion which will last for years as the St Clair streetcar fiasco demonstrated. I wouldn't take the LRT proponents' word on the cost either. St. Clair cost 3 TIMES what they promised, ruined a number of local businesses and made traffic and public transportation in the area next to impossible during its long -delayed and extended construction period.