While true, approval/disapproval rating don't necessarily translate to votes as we seen with Andrea Horwath having highest approval ratings, lowest disapproval ratings, but the party overall is still in third place.

It's because that's where the cost savings of the LRT is coming from, no tunnels where needed and simple bus style shelters instead of multi-level stations.

According to the TTC they're making the change because people seem to have a problem discerning Downsview Park Station from Downsview Station. However, to deal with the problem of the change the name of Downsview Station they're answer is basically people will get use to it. So wouldn't it make...

From what I read around the "formerly Downsview" subtitle will be part of the station name and You Are Here signage for the foreseeable future. Only the voice over announcements will say "Sheppard West". What I find confusing is that they're spending $800,000 to avoid a so called confusion that...

That would make sense, but Eglinton West Station at Allen Road and Eglinton Avenue West will become Cedarvale. By that logic, wouldn't it make more sense to name it after Chesswood Station since its beside Chesswood Neighborhood? The name isn't really a bother, what I find annoying is that...

It may be on the other side of the street, but its still as far from the main park grounds. That said, it's not really the name, but the logic behind the name change that I find baffling. They're spending $800,000 to avoid "confusion" of people not able to know the difference between Downsview...

Wouldn't it make more sense to name the unopened station Sheppard West since its on Sheppard West? But somehow renaming an existing know station as Downsview Station to "Sheppard West formally Downsview" station so an new never used before station can call itself "Downsview Park" is more...

They have the advantage of getting less snow than Ontario does. So they have more of an advantaged than Hamilton would of.

It's "ICTS" designation leads me to believe that this was another UTDC project to showcase the same technology used for the current Scarborough Rapid Transit. So they dodged a bullet in this case.

It comes from a TTC Briefing(Toronto Star) note that anger transit advocates as "misleading", but as of late the City Manager has said that the current costs of the LRT options are "unknown"(Toronto Star).

It depends on what's being factored into the cost of the LRT construction. The TTC "savings" comes from using existing roadway to run the LRT, using bus shelters instead of full fledged stations where possible, etc. In Surrey case, the Skytrain would be more preferable, since building a LRT...

The only problem with this model is that it doesn't solve the funding problem. Toronto Hydro has various revenue generating tools at it disposal to fund its operations and expansion plans, while the province puts regulations how the city can raise revenue from its transit infrastructure.

Except the idea behind the Scarborough LRT option was to avoid making Kenndy Station a transfer hub for Scarborough residence. Hence why the Scarborough LRT connected directly to the Crosstown LRT.

You mean making Kennedy a hub of more than the two LRT lines?

I think it will come down to vote splitting. In Ontario we have two left leaning parties, and one right leaning party. The Ontario PC's know that the NDP have a voter ceiling, they just need enough angry Liberal voters to jump aboard the NDP wagon and its 2011 all over again.