The Mayor's New Transit Plan Leaves Out Suburban TTC Riders

Thursday, March 31st at 9:00am, hidden away from public scrutiny in the Wilson Subway Carhouse, Mayor Ford and Premier McGuinty will announce they have reached an agreement on a new transit expansion plan. This new plan ignores the needs of transit riders in the suburbs.

In this new plan Finch West is forgotten and Scarborough is snubbed.

Mayor Ford's new plan, includes extensions to the Sheppard subway, will cost at least $4.2 Billion more than the original LRT plan, and will serve 25% fewer Torontonians than the LRT original plan.

The $4.2 Billion subway extension has no committed funding plan. The Mayor's preference is to fund the subway through public-private partnerships. This is a very risky proposition. The only way to have the private sector pay for a subway like this is to let them build 40 storey condo towers. In other words, 40 storey towers will replace single family homes and small businesses in Scarborough and North York.

Read more about this new plan here:

Losers in the new transit plan: Finch bus riders - The Toronto Star

Queen's Park and City have a $12.4 B TTC Deal - The Toronto Star

Ontario agrees to Rob Ford's transit plan - Globe and Mail

New deal for Toronto's transit - Toronto Sun

Subway City? - SteveMunro.ca

Please take a minute to call or email your elected officials to express your thoughts on this new plan.

Latest posts

Canadian transit groups celebrate Frank Baylis commitment to increase federal transit funding

(Toronto, Ontario) – Transit and environmental groups across Canada are celebrating a commitment by Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis to increase the Canada Public Transit Fund. Federal Liberal Party leadership candidates were surveyed about their transit commitments by Environmental Defence, TTCriders, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, Trajectoire Québec, Activate Transit Windsor Essex, and Équiterre.

📸 Rally to Open the Crosstown

On February 19, 2025, TTCriders held the Rally to Open the Crosstown at Yonge and Eglinton to call for answers about the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRT projects. Promised opening dates for the LRTs have come and gone, while transit costs have skyrocketed under Metrolinx. Transit riders are looking for answers and credible opening dates for the Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West LRTs.
TTCriders asked every party to invest in running TTC service and new LRTs with a 50% operating subsidy for local transit systems, and to give the TTC back control over running Toronto transit, to keep costs down and increase accountability.

 

Take action

Protect Door-to-Door Wheel-Trans Service!
Bus lanes now
Tell Your MP: Sign the Transit Pledge
Add your name for Fare Capping!
Keep and Expand Free TTC Wi-Fi!

Connect with us